New Perspectives on the History and Culture of Orissa

Dr. shishir Kumar Panda (b. 1952) passed M.A. from Sambaipur University in 1974 securing first position for which he was awarded University gold Medal. He joined as a lecturer in the Post-Graduate Department of History. Sambaiur University. In joined the Centre for Historical Studies. Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed M.Phil. Programme. In 1983, he joined South-Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, West Germany under a German Research council Programme and completed his Ph.D. in 1986 under supervision of Professor Dr. Herman Kulke. His field of research is Ancient Indian History and Archaeology. At Present he is working on a project on Sources of Orissan History sponsored by the German Research Council and Indian Council of Historical Research. He has contributed a number of research papers both in national and international Journals. He is member of a number of professional Institutions. His other work is Herrschaft and Verwaltung im Ostlichen Indian under den Spaten Gangas C.a. 1038-1434 (in German). Currently he is a Reader in the Post-graduate Department of History, Berhampur University.