Harsh Narain is an Indian author. He has a Ph.D. from Lucknow

Lucknow

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 University, and was a professor at Benares Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

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 and North Eastern Hill University

North Eastern Hill University

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.

He wrote on Buddhism

Buddhism

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, Islam

Islam

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, Vedanta

Vedanta

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, Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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, Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

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 and Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

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. He wrote for the Urdu Encyclopedia, the Hindi Sahitya Kosha and the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. He speaks Sanskrit, Pali, Persian, Arabic, English, Hindi and Urdu.

Works

• Jizyah and the spread of Islam
• Myths of Composite Culture and Equality of Religions,
• The Ayodhya Temple Mosque Dispute: Focus on Muslim Sources. Delhi: Penman Publishers. (1993)