Indian professor and scholar (1935–2020)
Shadakshari Settar (11 December 1935 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian professor and scholar who had conducted research in the fields of Indian archaeology, art-history, history of religions and philosophy as well as classical literature.
Early life and education
[edit]Settar studied in Mysuru,Dharawad, andCambridge University.[1]
- Professor of History and Archaeology,Karnataka University in Dharwad (1960s)[2]
- Director, of theNational Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (1978).
- President,Indian Council of Historical Research (1996).[3][4]
- Dr S Radhakrishnan Chair at theNIAS (2002-2010), Bengaluru, India, later became Professor Emeritus.
- Honorary Director of the Southern Centre of theIndira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (2005).
- Visiting professor at various foreign universities including at Cambridge, Harvard, Heidelberg, Athens, Leiden.[citation needed]
Works under Settar's personal authorship comprise four volumes on history of art, two on religion and philosophy, one on human civilization and four on historiography.
- shravanabelagola (ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ (೧೯೮೧),ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Savige ahvana (ಸಾವಿಗೆ ಆಹ್ವಾನ (೨೦೦೪,೨೦೧೪)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Shangam Tamilagam Mattu kannada Nadunudi(ಶಂಗಂ ತಮಿಳಗಂ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು-ನುಡಿ (೨೦೦೭)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- somanathapura(ಸೋಮನಾಥಪುರ (೨೦೦೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Badami chalukyara shasana sahithya(ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಚಾಳುಕ್ಯರ ಶಾಸನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (೨೦೧೨)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Savannu arasi (ಸಾವನ್ನು ಅರಸಿ(೨೦೧೪)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Haalagannada: Lipi, Lipikara and Lipi Vyavasaya)ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ- ಲಿಪಿ, ಲಿಪಿಕಾರ, ಲಿಪಿ ವ್ಯವಸಾಯ (೨೦೧೪)[5]
- Halagannada Bhashe bhasha vikasa bhasha bandavya (ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ-ಭಾಷೆ, ಭಾಷಾ ವಿಕಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾಷಾ ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯ(೨೦೧೫)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Prakrutha jagadvalaya (ಪ್ರಾಕೃತ ಜಗದ್ವಲಯ(೨೦೧೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Ruvari (ರೂವಾರಿ (ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ವಾಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಲ್ಪಿಗಳ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ)(೨೦೧೮)ಅಭಿನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು)
- Hoysala Sculpture in the National Museum, Copenhagen (1975)
- Sravana Belagola - An illustrated study, Dharwad (1981)
- Inviting Death, Historical Experiment on Sepulchar Hill, Dharwad (1986)
- Inviting Death: Indian Attitude Towards the Ritual Death (Leiden:E. J.Brill, 1989)
- Pursuing Death: Philosophy and Practice of Voluntary Termination of Life, Dharwad (1990)
- Hampi - A Medieval Metropolis, Bangalore (1990)
- Hoysala temples, Vol I, II, Bangalore (1991)
- Footprints of Artisans in History, Mysore (2003)
- Somanathapura, Bangalore (2008)[6]
- Akssarameru's Kaliyuga Vipartan, Bangalore (2011)
- Archaeological Survey of Mysore: Annual Reports, Vol II-IV, Dharwad (1976–77)
- Memorial Stones: A Study of the origin, significance and variety, Dharwad-Heidelberg (1982)
- Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Vol I-IV, New Delhi (2002)
- Construction of Indian Railways, Vol I-III, New Delhi (1999)
- Jalianwala Bagh massacre, New Delhi (2000)
- Pangs of Partition, Vol I-II, New Delhi (2002)
In 2008 Settar was presented with the Sham.Ba. Joshi Award for his contributions to historical research.[7]
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