# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-s-wakankar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:33.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-s-wakankar"
name: "V. S. Wakankar"
slug: "v-s-wakankar"
description: "Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar was an Indian archaeologist. Wakankar is credited with the discovery of the Bhimbetka rock caves in 1957 and the Kayatha culture in 1964, among others. In 2003, UNESCO inscribed the Bhimbetka rock caves as a World Heritage Site. The Bhimbetka rock caves exhibit one of the earliest traces of human life in India."
tagline: "Indian archaeologist (1919-1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1919-05-04"
deathDate: "1988-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.215686274509804
  historical:           5.097986666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ڤى. اس. واكانكار"
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    title: "విష్ణు శ్రీధర్ వాకణ్కర్"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump