Talk:Chris Chekuri
Christopher Chekuri is an associate professor at the History Department, San Francisco State University[1] as of April 2024. According to his university profile, his research interests include the study of states and families, early modern empires in the Indo-Islamic World, comparative colonialisms and nationalisms, modern Telugu literary criticism, and globalization.
He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.
In 2016, he signed a letter[2] addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016 falsely stating[3] the following:
- "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
- "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
On November 5, 2017, he signed the letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group (SAFG) to the California State Board of Education[4] where he:
- Misrepresented scholarship stating "Mythological terms substitute for historical ones for example the 'Indus Valley Civilization' (a fact-based geographic term) appears to be replaced with a religiously-motivated and ideologically charged term 'Indus-Saraswati/Sarasvati Civilization'. The Saraswati is a mythical river"[5][6][7]
- Implied that Christians and Muslims existed in Ancient India, prior to the founding of these religions
Publications Related to India and South Asia[edit]
- Chekuri, Christopher. The Men Who Would Be King: The Nayakas of Vijayanagara, 1480-1620. Manuscript under preparation.
- Chekuri, Christopher. A Translation with Critical Commentary of the Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra. Manuscript under preparation.
- Chekuri, Christopher. Provinces, Federalism, and the Politics of Language 1900-1948. In Provincial Democracy: Political Imaginaries at the End of Empire in Twentieth-Century South India. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
References[edit]
- ↑ Chris Chekuri University Profile accessed 10 April, 2024
- ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
- ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.
- ↑ 2017 South Asia Faculty Group (SAFG) Letter to the California State Board of Education
- ↑ Chakrabarti, Dilip, and Sukhdev Saini. The Problem of the Sarasvati River and Notes on the Archaeological Geography of Haryana and Indian Punjab. Aryan Books International, 2009.
- ↑ Danino, Michel. The Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati. Penguin Books, 2010.
- ↑ McIntosh, Jane R. A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization. Westview Press, 2002, p. 24. where she stated "Suddenly it became apparent that the “Indus” Civilization was a misnomer—although the Indus had played a major role in the development of the civilization, the “lost Saraswati” River, judging by the density of settlement along its banks, had contributed an equal or greater part to its prosperity. Many people today refer to this early state as the “Indus-Saraswati Civilization” and continuing references to the “Indus Civilization” should be an abbreviation in which the “Saraswati” is implied. There are some fifty sites known along the Indus whereas the Saraswati has almost 1,000. This is misleading figure because erosion and alluviation has between them destroyed or deeply buried the greater part of settlements in the Indus Valley itself, but there can be no doubt that the Saraswati system did yield a high proportion of the Indus people’s agricultural produce"