Department
of Ancient Indian History & Culture
Alipore Campus
1, Reformatory Street, Kolkata - 700 027.
Telephone No. : 033-2479-2861 ( Extn. 352-356)
1918
Programme |
Level of Study |
Cut-off Mark at entry |
Intake Capacity |
| M.A. | P.G. | B.A (Hons.) In order of merit |
121 |
| M.Phil. | Research | ||
| Ph.D. | Research | M.A. Degree | |
| Name | Specialisation | Telephone | Teaching Assignment | |
| Professor | ||||
Subid M.A., Ph.D. |
Epigraphy and Numismatics. |
2463-3085 Mobile : 9231573978 |
Teaching Assignment in the Department : History of Bengal and North-East India, Historical Geography, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Anthropology, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India. |
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| Associate Professor | ||||
Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay M.A., Ph.D. |
Fine Arts | 2559-6266, Mobile : 9836168096 |
jhinki@vsnl.net; jhinki19@gmail.com |
Teaching Assignment in the Department : Archaeological Sites and Monuments, Art and Architecture of Bengal and North-East, Early Mediaeval Sculptural Art of India, Ancient Indian Architecture, Brahmanical Iconography, History of Vaishnava Religion. Teaching Assignment in the Department of Museology : Indian Iconography. |
Suchandra Ghosh (H.O.D.) M.A., Ph.D. |
Epigraphy and Numismatics. | 2532-8474, Mobile : 9830347484 |
suchandra64@gmail.com | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Asokan Edicts and Foreign Coins issued and found in the Subcontinent, Historical Geography, Early Medieval Economy focusing on Non-Agrarian Sector, Economic Anthropology. Teaching Assignment in the Department of History & Archaeology : Early Indian Polity and Economy and Early Indian Epigraphy. |
Rita Chaudhuri M.A., Ph.D. |
Social, Economic and Constitutional History of Ancient India. | 2490-1476, Mobile : 9830310838, |
rc700141@yahoo.co.in | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Literary Sources, Political History of Early Medieval South India, History of Bengal and North-East India, Social, Economic and Constitutional History of Early India, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History of Science and Technology. |
Susmita Basu Majumdar M.A., Ph.D. |
Epigraphy and Numismatics. | Mobile : 9836188531 | susmita_bm@yahoo.com | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Epigraphy (Gupta Inscriptions), Paleography (Brahmin and its Derivatives), Numismatics (Early Indian Coins and their Identification), History of Science and Technology, Religious History of Saivism, Political History of Early India from Post-Mauryan to Gupta. Teaching Assignment in the Department of Museology : Ancient Indian Numismatics. |
| Reader | ||||
Krishnendu Ray M.A., Ph.D., Spl. B.A. in Sanskrit, Certificate in Sanskrit, Prakrit & Manuscriptology. |
Social, Economic and Constitutional History of Ancient India. | 2584-3156, Mobile : 9433269142, |
Teaching Assignment in the Department : Social, Economic and Constitutional History of Ancient India, History of Science and Technology, The Concept of History, Historical Geography, Cultural Anthropology. |
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| Assistant Professor | ||||
Swati Ray M.A., Ph.D |
Fine Arts | 2244-1871 Mobile : 9830584787 |
swt_ray@yahoo.co.in | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Comparative Art, Jainism, Buddhism, History of Science and Technology, Jaina Iconography, The Aryans. Teaching Assignment in the Department of Museology : Indian Sculpture. |
Sayantani Pal M.A., Ph.D |
Epigraphy and Numismatics. | 2400-5011, Mobile : 9830126830 |
sayantani72@gmail.com | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Political History of Early Medieval North India, Historical Geography, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Paleography (Kharoshti Inscriptions), History of Science and Technology. Teaching Assignment in the Department of Archaeology : Epigraphy |
Madhuparna Roychowdhury M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D. |
Ancient Indian Religious History. | 2216-9317, Mobile : 9836606270, |
madhuparna.k@rediffmail.com | Teaching Assignment in the Department : History from the Epics, Ancient Indian Religion, Brahmanical Iconography. |
Tapan Kumar Das M.A. (Archaeology) & M.A. (Museology). |
Field Archaeology (Excavation, Exploration), Anthropology and Fine Arts. |
9433661600, | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Pre-history, Proto-history, Indus Valley Civilization, Chalcolithic Culture, Indian Buddhist Iconography, Buddhism in India, Physical Anthropology. Teaching Assignment in the Department of Museology : Field Archaeology (Exploration and Excavation), Arts and Crafts. |
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Preeta Bhattacharyya M.A. in History (Presently pursuing Ph.D. programme in the Department of History, Jadavpur University) |
Ancient Indian History | 2422-4646, Mobile : 9432876795 |
preetabhattacharya@gmail.com | Teaching Assignment in the Department : Political History of the Magadhan Empire, Early Indian Painting and Architecture, History of Science and Technology, Socio-Cultural History of the Gupta Period, Early History of Jainism. |
Major Thrust Areas of the Department where faculty members are having ongoing projects:
1. Handling of Primary Sources: a) Textual, b) Epigraphic, c) Numismatics
2. Palaeography
3. Identification of Sculptures & Iconography based on Museum visits & photographs
4. Social History of Religion
5. Dimensions of Society & Economy in Early India
6. Cultural Anthropology & Ethno-Archaeology
7. History of Science, Technology & Medicine.
8. India-Southeast Asia Cultural Connections