History with a Difference: Reflections on the Works of Jagannath Patnaik

Professor Jagannath Patnaik is a name to be conjured with and reckoned with in modern historiographic parlance. This book, a unique collection of essays by distinguished scholars is a clear, accurate, interpretative and penetrating survey of the works of Prof. Jagannath Patnaik, who has revealed many unforgotten chapters of the history of Orissa. An erudite scholar, Prof. Jagannath Patnaik is also the pioneer in the text-book writings in history making it popular, easy, intelligible and interesting. This remarkable collection is indeed a significant contribution to the historiography of Orissa.