Vedic Culture & its Continuity

Dr. Sita Ram Dube (b. 1.9.1956) obtained his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He was awarded the ICHR’s (New Delhi) Post-Doctoral Fellowship for ‘An Archaeological Study of Buddhist Centres of North India with Special Reference to the Development of Buddhist Order’. His areas of specialisation are Society and Religion (with special reference to early Buddhist religion and society), Palaeography, Epigraphy and Numismatics. He has published several books, including Buddhasangha kā Prārambhika Vikāsa (Hindi), Baudhyugeen Bhārata (edited seminar proceedings), Contemporary Historiography: Methodology and Trends (edited seminar proceedings), and Methodology of Epigraphical Studies and History Writing (in two volumes). He has carried out archaeological explorations in the Bilaspur, Rajanandgaon, Raipur and Durg districts of Chhattisgarh and the Neemuch and Mandsaur districts of M.P., and has organised several national seminars, including the one on Vedic Culture and its Continuity. He taught as Lecturer in the Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology Department, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.), and is presently Professor and Head of the School of Studies in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P.