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Harbans Mukhia (born 1939) is an Indian political historian^[1] whose principal area of study ismedieval India.^[2]

He received his Bachelors in Arts (BA) in history in 1958 fromKirori Mal College,Delhi University and then earned hisdoctorate from Department of History, Delhi University in 1969. Mukhia worked atJawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),New Delhi as Professor of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies. He was rector of JNU from 1999 to 2002 and retired in February 2004.^{[citation needed]}.

• Fellowship of theIndian Institute of Advanced Study,Simla (1971)
• Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1979–1981)^{[citation needed]}
• Directeur d’Étude Associé,EHESS, Paris, 1980-2003 (a month every year)1980-2003.
• UGC National Lecturer (1985–1986)
• UGC National Fellow (1991–1993)
• Visiting Professor,The British Academy, London, February–March, 1993.
• Senior Visiting Fellow,International Institute for Asian Studies,Leiden (1997)
• Fellow, IDPAD,University of Amsterdam, October 2004.
• National Fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2014-16.

As author

• The Mughals of India (Peoples of Asia)ISBN 978-0-631-18555-0
• Perspectives on Medieval HistoryISBN 978-0-7069-6387-8
• Historians and Historiography During the Reign of AkbarISBN 978-0-7069-0444-4
• Issues in Indian History, Politics and SocietyISBN 978-93-5002-010-4
• Exploring India’s Medieval Centuries: Essays in History, Society, Culture and TechnologyISBN 978-93-5002-047-0

As editor

• Feudalism and Non-European Socieites (Special issue of theJournal of Peasant Studies, 12) T. J. Byres, Harbans Mukhia (Editor) ASIN B0017DM8SQ
• Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism; Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, and Achin Vanaik Bidwai ASIN B001NJD892
• French Studies in History: The Inheritance Harbans Mukhia, Maurice Aymard (Editor)ISBN 978-0-86131-892-6
• The Feudalism DebateISBN 978-81-7304-284-3
• French Studies in History: The DeparturesISBN 978-0-86311-088-7
• Understanding India: Indology and Beyond, Harbans Mukhia, Jaroslav Vacek, Prague, 2012.ISBN 978-80-246-2031-2
• The History of Technology in India, vol II, Medieval India, New Delhi, 2012.

Festschriften

• Rethinking a Millennium: Essays for Harbans Mukhia: perspectives on Indian history from the 8th to the 18th century (Hardcover); editor Rajat DuttaISBN 978-81-89833-36-7

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