Paduru Gururaja Bhat | |
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Born | 1924 Paduru, Udupi district, Karnataka |
Died | 1978 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Historian, academician, professor, author |
Paduru Gururaja Bhat (1924 – 27 August, 1978 [1]) was a teacher, historian [2] and archaeologist [3] of Tulu Nadu and of Barkur, the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom. [4]
Born in 1924 in the village of Paduru in Karnataka's Udupi district, [1] Bhat graduated from the University of Madras in 1952. He received a master's degree in history from the Banaras Hindu University in 1956 and a PhD from the University of Mysore in 1968. [1] His thesis was entitled A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600. [3]
Bhat taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi, [1] and was the founder-principal of Milagres College, Kallianpur, from 1967 to 1976. [5]
Another book, Temples of Dakshina Kannada, was started by P Gururaj Bhat, but was suspended for a long time after his death. The project was later completed by Prof. Muralidhara Upadhya and Dr. P N Narasimhamurthy. [8]
Paduru Gururaja Bhat | |
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Born | 1924 Paduru, Udupi district, Karnataka |
Died | 1978 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Historian, academician, professor, author |
Paduru Gururaja Bhat (1924 – 27 August, 1978 [1]) was a teacher, historian [2] and archaeologist [3] of Tulu Nadu and of Barkur, the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom. [4]
Born in 1924 in the village of Paduru in Karnataka's Udupi district, [1] Bhat graduated from the University of Madras in 1952. He received a master's degree in history from the Banaras Hindu University in 1956 and a PhD from the University of Mysore in 1968. [1] His thesis was entitled A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600. [3]
Bhat taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi, [1] and was the founder-principal of Milagres College, Kallianpur, from 1967 to 1976. [5]
Another book, Temples of Dakshina Kannada, was started by P Gururaj Bhat, but was suspended for a long time after his death. The project was later completed by Prof. Muralidhara Upadhya and Dr. P N Narasimhamurthy. [8]