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Ajay Pratap

Professor, Department of History · Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University

https://researchid.co/ajaypratap_1
@bhu.ac.in
141Google Scholar Citations
7Google Scholar h-index
4Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Tribal History of India, History of Ancient Indian Science, Technology and Medicine, History of India from Prehistoric Times to the Gupta Period, Rock Art of India, Research Methodology, Citation and Referencing

Biography

Date of Birth: 12.1.1959 Address: New F/4, Jodhpur Colony, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, Uttar Pradesh A/39, Anand Vihar, P.O.B.V. College, Rukunpura, Patna - 800014, Bihar

Education

B.A. (Hons.) in History from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, M.A. in Ancient History and Archaeology from Deccan College, Poona University, M.Phil and PhD in Archaeology from the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Pratap, A. 2024. Rock Art as an Indigenous Historical Tradition, Northern Vindhyas, India
    From Megaliths to Maritime Landscapes: Perspectives on Indo-Pacific … , 2024, 2024
  2. Pratap, A. 2024. Rock Art as Memory: Some Reflections on Pleistocene-Holocene Cultural Transition in the Northern Vindhyas. In Shinde, V.S., Ganvir, S., Dibyopama, A. (ed) 2024 …
    In Shinde, V.S., Ganvir, S., Dibyopama, A. (ed) 2024. Revisiting the Culture … , 2024, 2024
  3. Pratap, A. 2024. In memorium: Professor S.B. Deo. In Paddayya, K., Naik, S., Ansari, S (Eds) Lived for Archaeology. Remembering Five Eminent Archaeologists of Modern India …
    In Paddayya, K., Naik, S., Ansari, S (Eds) Lived for Archaeology … , 2024, 2024
  4. New Brahmi Inscriptions from Maukalan, Panchmukhi, Ahraura, and Lekhahia Pahar in Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Mirzapur Districts, Uttar Pradesh
    Ancient Asia 15, 151-163 , 2024, 2024
  5. Pratap, A. 2024. Perspectives on the Early Historical Transition in the Northern Vindhyas. In Subbarayalu, Y., Kumaran, R.N., Yathees Kumar, V.P. (eds) Rajatarangini: Recent …
    In Subbarayalu, Y., Kumaran, R.N., Yathees Kumar, V.P. (eds) Rajatarangini … , 2024, 2024

Grants / Consultancy

1. Minor Research Project Grant, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi 2.

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