# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dwijendra-narayan-jha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:10:23.985Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/dwijendra-narayan-jha"
name: "Dwijendra Narayan Jha"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Indian historian (1940–2021)"
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gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "IN"
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birthDate: "1940"
deathDate: "2021-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump