Talks about how a lot of our history we believe to be fact originated from mythology

Aloka Parasher-Sen a graduate of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. did her M.A. [1974] and Ph.D. [1978] from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is currently Professor, Department of History University of Hyderabad where she has been teaching since 1979. 2001. She was DAAD Fellow at the Sudasien Institut, Universitat
Heidelberg in 1986 and Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. She has delivered invited lectures and presented papers at Conferences in Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, UK and the USA She was awarded the Career Award in Social
Sciences and Humanities for Young Scientists the University
Grants Commission, New Delhi during 1989-1991 and
nominated Member Indian Council for Historical Research,
New Delhi by the Government of India during 1994-97. She
serves on the Editorial Board on the Journal of Deccan Studies
brought out by the Centre of Deccan Studies, Hyderabad.

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