Department of Archaeology

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Dilip K. Chakrabarti

Professor of South Asian Archaeology

Office: Faculty Building
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 333503
Email: dc129@cam.ac.uk
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Current research interests

My current research interests relate broadly to the ancient historical geography of India. Having completed my study of the archaeological geography of the Ganga plain (1991-2005), I am now focussed on understanding the route network of the Deccan and the south, and also on putting forward a geo-political frame within which the ancient Indian dynasties operated. As an extension of my Ganga plain interests, I am currently undertaking a study of the distribution of archaeological sites in Haryana,and I have just finished analysing some of the socio-political cross-currents of Indian archaeology.

• Archaeological geography of the Ganga plain
• The upper Ganga (Oudh, Rohilkhand and the Doab)
• Ancient routes of the Deccan and the south

I have undertaken fieldwork in different parts of India, Bangladesh. and Iran. Whilst at Delhi University, I established a departmental museum, and for some years I edited the bulletin of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies.

Current research projects

• Ancient Routes of the Deccan and the South
• Geo-political orbits of Ancient India: the Geographical Frames of Ancient Indian Dynasties
• Archaeological Sites in Haryana