Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar
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- Writer
- archaeologist
- historian
Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar | |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Died | 6 May 2021 (aged 79–80) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
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| Father | Pandurang Shirodkar |
Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar (1941 – 6 May 2021)[1] was an Indian indologist, archaeologist, and writer. He had devoted his career to research, and made contributions in archaeology.[2] He was the founding editor of two research journals, Colloquium and Purābhileka-Purātatva.[3]
He was the eldest son of Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, who was a freedom activist of Goa, and also served as the first speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly under the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.[4]
Career
In 1993, Shirodkar discovered rock art engravings on lateritic platforms and granite boulders from Usgalimal on the banks of west-flowing river Kushavati, which has shed light on the prehistory of Goa and the existence of humans in Goa during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.[5][6]
