Hi details on KAN in the net are quite few. Professor KA Nilakanta Sastri was doyen of South Indian history. ... ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology at University of Madras.he was a visiting professor at the university of Chicago during spring and summer of 1959. He delivered a course of three lectures on South Indian history . we should do a thread on the historians of india. here's an article from hindu listing some of them. http://www.hindu.com/op/2004/12/14/stories/2004121400111700.htm
We should have some kind of disclosure law for the historians too.
So the period,whom they served and under what capacity will also be helpful. Helps in clarifying who is funding them eventhough it might look like salary only.
That way it will be helpful for future readers, to keep in mind the bias of the British loyalist(British or Indian) historians.
this is getting a little exasperating. one simple answer is all the great historians from whom we quote worked as professors under british funded universities. in fact they studied in the similar colleges too. now can you explain how nilakanta sastri's salary afected his opinion on raja raja chola. a britisher discovered mohenjadaro. so according to your british salary theory everything we know about raja raja or indusvalley seems suspect. great! venketesh
> We should have some kind of disclosure law for the historians too. > > So the period,whom they served and under what capacity will also be helpful. Helps in clarifying who is funding them eventhough it might look like salary only. > > That way it will be helpful for future readers, to keep in mind the bias of the British loyalist(British or Indian) historians. >