Dwijendra Narayan Jha
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Dwijendra Narayan Jha
Dwijendra Narayan Jha is an Indian historian, specializing in Ancient and Medieval India, Professor of History at Delhi University, and member of the Indian Council of Historical Research.
PoliticsJha's has repeatedly taken posiiton against Hindu nationalist ideology, arguing against what he claims is "communalism" and "saffronisation" during the 1998 to 2004 BJP government of the Republic of India.[1] Jha has received death threats over his Myth of the Holy Cow, where he dispels popular allegations that "Muslims introduced beef-eating to the Indian subcontinent"[2] Californian textbook caseHe has also spoken out against the changes in the context of the Californian Hindu textbook case on the basis of political implications rather than historical fact. PublicationsWorks by D N Jha:
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