Shereen Ratnagar

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Shereen F. Ratnagar is an Indian archaeologist[1][2][3] whose work has focused on the Indus Valley Civilization. She is the author of several texts.

Career

She was a professor of archaeology and ancient history at the Centre for Historical Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi,[4] and is currently an independent researcher living in Mumbai. She is noted for work on investigating the factors contributing to the end of the Indus Valley Civilization. Ratnagar was educated at Deccan College, Pune, University of Pune. She studied Mesopotamian archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Ideology and Controversy

In its judgement on the long-standing Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, the Allahabad High Court flayed the role played by several witnesses including Ms. Ratnagar who was forced to admit under oath that she had no field experience in archeological excavations in India.[5] Ratnagar and her supporters defend her record by stating that she has participated in some archaeological digs at sites outside India, such as Tell al-Rimah, Iraq, in 1971,[6] as well as in Turkey and the Gulf.[7]

Earlier in the case, Shereen Ratnagar was served a contempt notice for violating a court order restraining witnesses in the ongoing case from airing their views in public.[8]

Publications

  • Mobile and Marginalized Peoples, New Delhi: Manohar (2003)
  • Trading Encounters: From the Euphrates to the Indus in the Bronze Age, Oxford University Press (2nd edition), ISBN 0-19-568088-X (2006)
  • Understanding Harappa, New Delhi: Tulika, ISBN 81-85229-37-6 (2002)
  • The End of the Great Harappan Tradition, New Delhi: Manohar, ISBN 81-7304-331-0. (2000)
  • The Other Indians - Essays on Pastoralists and Prehistoric Tribal People, Three Essays Collective (2004)
  • Ayodhya: Archaeology After Excavation, New Delhi: Tulika (2007)

References

  1. ↑ Perappadan, Bindu Shajan (8 September 2006). "A new look at the past". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  2. ↑ "The early Indian past". The Hindu. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  3. ↑ MURALIDHARAN, SUKUMAR (24 November 2000). "Questionable agendas and assertions". Frontline. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  4. ↑ BAVADAM, LYLA (15 March 2002). "Questionable claims". Frontline. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  5. ↑ How Allahabad HC exposed experts espousing Masjid-cause, Times of India, October 9, 2010, 03.07am IST
  6. ↑ Iraq Vol. 34, No. 2 (Autumn, 1972), pp. 77-86. Published by: British Institute for the Study of Iraq
  7. ↑ Publisher's statement on Shereen Ratnagar, Trading Encounters (Oxford University Press, 2006)
  8. ↑ Babri witnesses get HC contempt notice, Indian Express, Thu May 20, 2010, 04:18 hrs
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