WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF
Dr. K.P. RAO.
PROFESSOR IN HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
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WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OFDr. K.P. RAO.
PROFESSOR IN HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
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1. NAME & DESIGNATION : PULLA RAO KUDUPUDI
Professor
Department of History
University of Hyderabad
HYDERABAD – 500 046 INDIA.
Professor in History
University of Hyderabad
HYDERABAD – 500 046 INDIA.
PHONE/FAX(O) : +91-40-23133159
Cell: 9440375303
Iron Age and Megalithic culture, Pre and Proto history of India, Field archaeology, Remotesensing in archaeology, Archaeoastronomy, India's external trade in ancient period, Buddhist art and architecture.
Ph.D. : Awarded on the topic “Megalithic Culture in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra” by the Nagpur University in the year 1984.
VISITS ABROAD
2. MALAYSIA: 1-7 July 1998 to present a paper in the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA), held at Melaka. Visit sponsored by IPPA.
3. NETHERLANDS: 5-10 July 1999 to present a paper in the XV International Conference on South Asian Archaeology, organised by International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, Leiden.
4. JAPAN : 14 - 24 January, 2003 to deliver invited lecture on 'South Indian Megalithic Culture' at Taisho University, Tokyo, and to visit Museums and Institutes for study of ceramics in connection with the preparation of the Report of the International Joint-Research Project on “Commercial Activities in Medieval Indian Ocean as Revealed from Inscriptions and Ceramic-sherds.” being carried out by the Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan.
5.
USA : 19 June - 1 July, 2004, to present paper on
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And lectures in Mokpo Maritime University, Mokpo National University, Korean Institute of Heritage, Soul and Gyeonggi Provincial Museum.
SERVICE EXPERIENCE
1. Lecturer : (one year) in the Department of History and Indian Culture, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University), Prashanthinilayam. 4-7-1985 to 10-7-1986.
2.
Research Assistant : (one year)
Project for Preparation of Archaeological Directory,
Directorate of Archaeology and Museums,
Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
11-8-1986 to
22-8-1987. Explored
Anantapur District and discovered about 80 sites while working in this Project.
3. Assistant Archaeologist: (one year nine months) Archaeological Survey of India Excavations Branch, Nagpur. 24-8-1987 to 16-6-1989.
Team member that explored and excavated several archaeological sites under the Narmada Sagar Submersible area.
4.
Assistant
Archaeologist: (five months)
in-Charge Nagarjunakonda Museum.
23-6-1989 to 26-11-1989.
5.
Assistant
Professor:
(8 years) Department of
Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati. 27-11-1989
to 10-10-2000.
6. Associate Professor: Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 20-11-1998 to 10-11-2000.
7.
Reader:
in the Department of History, University of Hyderabad (Central University) October, 2000
to October 2006.
8. Professor
:
Classes
Taught: M.A.,
M.Phil.
M.Phil. Awarded - 2 In progress - 1
Ph. D. Awarded - 1 In progress - 2
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
FIELD EXPERIENCE
EXCAVATIONS:
Excavated Survepalli in Nellore District, Neolithic - Medieval.
Excavated
Pentakota in Visakhapatnam district. Early historic – Satavahana site.
Excavated Gachibowli a Megalithic burial site in Hyderabad.
Participated in the Archeological Explorations and Excavations at the following places:
Adam (Maharashtra) - Mesolithic, Chalcolithic, Iron Age, Early
Historic
Arni (Maharashtra) - Megalithic, Early Historic
Balikeswar (Madhya Pradesh)- Medieval
Chandel (Madhya Pradesh) - Medieval
Harsud (Mdhya Pradesh) - Early Historic and Medieval
Ramapuram (Andhra Pradesh)- Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Megalithic.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT:
International Joint-Research Project on “Commercial Activities in Medieval Indian Ocean
Revealed from Inscriptions and Ceramic-sherds.” being carried out by the Taisho
University, Tokyo, Japan.
OTHER PROJECTS:
Completed a Research Project funded by the University Grants Commission
on “Archaeological Investigations in Swarnamukhi and Ponneri River Valleys”.
In course of explorations about 35
sites of varied archaeological potential (Neolithic,
Megalithic, Early Historic) have been discovered.
One of the significant
discovery is an ancient sea-port located at Kottapatnam on the east coast.
This site has given archaeological evidence of South India’s trade and
cultural contacts with Southeast Asia in the pre-Christian era.
UGC MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT
Completed Major
Research Project on ‘Maritime Activity in Early Andhra : an Archaeological Investigation’, funded by the University Grants
Commission. The Project
envisages survey of the Andhra coast for Archaeological sites with traces of Maritime activity and excavation of few sites for collection of basic
data.
ISRO SUPPORTED PROJECT
Research Project on “Remote Sensing for Identification and Study of Palaeochannels and Archaeological Sites”. Under this project, satellite imageries would be used to identify potential areas for archaeological investigations.
PUBLICATIONS For Details see below
BOOK
: 1
Research
Articles :
International : 9
Indian : 19
1. Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies Executive Member
2. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Ordinary Member
3. Heritage Society Founder Secretary
4. Indian Archaeological Society Life Member
5. Indian History Congress Life Member
6. Andhra Pradesh History Congress Life Member
7. Society for Maritime History Ordinary Member
8. Member, Board of Studies in Indian History, Culture & Archaeology (Combined), Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati during 1997 – 2000.
1. Deccan Megaliths
Published by Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, 1988. ISBN-81-85067-07-4.
FRANCE:
1.
'Maritime Activity in Early Andhra', presented in the International
Colloquium on Seafaring Communities in the Indian Ocean 4th cent. BC. – 15th
cent. AD., organised by the Maison
de l’Orient Mediterraneen, Lyon, France, 30 June – 5 July, 1996.
NETHERLANDS:
2.
'Early Trade and
Contacts Between South India and Southeast Asia (300 BC. – AD. 200)' presented in
the XVth International Conference on South Asian Archaeology, Leiden University,
Leiden, the Netherlands, 5-9 July 1999. Published
in the Proceedings volume, Ellen M. Raven (Ed.), Groningen, 2008, pp.353-361.
MALAYSIA
3.
'Megalithc Anthropomorphic Statues: the Meaning
and Significance', presented in the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific
Prehistory Association (IPPA), held at Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.
Published in the IPPA Bulletin 2000, Vol.3, pp. 111-114.
USA
4. 'Astronomical Relationship of South Indian Megaliths', in the 7th Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy, held at Flagstaff, Airzona, USA.
Published in the Proceedings volume ‘Viewing the Sky through Past and Present Cultures’, Todd W. Bostwick and Bryan Bates(Ed.), City of Phoenix, 2006. pp.421-432.
ENGLAND
5. '
6. 'Megalithic Culture in India' presented in the International Symposium on Megalithic Culture (Dolmen) in Korea, Organized by the Domlmen Research Centre of Northeast Asia, Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, 2007.
1. A Unique Iron Age Grave Complex from South India, East and West, Vol.41, 1991, pp.363-369.
2. Early Trade and Contacts Between South India and Southeast Asia (300 BC. AD. 200)forthcoming in
East and West, published by Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Rome. Early Trade and Contacts Between South India and Southeast Asia (300 BC. AD. 200) forthcoming in East and West, published by Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Rome.
3. Fresh Archaeological Evidence Revealing South India’s Early Contacts with China, presented in the World Archaeological Congress-3, December 1994, New Delhi. Published in the Theme Papers. 4.Some New Megalithic Sites in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh’, presented in the International Seminar on Indian Archaeology and Quarternary Studies, New Delhi, October 1982.
4.'Some New Megalithic Sites in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh’,
presented in the International
Seminar on Indian Archaeology and
Quarternary Studies, New Delhi,
October 1982.
5.
'Buddhapada in the Early Art of Andhra Desa', presented in the
International Seminar on the Contribution of Andhra Desa to Buddhism, organised
by the Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad,
December, 1997.
6. 'Kottapatnam: A South Indian Port Trading with Eastern Lands”, published in Ancient and Medieval Commercial Activities in the Indian Ocean: Testimony of Inscriptions and Ceramic-sherds, Noboru Karashima (Ed.), Published by Taisho University, Japan 2002, pp. 125-133.
1.
'Interpreting Animal Remains in Megalithic Graves', published in Vishvambhara, V.S. Pathak Felicitation
Volume (I), (Ed.) A.M. Shastri, et al, 1995, 23-27.
2.
'Beginnings of Sculptural Art in South India', published in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 53 Session, 1993, 664-671.
3.
'Vidarbha Megaliths and Andhra Karnataka: Contacts and Correlation', published in Archaeology in Karnataka, (Ed.) A. Sundara, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, 1990, 198-200.
4.
'The Burial Practices of the Megalithic People', Ajayasri, Prof. Ajay Mitra Shasti Felicitation Volume, (Ed.) Devendra Handa, Sundeep Prakashan, Delhi 1989, 25-28.
5.
'Identification of Megalithic Complexes and their Significance', published in Eastern Anthropologist, Vol.42(1), 1989, 59-63.
6.
'Anthropomorphism in Megalithic Culture', Indological Studies, (Ed.) Devendra Handa, Caxton Publications, Delhi, 1987, 13-16.
7.
'Megalithic Port-hole: A Techno-cultural Study', published in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 57 Session, 1996, 964-969.
8.
'Ports of the Satavahana Period', published in the Age of the Satavahanas, Vol.II, (Ed.) Ajay Mitra Shastri, Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 1999, pp. 445-449
9.
'Kottapatnam: an Early Sea-port in Southern Andhra Pradesh', published in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 54 Session, 1993, 829-831.
10.
'Arikamedu and the Evidence of Southeast Asian Contacts', published in the Proceedings of the Pondicherry History Congress, 1st Session, 1996, 17-20.
11.
'Understanding Megalithic Practices - An Ethnological Approach', published in Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress, XVII Session, 1993, 18-21.
12.
'Fresh Evidence of South India's Contacts with Foreign Lands', published in the Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress, XVIII Session, 1994.
13.
'Aspects of Megalithic Monuments: A Study', published in the Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress, XV Session, 1991, 27-32.
14.
'Fresh Evidence of Foreign Pottery Traditions in South India', presented in the XXIX Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society, 4-7 November, 1995, Gorakhpur.
15.
'Megalithc Culture in Cuddapah District', presented in the Seminar on the History of Cuddapah District, held at Proddatur, 8-10 September 1995. Accepted for publication in the Volume on History of Cuddapah District.
16.
'Urbanization in Swarnamukhi and Kalangi River Valleys - an Arachaeological Investigation', presented in the National Seminar on Major Trends in Urbanization of Andhra. Organised by the Telugu University, Sri Sailam, September 1994. Accepted for publication in the Seminar Volume.
17.
'Megalithic Myths and Traditons', accepted for publication in the Vishveshvarananad Indological Journal.
18.
'Archaeological Investigations in Swarnamukhi and Kalangi River Valleys', Published in Sankaram - Recent Researches on Indian Culture (Professor Srinivasa Sankaranarayanan Festischrift), Ed. S.S Ramachandra Murthy et al, Herman Publishing House, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 7-18.
19.
'Fresh Evidence of Foreign Pottery and Pottery Traditions in South India', Puratana, Emerging trends in Archaeology, Art, Anthropology, Conservation and History (in Honour of Sri Jagatpati Joshi) (Eds.) A.K. Sharma, et al., Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi, 2002,
Vol.II, pp.363-366.
20.
'Chinese Coin Found at Kottapatnam, Nellore Dsitrict, Andhra Pradesh', Jointly with Joe Cribb, Dept. of Coins and Medals, the British Museum, London, in Numismatic Digest, Volume 23-24 (1999-20001), pp.133-137.
21.
'Buddha Image from Kunthuru', in Narasimhapriya, Essays on Indian Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Art, Architecture, Iconography and Cultural History (A.V. N. Murthy Felicitation Volume), Vol. II Eds. I.K. Sarma, et al, Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, pp. 329-331.
22.
'Megalithic Culture in South India: Need for Reassessment', Presented in the Seminar on South Indian Archaeology with Special Reference to Karnataka: Recent
Investigations organised by the Department of History and Archaeology, Kuvempu University and the State Department of Archaeology, Government of Karnataka at Shankarghata, 22-23 March, 2002.
23. 'Kottapatnam - A South Indin Port Trading with Eastern Lands' in Noboru Karashima(Ed.) In Search of Chinese Ceramic-sherds in South India and Sri Lanka, Taisho University Press, Tokyo, Japan,2004, pp.11-15
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