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Shadakshari (S) Settar

Historian Shadakshari Settar dead

Eminent historian, archaeologist and scholar Prof Shadakshari (S) Settar passed away in the early hours of Friday i

28 February 2020, 19:58 IST

Historian Shadakshari Settar dead

Historian Shadakshari Settar dead

Historian Shadakshari Settar dead

28 February 2020, 19:58 IST

Settar: A rare scholar who explored obscure realms

Prof S Settar was undoubtedly the finest historian from Karnataka. The insightful explorations into hitherto neglected areas, equally original revisiting of much explored areas to arrive at interpretations, not imagined by previous scholarship, have been his great strengths. At the same time, he diligently eschewed the flaw of some original thinkers who think it suffices to offer flashes of insight and leave it to other scholars to pursue them. Prof Settar was a thorough going scholar in the classical mould and his practice was to gather up all the relevant evidence, data and such archival material and to juxtapose them in such a way that a new interpretation emerges.

28 February 2020, 17:52 IST

Settar: A rare scholar who explored obscure realms

Settar: A rare scholar who explored obscure realms

Settar: A rare scholar who explored obscure realms

28 February 2020, 17:52 IST