Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
historian (born 1931)
Romila Thapar
b. 1931, born Lucknow, writes in English, writer
Romila Thapar is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Thapar is a Emeritus Professor of Ancient History, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
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On Open Library
A History of India, Vol. One1966
A history of India1965
Early India2002
Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas1961
From Lineage to State1984
Past Before US2013Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Elsewhere
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Also writing in English
Kishori Charan Das
1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956writer