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Dr. A.K Shastry (Anant Krishna Shastry) is a renowned historian in the state of Karnataka, India. He's the first scholar to extensively study and research manuscripts called 'Kadata'. He also has studied more than a hundred thousand palm leaf and paper manuscripts. Kadatas are from 15th century to 19th century, and very unique in how they are made. Kadata is a long sheet of cloth, seasoned with charcoal paste mixed with tamarind seed powder, dried and folded in the form a book. It opens out like a roll. Soapstone pencils were used to write. The history of Kadata goes back to 4th century BC. Nearchus, an officer in Alexander The Great's army, mentions about Indians writing on a well-beaten cloth. 〔Indian Paleography (Bühler)〕 A large number of Kadatas are preserved at the Sringeri Math in Sringeri, Karnataka. Dr Shastry's research focuses on social, political, economic and religious aspects of Sringeri Dharmasamsthana in particualar and Karnataka in general, during this time period. Dr Shastry's major work involves reading, translating/transliterating from "modi kannada" Modi alphabet - an old Kannada script, and generating source material from these manuscripts. He has written several large volumes of source material books that capture these documents verbatim with commentary and analysis.〔(Seminar on Kadathas gets under way in Mysore ), The Hindu, May 31, 2006〕 Due to his work on Kadatas, he is fondly known as "Kadata Shastry" in Karnataka's history circles. He has presided over several state and national level history seminars . He was a professor of history at MES's M. M. College of Arts and Science, Sirsi, affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad, from 1964 to 1998. ==Life and Education== Dr Shastry was born on 17th March 1940 in Sirsi. He completed his education in Sirsi and Dharwad * Primary Education in K. E. Board High School in Dharwad * B.A (Hons) from Karnatak College, Dharwad, 1961 * M.A (History) from Karnatak University. Dharwad, 1963 * Ph.D. from Karnatak University, Dharwad, 1976 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anant Krishna Shastry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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