Wakankar, Vishnu Shridhar

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Name (Latin)
Wakankar, Vishnu Shridhar
Other forms of name
Wakankar, V. S
Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
Wakanker, V. S. (Vishnu Shridhar)
Date of birth
1919-05-04
Date of death
1988-04-03
Occupation
College teachers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 93018000
Wikidata: Q3632483
Library of congress: n 89204852
TAU10: 000268259
Sources of Information
  • Chakravarty, K. K. Dangawada excavations, 1989?:t.p. (Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar)
  • Painted rock shelters of India, 2005:p. iv (b.1919, d. 1988)
  • Universal value of rock art, 2022:t.p (Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar) frwd. (b. May 4, 1919 at Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh; d. April 3, 1988)
  • Unpublished notes and papers of Dr. V.S. Wakankar, 2022:title page (Dr. V.S. Wakankar)
  • Chakravarty, K. K. Dangawada excavations, 1989?:t.p. (Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
  • Kayatha excavation 1967(inside cover: author: V.S. Wakankar)
  • The dawn of Indian art, 1978:t.p. (Dr. V.S. Wakanker; M.A., Ph.D.; incharge, Archaeological Excavation & Museum, Vikram Univ.; principal, Bharati Kala Bhawan (Fine Art College), Ujjain, M.P.)

Wikipedia description:

Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (4 May 1919 – 3 April 1988) was an Indian archaeologist. Wakankar is credited with the discovery of the Bhimbetka rock caves in 1957 and the Kayatha culture in 1964, among others. In 2003, UNESCO inscribed the Bhimbetka rock caves as a World Heritage Site. The Bhimbetka rock caves exhibit one of the earliest traces of human life in India.

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