Romila Thapar
Indian
Famous For
Prachin Bharat ka itihaas aur 'A History of India'
Genre
History, Ancient India
Born
1931
Books on Site
1 audiobook
Romila Thapar ke baare mein
Romila Thapar ek bahut prasiddh Bharatiya itihaaskar hain jinka kaam mukhya roop se prachin Bharat ke itihaas par hai. Unka janam 1931 mein hua. Unhone London ke School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) se PhD ki aur baad mein lambe samay tak Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi mein prachin itihaas ki professor rahin.
Thapar ki pehchaan is baat ke liye hai ki unhone itihaas ko sirf raja-maharajaon ki kahaani ke roop mein nahin dekha. Unhone samaaj, arthvyavastha, dharm aur sanskriti ke badlaav ko bhi samajhne ki koshish ki. Ashoka aur Maurya kaal par unka research kaafi padha jaata hai, aur unhone itihaas ko saboot aur srot ke aadhar par padhne par zor diya.
Unhe 2008 mein Kluge Prize mila, jo humanities mein lifetime kaam ke liye diya jaata hai. Unhone Padma Bhushan lene se mana kar diya tha, yeh kehte hue ki woh sirf academic sansthaon se sammaan lena pasand karti hain. Itihaas ki vyakhya ko lekar unke vichaaron par samay-samay par bahas bhi hoti rahi hai.
Unki kitaab 'A History of India' (Volume 1) pehli baar 1966 mein Penguin se chhapi aur prachin Bharat ka ek lokpriya parichay bani. HindiAudiobook.com par 'A History of India' Hindi mein sun sakte hain, jo prachin Bharat ke itihaas ko samajhne ke liye ek achchi shuruaat hai.