Neelakanta Shastri (English spelling)

Japanese: ニーラカンタ･シャーストリ（英語表記）K.A.Nīlakanta Śāstri

1892‐1975
Indian historian. He studied at the University of Madras, and from 1929 he was professor of history at the same university, where he pioneered the history of South India and made great achievements. After retiring in 1947, he served as professor at the University of Mysore and director of the UNESCO Institute for Traditional Culture. Among his many books, he is famous for his groundbreaking research on Chola history, and his compilation of materials on the history of Vijayanagar and his research on the history of exchanges between South India and Southeast Asia are also important. His A History of South India (1958) has been reprinted many times and is well-known as an overview of South Indian history, and in his later years he wrote several enlightening overviews on the religious and cultural history of South India.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1892‐1975
インドの歴史家。マドラス大学で学び，1929年から同大学の歴史学教授として南インド史を開拓し，大きな業績を残した。47年退職後，マイソール大学教授，ユネスコ伝統文化研究所長を歴任した。多数の著書のうち，チョーラ史の画期的な研究は有名であり，ビジャヤナガル史資料編集，南インドと東南アジアの交流史研究も重要である。また《南インド史A History of South India》(1958)は南インド史概説として版を重ねて定評あるものであり，晩年には南インドの宗教･文化史について数冊の啓蒙的な概論を著した。

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