Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar, (1941 – 6 May 2021),[1] the eldest son of Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, was an Indian Indologist, archaeologist, and writer. His father, Pandurang Shirodkar, was a prominent freedom activist of Goa, and also served as the first speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly under the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.[2] Shirodkar had devoted his career to research, and made valuable contributions in archeology.[3] He was the founding editor of two research journals, Colloquium and Purābhileka-Purātatva.[4]
Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar | |
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| Born | Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar c. 1941 Goa, Portuguese India |
| Died | 6 May 2021 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Relatives | Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar (father) |
In 1993, he discovered rock art engravings on lateritic platforms and granite boulders from Usgalimal on the banks of west-flowing river Kushavati, which has shed light on the prehistory of Goa and the existence of humans in Goa during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.[5][6]
He died on 6 May 2021 due to ill health.[1]
| Year | Title | Location | Publisher |
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| 1961 | Goa's Freedom Struggle: Selected Writings of T. B. Cunha | Goa | T. B. Cunha Memorial Committee |
| 1979 | Kolhāpūra-portugeja saṃbaṃdha: Govā purābhilekha saṃgrahālayāṃtūna nivaḍalele kāgada | Kolhāpūra | Yaśavaṃtarava Saṃ. Taste |
| 1988 | Goa: Cultural Trends: Seminar Papers | Goa, Daman and Diu (India) | Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum, Government of Goa |
| 1988 | Goa's Struggle for Freedom | India | Ajanta Publications |
| 1989 | Āṭhavaṇī mājhyā kārāvāsācyā kāḷyā-niḷyā pānyācyā | Paṇājī | Gomantaka Marāṭhī Akādamī |
| 1990 | Who's Who of Freedom Fighters, Goa, Daman, and Diu, Volume 2 | Goa, Daman and Diu (India) | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa |
| 1991 | Trial of T.B. Cunha | Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa |
| 1992 | Goa's External Relations: Seminar Papers | Goa | Directorate of Archives, Archaeology, and Museum, Goa University |
| 1992 | Trial of Laxmikant Venkatesh Prabhu Bhembre | Panaji, Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa |
| 1993 | Trial of Rama Krishna Hegde | Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa |
| 1993 | Source Material for the History of the Freedom Movement of Goa: Collected from Goa Archives, Volume 3 | Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Goa Archives |
| 1993 | People of India: Goa | India | Anthropological Survey of India |
| 1996 | Trial of P.K. Kakodkar: Source Material for the History of The Freedom Movement of Goa (Collected from Goa Archives), Volume 5 | Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa |
| 1997 | Portuguese Palaeography | Goa, India | Mrs. Sulabha P. Shirodka |
| 1998 | Researches in Indo-Portuguese history, Volumes 1 and 2 | Jaipur | Publication Scheme |
| 1999 | Trial of the Four: Pandurang P. Shirodkar, Dr. Vinayak N. Mayenkar, Guilherme de Souza Ticló, Nilkanth M. Karapurkar'' | Goa | Goa Gazetteer Dept., Goa Archives |
| 2001 | Gomantakācī Marāṭhī asmitā | Paṇajī | Gomantaka Marāṭhī Akādamī |
| 2005 | Honorable Jagannath Shankarshet | Goa | Pradnya-Darshan Prakashan |
| 2012 | World War II: Blazing Midnight: German Remote Control at Marmagoa Silenced | Bardez, Goa | Pradnya-Darshan Prakashan |
See also
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edit- ^ a b "Archivist Prakashchandra Shirodkar dies in Bengaluru". The Times of India. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Gomant Kalika (in Marathi), Margão, Goa: Kalika prakashan vishwast mandal
- ^ Kerkar, Rajendra P. (20 June 2009). "Earliest stone inscription lies neglected". Times of India, Goa. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "NLA's listing of Purabhileka-Puratatva". trove.nla.gov.au.
- ^ Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar; Bednarik, Robert G.; Gāndhī Rāshṭrīya Mānava Saṅgrahālaya, Indirā (1997). Indian Rock Art and Its Global Context. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 34. ISBN 9788120814646.
- ^ Goa (India : State). Directorate of Archives and Archaeology, Goa University (2001). Goa in the Indian sub-continent: seminar papers. Goa: Directorate of Archives and Archaeology, Govt. of Goa. p. 24.
- ^ Prakāścandra Pāṇḍuraṅga Śiroḍakara's books on Google books.
- ^ "Search results for 'au:Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar'". worldcat.org.