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	== Methodology ==		== Methodology ==

	Kamath's methodology was [[Indian nationalism\|Indian nationalist]].~~{{citation needed\|date=May 2017}}~~ He has authored many books on the [[Indian independence movement]].~~{{citation needed\|date=May 2017}}~~ He denied the existence of an [[Aryan race]] and considered the [[Indus Valley ~~Civilization~~]] to be simply an ~~offshoot~~ of Vedic civilization.<ref name="thehindu_20080714">{{cite news\|title=Aryan race did not exist, says Suryanath Kamath\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725092104/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 July 2008\|date=14 July 2008}}</ref> ~~Kamath was also a supporter of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS).{{citation needed\|date=May 2017}}~~		Kamath's methodology was [[Indian nationalism\|Indian nationalist]]. He has authored many books on the [[Indian independence movement]]. He denied the existence of an [[Aryan race]] and considered the [[Indus Valley civilization]] to be simply an urban version of Vedic civilization.<ref name="thehindu_20080714">{{cite news\|title=Aryan race did not exist, says Suryanath Kamath\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725092104/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 July 2008\|date=14 July 2008}}</ref>

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'''Suryanath Upendra Kamath''' (26 April 1937 – 21 October 2015) was an Indian historian who served as the Chief Editor of the Karnataka State Gazetteer from 1981 to 1995.

== Early life ==

Kamath was born in a [[Konkani language|Konkani]]-speaking family on 26 April 1937. After studying history and economics{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} at [[Dharwad University]], Kamath joined the Bangalore University as a lecturer and reader in history in 1968.<ref name="icssr_profile">{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.icssr.org/bio_kamath.htm|publisher=Indian Council for Social Science Research}}</ref>

During his graduation in Dharwad University, Kamath came under the influence of historian [[B. A. Saletore]] who had written a comprehensive two-volume book on social and political life in the [[Vijayanagar Empire]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

== Career ==

Kamath served as lecturer and reader in history at the [[Bangalore University]] from 1968 to 1981.<ref name="icssr_profile"/> In 1981, he was appointed director of the Karnataka State Archives.<ref name="icssr_profile"/> He served as director of the Karnataka State Archives from 1981 to 1983 and was the Chief Editor of the Karnataka State Gazetteer from 1981 to 1995.<ref name="icssr_profile"/> He also edited the Karnataka District Gazetteers and since 1977, has been the editor of the Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society.<ref name="icssr_profile"/> He founded the Karnataka Ithihasa Academy along with [[G. S. Dikshith]] in 1985. He was also the director of the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Public Library in [[Calcutta]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Kamath edited the [[quarterly]] journal of the ''Indian Mythic Society'' from 1977 to his death.<ref name="icssr_profile"/> He was also a member of the Karnataka Gazetteer Advisory Committee.<ref name="thehindu_20100513">{{cite news|title='A handbook of Karnataka released|work=The Hindu|date=13 May 2010|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article766526.ece}}</ref>

== Methodology ==

Kamath's methodology was [[Indian nationalism|Indian nationalist]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He has authored many books on the [[Indian independence movement]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He denied the existence of an [[Aryan race]] and considered the [[Indus Valley Civilization]] to be simply an offshoot of Vedic civilization.<ref name="thehindu_20080714">{{cite news|title=Aryan race did not exist, says Suryanath Kamath|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725092104/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458300400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 July 2008|date=14 July 2008}}</ref> Kamath was also a supporter of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS).{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

== Works ==

* {{cite book|title=Studies in Indian culture|first1=H. V.|last1=Sreenivasa Murthy|first2=Suryanath Upendra|last2=Kamath|year=1973|publisher=Asia Publishing House}}
* {{cite book|title=Karnataka: A handbook|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=Kannada Sahitya Parishad|year=1977}}
* {{cite book|title=A concise history of Karnataka: (from pre-historic times to the present)|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=Archana Prakashana|year=1980}}
* {{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer|editor=Kamath, U. Suryanath|year=1981–1995|publisher=Government of Karnataka}}
* {{cite book|title=Historiography of Karnataka|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=Mythic Society|year=1991}}
* {{cite book|title=The origin and spread of Gauda Saraswats|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=Archana Prakashana|year=1992}}
* {{cite book|title=Mythology and culture: confluence of thoughts|publisher=Mythic Society|year=1993|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath}}
* {{cite journal|title=Indian Tradition of Textile Industry|work=The quarterly journal of the Mythic society|year=2002|volume=97|publisher= Mythic Society|place=Bangalore|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath}}
* {{cite book|title=India's struggle for freedom|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=Bhavan's Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values|year=2007|id={{ISBN|8189220187}}, {{ISBN|978-81-89220-18-1}}}}
* {{cite book|title=Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara and his times|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|publisher=IBH Prakashana|year=2009}}
* {{cite book|title=Hindirugi Nodidaga|first=Suryanath U.|last=Kamath|language=Kannada}}

== Notes ==

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