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| image = Prof. Udai Prakash Arora.jpg
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| birth_date = 1944
| birth_place = [[India]]
|workplaces=[[Allahabad University]]<br>[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]}}

'''Udai Prakash Arora''' (born 1944) is an [[India]]n [[Historian]] well known for his pioneering works in the
field of [[Greece|Graeco]]-Indian Studies.

== Early life ==
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== Career ==
He started his teaching
career at [[Allahabad University]] (1965–1985). Thereafter, he was Professor
and Founder Head, Department of [[Ancient History]] and Culture, [[MJP Rohilkhand University]], [[Bareilly]] (1985–2006), where he also acted as
Pro Vice Chancellor (1995) and twice as Acting Vice Chancellor
(1996–2006). In 2006 he was invited by [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]],
[[New Delhi]] to occupy the position of its prestigious Greek Chair
Professor. After his retirement he was reappointed Visiting Professor
of Greek Studies in JNU in which capacity he still continues.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Greek+Studies+in+JNU Conference Greece beyond Greece 2010]</ref>

Professor Arora is an author of 4 books and edited 13.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=el&tbs=bks:1&tbo=p&q=inauthor:U.P.+inauthor:Arora&num=10#hl=el&tbs=bks:1&q=U.P.+Arora&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=U.P.+Arora&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=11cf5abfebc2acac Google book results on U.P. Arora]</ref> Among his
important publications include ''Motifs in Indian Mythology, Their Greek''
and other Parallels'' (1981),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=b7yAAAAAMAAJ&q=Motifs+in+Indian+Mythology&dq=Motifs+in+Indian+Mythology&hl=el&ei=ml_mTJmuKoqMvQPqtrHCCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA Motifs in Indian Mythology]</ref> ''Graeco-Indica'' (1991),<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/8185205531 Graeco-Indica]</ref> ''Greeks on India
(1996),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=itx-RAAACAAJ&dq=Greeks+on+India&hl=el&ei=aGDmTInhJIb5cfmDjJAM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA Greeks on India]</ref> ''Yunan Itihas aur Samskriti'' (in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] 2010), and ''Alexander and India'' (in press). He has contributed nearly 120 articles in various journals. He is founder General Secretary of Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies and edits its annual journal ''[[Yavanika]]''.<ref>[http://ihr.sagepub.com/content/32/1/298.citation Review by Anupa Pande]</ref><ref>[https://elinepa.org/yavanika Review of Yavanika in Greek]</ref> He was General President UP History Congress (1996–97) and Sectional President (Ancient India) [[Indian History Congress]] (2002).

== Awards ==
As a visiting fellow he has visited U.S., Canada, and several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. His contribution earned him the most prestigious Greek civilian honor Golden Cross-Order of Honor from the [[President of Greece]] (1996). In his honor was published the Felicitation Volume Udayana-New Horizons in History Classics, and Intercultural Studies (2006).

==References==
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* [https://elinepa.org/greek-sources-on-india/ Greek Sources on India: Alexander to Megasthenes]

==External links==
* [http://www.bareillymart.com/profuparora.html Bareilly Mart]

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