Harbans Mukhia is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n historian whose principal area of study is medieval India

Medieval India

Medieval India refers to the Middle Ages i.e. 5th to 15th century AD in the Indian subcontinent, it includes:*Early Middle Ages: Middle kingdoms of India*Hoysala Empire*Kakatiya Kingdom*Delhi Sultanate*Ahom Kingdom*Reddy Kingdom...

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Biography

He received his Bachelors in Arts (BA) in history in 1958 from Delhi University

University of Delhi

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 and then earned his doctorate

Doctorate

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 from Department of History, Delhi University in 1969. Mukhia worked at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Jawaharlal Nehru University

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 (JNU), New Delhi

New Delhi

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 as Professor of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies. He was rector of JNU from 1999 to 2002 and retired in February 2004.

Honors and awards

• Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study
  Indian Institute of Advanced Study
  The Indian Institute of Advanced Study is a prestigious research institute based in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and it started functioning from October 20, 1965....
  
  , Simla
  Shimla
  Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
  
   (1971)
• Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1979–1981)
• Directeur d’Étude Associé, EHESS
  École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
  The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
  
  , Paris, 1980-2003 (a month every year)
• UGC National Lecturer (1985–1986)
• UGC National Fellow (1991–1993)
• Visiting Professor, The British Academy, London, February–March, 1993
• Senior Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies
  International Institute for Asian Studies
  The International Institute for Asian Studies is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and promote national and international cooperation...
  
  , Leiden (1997)
• Fellow, IDPAD, University of Amsterdam, October 2004.

Books

As author

• The Mughals of India (Peoples of Asia) ISBN 9780631185550
• Perspectives on Medieval History ISBN 9780706963878
• Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar ISBN 9780706904444
• Issues in Indian History, Politics and Society ISBN 978-93-5002-010-4
• Exploring India’s Medieval Centuries: Essays in History, Society, Culture and Technology ISBN 978-93-5002-047-0

As editor

• Feudalism and Non-European Socieites (Special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies, 12) T. J. Byres, Harbans Mukhia (Editor) ASIN B0017DM8SQ
• Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism; Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, and Achin Vanaik Bidwai ASIN B001NJD892
• French Studies in History: The Inheritance Harbans Mukhia, Maurice Aymard (Editor) ISBN 9780861318926

'The Feudalism Debate ISBN 9788173042843

• French Studies in History: The Departures ISBN 9780863110887

Festschriften

• Rethinking a Millennium: Essays for Harbans Mukhia: perspectives on Indian history from the 8th to the 18th century (Hardcover); editor Rajat Dutta ISBN 9788189833367