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[[File:Vasanth shinde2.png|thumb|Vasant Shinde]]Vasant Shinde (born: June 15, 1956) is an Indian Archeologist. He was one of the archeologists to have worked in the excavations of Rakhigarhi during 2011 - 2016. He was the first to restructure the research relating to the Harappan Skulls and to emphasize the importance of genetic testing in excavations. | [[File:Vasanth shinde2.png|thumb|Vasant Shinde]] | ||
Vasant Shinde (born: June 15, 1956) is an Indian Archeologist. He was one of the archeologists to have worked in the excavations of Rakhigarhi during 2011 - 2016. He was the first to restructure the research relating to the Harappan Skulls and to emphasize the importance of genetic testing in excavations. | |||
==Birth, Education== | ==Birth, Education== | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 25 October 2025
Vasant Shinde (born: June 15, 1956) is an Indian Archeologist. He was one of the archeologists to have worked in the excavations of Rakhigarhi during 2011 - 2016. He was the first to restructure the research relating to the Harappan Skulls and to emphasize the importance of genetic testing in excavations.
Birth, Education
Vasant Shinde was born on June 15, 1956 in Pune, Maharashtra. He completed his Bachelors in History from Pune University. He completed his Masters in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archeology with First Class from Pune University. He received his Doctorate for his research work on ‘Ancient History: Early Settlements in the Central Tapi Basin’. He did his Post Doctoral Research at the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark during 1985 and at Cambridge University during 1989 - 1990. He was conferred with Honorary D.Lit Degree by Vikramshila University.
Professional Life
- He worked as a Professor in Deccan College, Pune in the Department of Archeology since 1982 for the students of Masters Degree and from 1995 for Research Students.
- He worked as a Professor in Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth University from 1987 - 1995 for Students of Masters Degree.
- From 1991, He worked as a Professor in Institute of Archeology, New Delhi for Students of Masters Degree.
- Under his guidance, many research students from Deccan College, Pune have received their Doctorate Degree. Since 2008, he has been guiding research students of Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Hungary as well.
- He was a Visiting Professor in International Research Centre for Japanese Studies and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan.
Organizational Activities
- Founder of Society of South Asian Archaeology
- He was actively engaged in Public Archaeology. He established groups in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana to protect the Nation's cultural heritage and to create awareness amongst the people.
Responsibilities
- Assistant Professor in National Institute of Advanced Studies, IIC Campus, Bangalore.
- Head of National Maritime Heritage Complex, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
- Head of Rakhigarhi Research Project
- Principal, Professor in Deccan college, Pune.
Research
- He was involved in the excavations of Tapi Basin during 1980-90.
- During 2006-11 he was involved in the excavations of Rakhigarhi of Indus Valley Civilization.
In 2019, He submitted a research paper on 'An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers' along with David Reich. Through this he concluded that the people of Indus Valley Civilization belong to the Indo-Aryan family and not the descendants of Anatolian Steppe ancestry. This questioned the widely believed Indo-Aryan migration theory.
Books
- Early Farming Community in the Central Tapi Basin (Study of Settlement and Subsistence Patterns) 1998
- Chalcolithic South Asia: Aspects of Crafts and Technologies
- Cultural Heritage of South Asia and Beyond Recent Perspective
- Excavations at Gilund: The Artifacts and Other Studies
- Ancient Indian Knowledge System : Archaeological Perspective (2017)
- Bharatiya Knowledge Systems (2022)
- The Heritage Sites of Gujarat: A Gazetteer
- Gilund Project: Excavations in a Regional Context
- Harappan Necropolis at Farmana in the Ghaggar Basin
- Human Skeletal Assemblage from the Harappan Site of Farmana: A Bio-archaeological Analysis
- New Perspectives on the Harappan Culture in Light of Recent Excavations at Rakhigarhi: 2011–2017, Volume 1: Bioarchaeological Research on the Rakhigarhi Necropolis (editor, together with Dong Hoon Shin) (Archaeopress Publishing Ltd) (2023)
- Excavations at Kaothe 1990
- A Report on the Excavations at Farmana (2007-08): (A Harappan site in the Ghaggar Basin)
- Harappan Necropolis at Farmana in the Ghaggar Basin (2009-2010)
- 2011 Excavations at Farmana, District Rohtak, 2006-2008.
- Excavations at Girawad, District Rohtak, Haryana, India 2006.
References
Links
- 'All of us are descendants of Harappans': Archaeologist Vasant Shinde - theweek
- Just I read –Wake the past for a regenerative future | Dr. Vasant Shinde | TEDxSRMKattankulathur
- How The Ancient Settlement Of Rakhigarhi Questions The 'Aryan Invasion' Theory - homegrown
- Echoes of the Harappans: Inspiring Today's Urban Planning | Prof. Dr. Vasant Shinde | TEDxPVGCOET
- Archaeogenetic Research at Rakhigarhi and Its Implications on Indian History By Prof.Vasant Shinde
- SI 6 - The Harrapan Civilization - Issue of Identity - Prof.Vasant Shinde - Swadeshi Indology
- Rakhigarhi | Indus Civilization | Singh Production
- Indus Sarsawati Civilization practiced democracy | Archaeologist Prof. Vasant Shinde | Part 1
- Archaeologist & Prof. Vasant Shinde on how Rakhigarhi disproves Aryan Invasion theory
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