# Dwijendra Narayan Jha

> Dwijendra Narayan Jha was an Indian historian who studied and wrote on ancient and medieval India. He was a professor of history at Delhi University and a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Some of his books include Ancient India: In Historical Outline (1997), The Myth of the Holy Cow (2001), and Early India: A Concise History (2004). Through his works he argued against the communal distortions of history including challenging popular beliefs of the sanctity of cow and Indian beef eating tradition.

*Indian historian (1940–2021)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1940
- **Died:** 2021-02-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/D._N._Jha)
- [دويجيندرا نارايان جها](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [دويجيندرا نارايان جها](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [D. N. Jha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._N._Jha)
- [ഡി.എൻ. ഝാ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%8E%E0%B5%BB._%E0%B4%9D%E0%B4%BE)
- [ਡੀ. ਐਨ. ਝਾ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80._%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%A8._%E0%A8%9D%E0%A8%BE)
- [D. N. Jha](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._N._Jha)
- [டி. என். ஜா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE)
- [ద్విజేంద్ర నారాయణ్ ఝా](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9D%E0%B0%BE)
- [ڈی این جھا](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%DA%BE%D8%A7)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%9D%E0%A6%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318284)

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