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'''Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo''' (born 29 August 1946) is an Indian historian and archaeologist. He is from [[Khariar]], [[Nuapada]], [[Odisha, India]].<ref>Profile of JP Singh Deo http://www.navratnanews.com/Profile/profile_ofJitamitra%20Prasad%20Singh%20Deo.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402121125/http://www.navratnanews.com/Profile/profile_ofJitamitra%20Prasad%20Singh%20Deo.htm |date=2 April 2012 }}</ref> He is the president of Khariar Sahitya Samiti. He is a famous archaeologist and authors of several books on Odisha. He has discovered of pre-historic rock art of Yogimath Donger,<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock art in Odisha |last=Pradhan |first=Sadasiba |page=16 |year=2001 |publisher=Aryan Books International |isbn=978-81-7305-215-6 }}</ref> Ghat Ghumar rock art copper plates, gold coins of [[Sharabhapuriya dynasty]], clay seal, stone seal of [[Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala|Panduvamshi dynasty]], [[Kalachuris of Ratnapura|Kalachuri]] coins,<ref>{{cite book |title=Early and medieval coins and currency system of Orissa, circa 300 B.C. to 1568 A.D. |last=Tripathy |first=Snigdha |page=96 |year=1986 |publisher=Punthi Pustak |oclc=15488618 }}</ref> terracotas, beads and sculpture of various types.<br />
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==Books==<br />
Following are some of his highly cited books:<br />
* ''Cultural Profile of South Kosal '' {{fact|date=May 2021}}<br />
* ''Origin of Jagannath Deity ''{{fact|date=May 2021}}<br />
* ''Tantric Art of Odisha''<ref>{{cite book |title=The tantra: its origin, theories, art, and diffusion from India to Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan, and Indonesia |last=Fic |first=Victor M. |page=69 |year=2003 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-424-0 }}</ref><br />
* ''Character Assassination in Modern History of Orissa. ''{{fact|date=May 2021}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://kddfonline.com/category/eminent-persons/maharaja-jitamitra-prasad-singhdeo/ JP Singh Deo]<br />
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