Harbans Mukhia (born 1939) is an Indian political historian[1] whose principal area of study is medieval India.[2]

Harbans Mukhia
NationalityIndian
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
Alma materKirori Mal College Delhi University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineMedieval Indian History
InstitutionsJawaharlal Nehru University

Biography

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He received his Bachelors in Arts (BA) in history in 1958 from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University and then earned his doctorate from Department of History, Delhi University in 1969. Mukhia worked at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi as Professor of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies. He was rector of JNU from 1999 to 2002 and retired in February 2004.[citation needed].

Honors and awards

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Books

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As author
  • The Mughals of India (Peoples of Asia) ISBN 978-0-631-18555-0
  • Perspectives on Medieval History ISBN 978-0-7069-6387-8
  • Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar ISBN 978-0-7069-0444-4
  • Issues in Indian History, Politics and Society ISBN 978-93-5002-010-4
  • Exploring India’s Medieval Centuries: Essays in History, Society, Culture and Technology ISBN 978-93-5002-047-0
As editor
  • Feudalism and Non-European Socieites (Special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies, 12) T. J. Byres, Harbans Mukhia (Editor) ASIN B0017DM8SQ
  • Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism; Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, and Achin Vanaik Bidwai ASIN B001NJD892
  • French Studies in History: The Inheritance Harbans Mukhia, Maurice Aymard (Editor) ISBN 978-0-86131-892-6
  • The Feudalism Debate ISBN 978-81-7304-284-3
  • French Studies in History: The Departures ISBN 978-0-86311-088-7
  • Understanding India: Indology and Beyond, Harbans Mukhia, Jaroslav Vacek, Prague, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2031-2
  • The History of Technology in India, vol II, Medieval India, New Delhi, 2012.
Festschriften
  • Rethinking a Millennium: Essays for Harbans Mukhia: perspectives on Indian history from the 8th to the 18th century (Hardcover); editor Rajat Dutta ISBN 978-81-89833-36-7

References

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  1. ^ Ashraf, Ajaz (20 February 2016). "Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon symbolise the Indian state becoming repressive: Historian Harbans Mukhia". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019. I was a Marxist in the 1960s, 1970s, and was even part of the Communist Party of India. I never became anti-Marxist.
  2. ^ Sethi, Atul (24 June 2007). "Great myths of Indian history". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.