Narain, A. K.

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Name (Latin)
Narain, A. K.
Other forms of name
Narain, Awadh Kishor
Nārāyaṇa, Avadhakiśora
Narain, Abodh Kishor
Abodh Kishor Narain
Date of birth
1925-05-28
Date of death
2013-10-07
Field of activity
College teaching
History
Occupation
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1925
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q4829665
Library of congress: n 50025571
Sources of Information
  • Dialogue of civilizations, 2019:p. facing t.p. verso (Professor Awadh Kishor Narain (28 May 1925-10 July 2013))
  • Prācīna Bhāratīya abhilekha-saṅgraha, 1969:v. 1, t.p. (Avadhakiśora Nārāyaṇa)
  • Studies in history of Buddhism, 2010:t.p. (A.K. Narain; Professor of History and South Asian Studies, Univ. of Wis., Madison) t.p. verso (b. 1925)
  • The A.K. Narain omnibus, 2018:t.p. (A.K. Narain) preface (Professor A.K. Narain (1925-2013), Manindra Chandra Nandi Professor of Ancient Indian History, Cuture & Archaeology at Banaras Hindu University, India, and Professor of History & South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
  • Author's The Indo-Greeks, 1957.
  • Studies in orientology, 1988:t.p. (A.K. Narain, Univ. of Wis.) jkt. (Dr. Abodh Kishor Narain)
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Wikipedia description:

Awadh Kishore Narain (A. K. Narain, 28 May 1925 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian historian, numismatist and archaeologist, who published and lectured extensively on the subjects related to South and Central Asia. He was well known for his book, The Indo-Greeks, published by Clarendon Press in 1957, in which he discussed the thesis of British historian Sir William Woodthorpe Tarn.

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