J S Kharakwal

J.S. Kharakwal did his PhD under the guidance of Prof. V.N.Misra in 1994 on the Archaeology of Central Himalayan Region from Deccan College, Pune. He has participated in a number of archaeological excavations ranging from the Stone Age to the Iron Age in Karnataka, Maharashtra, M.P., Gujarat and Uttrakhand. He jointly conducted excavations at Balathal for seven years with Prof. Misra and currently leading an Indo-Japanese archaeological research project at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh,...See more

J.S. Kharakwal did his PhD under the guidance of Prof. V.N.Misra in 1994 on the Archaeology of Central Himalayan Region from Deccan College, Pune. He has participated in a number of archaeological excavations ranging from the Stone Age to the Iron Age in Karnataka, Maharashtra, M.P., Gujarat and Uttrakhand. He jointly conducted excavations at Balathal for seven years with Prof. Misra and currently leading an Indo-Japanese archaeological research project at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat. He has co-authored three books with Prof. d.P. Agrawal i.e., Prehistory of South Asia (2002), Bronze and Iron Ages of South Asia (2003) and Central Himalayas (1998), besides publishing fifty research papers in various national and international journals. He is a life member of various academic societies such as IPSQS, IAS, PAHAR, RASI, IPPA, SOSSA, JSPS. He has worked as a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan and as a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. He has participated in various national and international seminars in several countries such as Japan, Italy, Austria, Turkmenistan, China and Iran. He has organized national and international seminars. Currently he is a senior faculty member at the Department of Archaeology in the Institute of Rajasthan Studies, Udaipur, Rajasthan. See less