imported>TheBirdsShedTears: /* Early life and education */rmv maintenance tag / add a reference

2021-02-24T19:30:16Z

Early life and education: rmv maintenance tag / add a reference

New page

{{short description|Indian professor and scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
'''Shadakshari Settar''' (Kn. ಷಡ‍ಕ್ಷರಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ್; December 11, 1935 – February 28, 2020) was an [[India]]n professor and scholar who had conducted research in the fields of Indian archaeology, art-history, history of religions and philosophy as well as classical literature.

==Early life and education==
Settar studied in Mysuru, [[Dharawad]], and [[Cambridge University]].<ref name="India News – India TV 2020">{{cite web | title=Renowned historian Shettar dead | website=India News – India TV | date=2020-02-28 | url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/s-shettar-renowned-historian-dead-593301 | access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref>

==Career==
* Professor of History and Archaeology, [[Karnataka University]] in Dharwad (1960s)<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/26/india.schoolsworldwide " Another rewrite for India's history books"]. ''The guardian'', Randeep Ramesh in Delhi, 26 June 2004</ref>
* Director, of the [[National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology]] (1978).
* President, [[Indian Council of Historical Research]] (1996).<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/some-thoughts-on-the-closing-of-the-indian-mind/story-SuSWIqYttjOV7qCk6uLtBM.html "Some thoughts on the closing of the Indian mind"]. ''Hindustan Times'', Ramachandra Guha | 19 Jul 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1706/17061120.htm "ISSUES IN FOCUS:'They tried to bring pressure' -Interview with Professor S. Settar, former Chairman, ICHR."]. ''Frontline''Volume 17 - Issue 06, 18 - 31 Mar. 2000</ref>
*Dr S Radhakrishnan Chair at the [[National Institute of Advanced Studies|NIAS]] (2002-2010), Bengaluru, India, later became Professor Emeritus.
*Honorary Director of the Southern Centre of the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (2005).
* Visiting professor at various foreign universities including at Cambridge, Harvard, Heidelberg, Athens, Leiden.

==Works==
Works under Settar's personal authorship comprise four volumes on history of art, two on religion and philosophy, one on human civilization and four on historiography.

===Books (In Kannada)===
*shravanabelagola (ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ (೧೯೮೧),ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Savige ahvana (ಸಾವಿಗೆ ಆಹ್ವಾನ (೨೦೦೪,೨೦೧೪)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Shangam Tamilagam Mattu kannada Nadunudi(ಶಂಗಂ ತಮಿಳಗಂ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು-ನುಡಿ (೨೦೦೭)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* somanathapura(ಸೋಮನಾಥಪುರ (೨೦೦೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Badami chalukyara shasana sahithya(ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಚಾಳುಕ್ಯರ ಶಾಸನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (೨೦೧೨)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Savannu arasi (ಸಾವನ್ನು ಅರಸಿ(೨೦೧೪)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Haalagannada: Lipi, Lipikara and Lipi Vyavasaya)ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ- ಲಿಪಿ, ಲಿಪಿಕಾರ, ಲಿಪಿ ವ್ಯವಸಾಯ (೨೦೧೪)<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tracing-a-journey/article5967078.ece "Tracing a journey"]. ''The Hindu'', C. N. Ramachandran, 2 May 2014</ref>
* Halagannada Bhashe bhasha vikasa bhasha bandavya (ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ-ಭಾಷೆ, ಭಾಷಾ ವಿಕಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾಷಾ ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯ(೨೦೧೫)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Prakrutha jagadvalaya (ಪ್ರಾಕೃತ ಜಗದ್ವಲಯ(೨೦೧೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
* Ruvari (ರೂವಾರಿ (ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ವಾಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಲ್ಪಿಗಳ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ)(೨೦೧೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)

===Books (English)===
* Hoysala Sculpture in the National Museum, Copenhagen (1975)
* Sravana Belagola - An illustrated study, Dharwad (1981)
* Inviting Death, Historical Experiment on Sepulchar Hill, Dharwad (1986)
* Inviting Death: Indian Attitude Towards the Ritual Death (Leiden:E. J.Brill, 1989)
* Pursuing Death: Philosophy and Practice of Voluntary Termination of Life, Dharwad (1990)
* Hampi - A Medieval Metropolis, Bangalore (1990)
* Hoysala temples, Vol I, II, Bangalore (1991)
* Footprints of Artisans in History, Mysore (2003)
* Somanathapura, Bangalore (2008)<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/17300505/A_Passe_on_Somanathapura_-_Review_of_S._Settars_Somanathapura "A Passe on Somanathapura - Review of S. Settar's Somanathapura"]. ''Academia'', Manu V. Devadevan</ref>
* Akssarameru's Kaliyuga Vipartan, Bangalore (2011)

===Edited volumes===
* Archaeological Survey of Mysore: Annual Reports, Vol II-IV, Dharwad (1976–77)
* Memorial Stones: A Study of the origin, significance and variety, Dharwad-Heidelberg (1982)
* Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Vol I-IV, New Delhi (2002)
* Construction of Indian Railways, Vol I-III, New Delhi (1999)
* Jalianwala Bagh massacre, New Delhi (2000)
* Pangs of Partition, Vol I-II, New Delhi (2002)

==Awards==
In 2008 Settar was presented with the Sham.Ba. Joshi Award for his contributions to historical research.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/s-settar-gets-shamba-joshi-award/article1338282.ece "S. Settar gets Sham.Ba. Joshi Award"]. ''The Hindu'', Sept 15, 2008.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150420091601/http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-ssettar.php
* http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1706/17061120.htm
* [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q=author:S-Settar Google Scholar report]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Settar, Shadakshari}}
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]
[[Category:Karnatak University faculty]]
[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian archaeologists]]
[[Category:English-language writers from India]]
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]
[[Category:Indian social sciences writers]]
[[Category:Scholars from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Writers from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Historians of India]]

Shadakshari Settar - Revision history

imported>TheBirdsShedTears: /* Early life and education */rmv maintenance tag / add a reference