Tamil Heritage Trust
Art for Art's Sake, Memory Store or Early Historic Sense? An
Introduction to the Rock Art of the Eastern Vindhyan Fringe by Prof Ajay Pratap of the Banaras Hindu University
Online Talk in English at 5.30 pm IST on August 3, 2024.
Rock art is a store house of fascinating information about the
significant cultural elements of prehistoric societies. In India, rock
art is found across many states in a wide range of styles and
themes.
Prof. Ajay Pratap took his B.A (Hons.) in History from St.
Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, an M.A. in Ancient Indian
History and Archaeology, from the Deccan College, Pune University, and
an MPhil and PhD from the Department of Archaeology, University of
Cambridge.
Since 2004, he has taught Ancient Indian History, Tribal History of
India, History of Ancient Science, Technology and Medicine, and Research
Methodology, at the Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences,
Banaras Hindu University.
He has conducted two research projects, and authored several research
papers, four books, and two edited volumes. His monographs include “The
Hoe and the Axe: Ethnohistory of Shifting Cultivation in Eastern India”
in the year 2000 published by Oxford University Press, Delhi,
“Indigenous Archaeology in India: Prospects for an Archaeology of the
Subaltern”, “Rock Art of the Vindhyas. An Archaeological Survey” and
"Ideas and Images: A Historical Interpretation of Eastern Vindhyan Rock
Art, India” all published by Archaeopress, Oxford.
He has carried out field explorations in the Rajmahal Hills (1981-84),
and the Eastern Vindhyas (2009-2024), to document shifting cultivation,
and rock art, respectively.
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