Back دويجيندرا نارايان جها Arabic دويجيندرا نارايان جها ARZ ഡി.എൻ. ഝാ Malayalam ਡੀ. ਐਨ. ਝਾ Punjabi D. N. Jha SIMPLE டி. என். ஜா Tamil ద్విజేంద్ర నారాయణ్ ఝా Tegulu
Dwijendra Narayan Jha | |
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 Jha in November 2012 | |
| Born | 1 July 1940[1] Ganauli, Darbhanga district, British India |
| Died | (aged 80) Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Notable work | The Myth of the Holy Cow (2001) |
Dwijendra Narayan Jha (1940 – 4 February 2021) was an Indian historian who studied and wrote on ancient and medieval India.[2] He was a professor of history at Delhi University and a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Some of his books include Ancient India: In Historical Outline (1997), The Myth of the Holy Cow (2001), and Early India: A Concise History (2004). Through his works he argued against the communal distortions of history including challenging popular beliefs of the sanctity of cow and Indian beef eating tradition.
- ^ "D N Jha was fearless in his evocation of pluralism, dissent and rationality". The Indian Express. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Roychowdhury, Adrija. "Why the cow is worshipped in Hindutva politics". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2021.