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Romila Thapar

1931 - Today

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Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romila Thapar has received more than 1,351,485 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Romila Thapar is the 518th most popular historian (down from 422nd in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from India (down from 685th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Romila Thapar ranks 518 out of 561Before her are Lawrence Stone, Mark Mazower, Drew Gilpin Faust, Albrecht Weber, Ivan Charota, and R. H. Tawney. After her are David Bordwell, Andrei Lankov, Richard G. Hovannisian, David Abulafia, Gregory Areshian, and Hugh N. Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Romila Thapar ranks 525Before her are Robert Morse, Stanislav Lusk, Aleksandar Ivoš, Zoltán Huszárik, Marla Gibbs, and Anne Heywood. After her are Thelma Kalama, Frank Ramsey, Janice Rule, Federico Edwards, Gisela Birkemeyer, and Johnny Sheffield.

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In India

Among people born in India, Romila Thapar ranks 818 out of 1,861Before her are Saroj Khan (1948), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Anjali Devi (1927), Gauri Khan (1970), Ismail Merchant (1936), and Jagdish Bhagwati (1934). After her are Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), Nain Singh (1830), Madhavrao Scindia (1945), Manorama (1937), Vani Jairam (1945), and Smita Patil (1955).

Among HISTORIANS In India

Among historians born in India, Romila Thapar ranks 4Before her are Pulakeshin II (610), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), and R. H. Tawney (1880). After her are Irfan Habib (1931).