Arthur Llewellyn Basham | |
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| Born | 24 May 1914 |
| Died | 27 January 1986 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Educationalist |
| Known for | noted historian and Indologist |
| Children | 1 |
Arthur Llewellyn Basham FAHA (24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a noted historian, Indologist and author of a number of books. As a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in the 1950s and the 1960s, he taught a number of famous historians of India, including professors Ram Sharan Sharma, Romila Thapar, and V. S. Pathak and Thomas R. Trautmann and David Lorenzen.