[INDOLOGY] Shereen Ratnagar (1944-2026)

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Passed away in Mumbai at age 82 on 25 May 2026: archaeologist and historian
Shereen Ratnagar (1944-2026)

https://thewire.in/history/tributes-pour-in-as-archaeologist-shereen-ratnagar-passes-away

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/3921797-shereen-ratnagar-a-pioneer-in-indus-valley-archaeology

The wikipedia page devoted to her (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shereen_Ratnagar) gives a list of major
publications by her and has a paragraph on her involvement in the Ayodhya
dispute.

Among important but lesser known book parts / articles she published I
mention:

“Does Archaeology Hold the Answers?” In: J. Bronkhorst and M.M. Deshpande
(eds.), Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Cambridge: Harvard Oriental
Series, 1999, pp. 207-238.

“Agro-pastoralism and the Migrations of the Indo-Iranians.” In: India:
Historical Beginnings and the Concept of the Aryan: Essays by Romila
Thapar, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Madhav M. Deshpande, Shereen Ratnagar. New
Delhi: National Book Trust, 2006, pp. 157-193.

"Pastoral nomadism, tribalism, and language shift." In: J. Houben and J.
Rotaru (eds.), Veda-Vedāṅga and Avesta between Orality and Writing.
Bucarest, Bibliothèque de Bucarest: 2011, pp. 425-453.


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*Jan E.M. Houben*

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

*johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <johannes.houben at ephe.psl.eu>*

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