Manu V. Devadevan

Manu V. Devadevan (born 1977) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India.^{[1] [2]} He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages.^[3] He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi.^[1][4] He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator.^[2]

Manu Devadevan, originally from Kerala, grew up and studied in Bengaluru.^[2] He completed his post-graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian Kesavan Veluthat).^[2] The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.^[1]

Publications

• A Pre-History of Hinduism (2016)
• Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat (2018, editor)
• The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India (2020)
• God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu (2019)