Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pattathanam, Kollam, Kerala |
| Died | 26 May 2021 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Paris VII |
| Thesis | Changements économiques et sociaux au Kerala: la caste des Pulayas depuis 1800 (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Dumont |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Indian economic history |
| Institutions | Indian Statistical Institute |
| Main interests | Women's and Dalit studies |
| Notable works | Emergence of a Slave Caste: Pulayas of Kerala (1980) |
Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni (1928 – 2021) was an Indian historian, economist and a specialist in Dalit and gender studies, and a president of the National Federation of Indian Women. She is best known for her studies of chattel enslavement of the lower castes in Kerala, which upended the conventional wisdom that there had been no historical slavery in south India.