A. K. Narain

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A. K. Narain
Born	Gaya, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Banaras Hindu University, SOAS, University of London
Known for	Research on the Indo-Greeks
Awards	Holker Guggenheim Rockefeller Ford Foundation Dayaram Sahni Gold Medal Chakravikrama Gold Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology, History, Numismatics, Indology
Institutions	University of Wisconsin–Madison, Banaras Hindu University

Awadh Kishore Narain (A. K. Narain, 28 May 1925 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian historian, numismatist and archaeologist, who published and lectured extensively on the subjects related to South and Central Asia. He was well known for his book, The Indo-Greeks,^[1][2] published by Clarendon Press in 1957, in which he discussed the thesis of British historian Sir William Woodthorpe Tarn.^[3]