Ajay Pratap

@bhu.ac.in

Professor, Department of History
Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University

Ajay Pratap


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Date of Birth: 12.1.1959
Address: New F/4, Jodhpur Colony, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, Uttar Pradesh
A/39, Anand Vihar, P.O.B.V. College, Rukunpura, Patna - 800014, Bihar

EDUCATION

B.A. (Hons.) in History from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, M.A. in Ancient History and Archaeology from Deccan College, Poona University, M.Phil and PhD in Archaeology from the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

History, Archeology, Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary

FUTURE PROJECTS

Archaeology of Vindhyan Childhoods through its Rock Art


Applications Invited

The Transition from Neolithic to Early Historic Cities and Towns in the Ganges, Sone, and Narmada Valleys, India


Applications Invited
141

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Pratap, A. 2024. Rock Art as an Indigenous Historical Tradition, Northern Vindhyas, India
    A Pratap
    From Megaliths to Maritime Landscapes: Perspectives on Indo-Pacific … , 2024
    2024
  • Pratap, A. 2024. Rock Art as Memory: Some Reflections on Pleistocene-Holocene Cultural Transition in the Northern Vindhyas. In Shinde, V.S., Ganvir, S., Dibyopama, A. (ed) 2024 …
    A Pratap
    In Shinde, V.S., Ganvir, S., Dibyopama, A. (ed) 2024. Revisiting the Culture … , 2024
    2024
  • Pratap, A. 2024. In memorium: Professor S.B. Deo. In Paddayya, K., Naik, S., Ansari, S (Eds) Lived for Archaeology. Remembering Five Eminent Archaeologists of Modern India …
    A Pratap
    In Paddayya, K., Naik, S., Ansari, S (Eds) Lived for Archaeology … , 2024
    2024
  • New Brahmi Inscriptions from Maukalan, Panchmukhi, Ahraura, and Lekhahia Pahar in Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Mirzapur Districts, Uttar Pradesh
    SJD Ajay Pratap, T.S. Ravishankar, J.T. Rapheal, Ajit Kumar Singh
    Ancient Asia 15, 151-163 , 2024
    2024
  • Pratap, A. 2024. Perspectives on the Early Historical Transition in the Northern Vindhyas. In Subbarayalu, Y., Kumaran, R.N., Yathees Kumar, V.P. (eds) Rajatarangini: Recent …
    A Pratap
    In Subbarayalu, Y., Kumaran, R.N., Yathees Kumar, V.P. (eds) Rajatarangini … , 2024
    2024
  • Content and Style in North Vindhyan Rock Paintings, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra Districts, Uttar Pradesh. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 11(2): 66-90
    A Pratap
    Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 11 (2), 66-90 , 2024
    2024
  • Pratap, A. 2024. Review of Shrimali, K.M. 2024. Land, Agriculture and Money in Central India and Beyond (c. 100 to 1300 CE): The Feudal Order Revisited. Aakar Books. New Delhi …
    A Pratap
    Social Scientist 52 (September-October 2024), 79-84 , 2024
    2024
  • New Brahmi Inscriptions from Maukalan, Panchmukhi, Ahraura, and Lekhahia Pahar in Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Mirzapur Districts, Uttar Pradesh.
    A Pratap, TS Ravishankar, JT Rapheal, AK Singh, SJ Dubey
    Ancient Asia 15 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Ideas and images: a historical interpretation of Eastern Vindhyan rock art, India
    A Pratap
    Archaeopress , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Asia, South: Ganges Valley
    A Pratap
    Academic Press , 2024
    2024
  • Pratap, A. 2022. Revisiting Indus Symbolism: Perspectives from Prehistoric Art and Later Historic Inscriptions, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress
    A Pratap
    Proceedings of the 81st Indian History Congress, held at Madras Christian … , 2023
    2023
  • Tribal and Environmental History of India. New Perspectives
    GE Pratap, A., Paranjape, B., Shyam
    Research India Press. New Delhi , 2021
    2021
  • Indian Origins of the" Aryans"
    A PRATAP
    Dr. BB Lal Felicitation Volume , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 1
  • The Hoe and The Axe-The Paharia in the Post-Colonial Period
    A Pratap
    2019
  • An archaeological model for early pastoralism in Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas. A perspective from Vindhyan rock art and archaeology
    A Pratap
    Puranveshana 2 (2), 1-10 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 3
  • Rock art of the Vindhyas: an archaeological survey
    G Kumar
    Rock Art Research 35 (1), 109-109 , 2018
    2018
  • Rock Art as Oral Tradition in Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas
    A Pratap
    Chennareddy, P. and Saratbabu, M. (Eds), Folklore Studies in the Current … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 5
  • Rock Art Imagery of Likhaniya Valley, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Puranveshana
    A Pratap
    Research Deliberation 1 (2), 39-42 , 2018
    2018
  • Hunting to managing: A theoretical model for gender in post-Pleistocene Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas
    A Pratap
    Research Deliberation 4 (2), 40-52 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • Gender and Indian Prehistory: an archaeological perspective
    A Pratap
    Puranveshana 2 (1), 63-70 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The Hoe and the Axe: An Ethnohistory of Shifting Cultivation in Eastern India
    A Pratap
    (No Title) , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 40
  • Rock Art of the Vindhyas: An Archaeological Survey
    A Pratap
    Archaeopress , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 10
  • Indian Archaeology and Postmodernism: Fashion or Necessity?
    A Pratap
    Ancient Asia 5, Art. 2 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 10
  • Indigenous Archaeology in India: prospects for an archaeology of the subaltern
    A Pratap
    BAR Publishing , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 10
  • Indian museums and the public
    KN Momin, A PRATAP
    The Presented Past, 290-298 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 9
  • The archaeology of childhood: revisiting Mohenjodaro terracotta
    A Pratap
    Ancient Asia 7, 5-5 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 7
  • The Prehistoric Rock Art Imagery of the Vindhyas, Uttar Pradesh
    A Pratap
    Ancient India NS 1 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 7
  • Shifting cultivation in the Rajmahal Hills of India
    A Pratap
    Archaeology as Long-term History, 68-83 , 1987
    1987
    Citations: 7
  • Rock Art as Oral Tradition in Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas
    A Pratap
    Chennareddy, P. and Saratbabu, M. (Eds), Folklore Studies in the Current … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 5
  • Prehistoric Imagery at Rock Art Sites of the Vindhyas, Uttar Pradesh
    A Pratap
    Naik, K.K., Reddy, E.S.N (Eds.), Cultural Contours of History and … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 5
  • Ethno-Archaeology as History: The Case of Santhal Parganas,'
    A Pratap
    Archaeology as History in Early South Asia, op. cit, 302-315 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 4
  • Paharia ethnohistory and the archaeology of the Rajmahal Hills: archaeological implications of an historical study of shifting cultivation
    A Pratap
    1988
    Citations: 4
  • Archaeology and politics
    A Pratap, N Rao
    Archaeological Review from Cambridge , 1986
    1986
    Citations: 4
  • An archaeological model for early pastoralism in Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas. A perspective from Vindhyan rock art and archaeology
    A Pratap
    Puranveshana 2 (2), 1-10 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 3
  • The Savariay Paharia: Shifting Cultivators of the Rajmahal Hills
    A Pratap
    Archaeology as Long-Term History, 68-83 , 1987
    1987
    Citations: 3
  • Ideas and images: a historical interpretation of Eastern Vindhyan rock art, India
    A Pratap
    Archaeopress , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Hunting to managing: A theoretical model for gender in post-Pleistocene Uttar Pradesh Vindhyas
    A Pratap
    Research Deliberation 4 (2), 40-52 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • Gender and Indian Prehistory: an archaeological perspective
    A Pratap
    Puranveshana 2 (1), 63-70 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • Decipherment of the Harappan Script: An Assessment
    A Pratap
    Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 2
  • New Brahmi Inscriptions from Maukalan, Panchmukhi, Ahraura, and Lekhahia Pahar in Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Mirzapur Districts, Uttar Pradesh.
    A Pratap, TS Ravishankar, JT Rapheal, AK Singh, SJ Dubey
    Ancient Asia 15 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1

GRANT DETAILS

1. Minor Research Project Grant, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi
2. Senior Faculty Research Incentive Grant, IOE-6031, Institution of Eminence Scheme, Banaras Hindu University