# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-r-ramachandra-dikshitar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:27:21.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-r-ramachandra-dikshitar"
name: "V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar"
slug: "v-r-ramachandra-dikshitar"
description: "Vishnampet R. Ramachandra Dikshitar was a historian, Indologist and Dravidologist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was professor of history and archaeology at the University of Madras and is the author of standard text books on Indian history."
tagline: "Indian Indologist (1896–1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vishnampet_R._Ramachandra_Dikshitar.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896-04-16"
deathDate: "1953-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           4.404644
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump