Nayanjot Lahiri

Nayanjot Lahiri
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Stephen's College
OccupationProfessor of history
Known forWork in archaeology
AwardsJohn F. Richards, Infosys Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsAshoka University

Nayanjot Lahiri is a historian and archaeologist of ancient India and a professor of history at Ashoka University.[1][2] She was previously on the faculty of the department of history at the University of Delhi.[3]

She is the winner of the 2013 Infosys Prize, in the humanities, for her work in archaeology[4][5] and the 2016 awardee of the John F. Richards prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India.[6] She also served on the Humanities jury for the Infosys Prize from 2017 to 2018.[7]

  1. ^ Trautman, Thomas (May 2016). "Ashoka in Ancient India (book review)". H-net. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Walk back to the past: Take a tour of the Harappan civilisation in a Delhi museum". 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Ashoka University". www.ashoka.edu.in. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri". Infosys Science Foundation. 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ^ "2013 Infosys Science Prize Winners Announced". India Today. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Nayanjot Lahiri bags prize for book on Ashoka". The Hindu.
  7. ^ Humanities Jury, Infosys Science Foundation. "Infosys Prize - Jury 2018".