I have been fascinated with the idea of time since I was 18 – Manu Devadevan

The Infosys Prize 2019 in Humanities is awarded to Dr. Manu V. Devadevan for his highly original and wide-ranging work on pre-modern South India. His book A Pre-History of Hinduism offers a powerful and refreshing new approach to the study of the cultural history of India, based on his profound knowledge of sources in multiple languages.
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