Our Storytellers / Dr M.N. Rajesh

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Dr M.N. Rajesh

Professor of History at the University of Hyderabad and Expert on Buddhism

Dr M.N. Rajesh is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Hyderabad.  He completed his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi and has since worked extensively on several aspects of medieval Indian history, socio-religious movements, Dalit politics, Tibetan history and culture. He has a vast knowledge of Buddhism, and Buddhist history.

Published work: Gompas – in Traditional Tibetan Society (2002), Sacred Sites in Buddhist Monastry (1999), Locality, History, Memory, The Making of the Citizen in South Asia (ed with Rila Mukherjee) 2009