Philosophy and Religion: Essays in Interpretation

J.L. Mehta, a product of the Punjab University, Chandigarh, has had a brilliant academic record securing merit scholarship throughout his schooldays. He established his reputation as a sober and serious historian by his History of the Punjab University. A specialist in medieval and modern Indian history, and a prolific writer, with proficiency in Urdu, Persian and Tibetan, besides Hindi, Punjabi and Sanskrit, he had published a number of books, articles and monographs long before he opted for the Ph.D. degree which he received from his alma mater in 1978. A widely traveled man, Dr. Mehta, during one of his sojourns in the UK, attended lectures in a postgraduate course in International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London. He retired as Reader in History, Punjab University, Chandigarh.