Shadakshari Settar

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Shadakshari Settar (Kn. ಷಡ‍ಕ್ಷರಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ್; 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, and Cambridge University.^[1]

Career[edit]

• Professor of History and Archaeology, Karnataka University in Dharwad (1960s)^[2]
• Director, of the National 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 the NIAS (2002-2010), Bengaluru, India, later became Professor Emeritus.
• Honorary Director of the Southern Centre of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (2005).
• Visiting professor at various foreign universities including at Cambridge, Harvard, Heidelberg, Athens, Leiden.^{[citation needed]}

Works[edit]

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.

Books (In Kannada)[edit]

• 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)

Books (English)[edit]

• 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)

Edited volumes[edit]

• 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)

Awards[edit]

In 2008 Settar was presented with the Sham.Ba. Joshi Award for his contributions to historical research.^[7]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150420091601/http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-ssettar.php
• http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1706/17061120.htm
• Google Scholar report