R. Mahalakshmi
Professor
Centre for Historical Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
R. Mahalakshmi has 14 years of teaching experience in the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU.
Research Interest
R. Mahalakshmi research interest include Evolution of state structures in the early medieval period in south India; Tamil influences in early historical and early medieval Sri Lanka; interrogating gender and patriarchy in early India; growth and transformation of brahmanical religious traditions and institutions in the early medieval period in India; the development of brahmanical and Buddhist art and architecture in South and Southeast Asia; and tribal histories of South Asia, particularly the Brahmanical/ Buddhist-tribal interactions in the pre-modern period.
Publications
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‘Benevolent Consort or Dangerous Adversary? The Accommodation of the Goddess in the Hymns of the Tamil Saiva Saint Appar’, Studies in History, August 2011, 27: 2, pp. 269-80..
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‘Introduction to the Life and Work of Ananda Coomaraswamy’, in Coomaraswamy, Ananda, The Dance of Shiva, revised edition with a new introduction, Rupa and Co., Delhi, 2013..
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‘Intimately Bound: Woman and Family in early Tamil History, c. 300 BCE – 1300 CE’, in Saxena, Ashish, ed., Mapping Marginality and Social Justice, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 2013..
