Passed away in Mumbai at age 82 on 25 May 2026: archaeologist and historian Shereen Ratnagar (1944-2026)
https://thewire.in/history/tributes-pour-in-as-archaeologist-shereen-ratnagar-passes-away https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/3921797-shereen-ratnagar-a-pioneer-in-indus-valley-archaeology The wikipedia page devoted to her ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shereen_Ratnagar) gives a list of major publications by her and has a paragraph on her involvement in the Ayodhya dispute. Among important but lesser known book parts / articles she published I mention: “Does Archaeology Hold the Answers?” In: J. Bronkhorst and M.M. Deshpande (eds.), Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series, 1999, pp. 207-238. “Agro-pastoralism and the Migrations of the Indo-Iranians.” In: India: Historical Beginnings and the Concept of the Aryan: Essays by Romila Thapar, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Madhav M. Deshpande, Shereen Ratnagar. New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2006, pp. 157-193. "Pastoral nomadism, tribalism, and language shift." In: J. Houben and J. Rotaru (eds.), Veda-Vedāṅga and Avesta between Orality and Writing. Bucarest, Bibliothèque de Bucarest: 2011, pp. 425-453. -- *Jan E.M. Houben* Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology *Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite* École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres) *Sciences historiques et philologiques * Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120) *johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <[email protected]>* *https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben <https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben>* *https://www.classicalindia.info* <https://www.classicalindia.info>
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