Professor Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has researched and written extensively on early Indian history including its historiography-both as written in those times and as in the present. In 2008 she was awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity.

Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has researched and written extensively on early Indian history including its historiography-both as written in those times and as in the present. In 2008 she was awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity. See less