Paromita Das

Prof. Dr. Paromita Das is an academician, historian and literary translator from Assam, India. In 2007, she won Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee Prize for her translation of the Assamese poet Parvati Prasad Baruwa's poems into English. She is a professor and former Head of the Department of History at Gauhati University. She is also the chief editor of the Journal of History, Art and Archaeology. She has made seminal contributions to the study of terracotta sculptures in India and to popularisation of Assamese poetry.

See also

• Sahitya Akademi
• Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Awards

Bibliography

Books

• Das, Paromita (1960). Geetikavi : The Poetry of Parvati Prasad Baruva. Guwahati: Papyrus Books. ISBN 978-93-812872-1-7. Search this book on
• Das, Paromita (1973). Art and Archeology of North East India. New Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan. ISBN 81-7320-071-8. Search this book on
• Das, Paromita (1973). Terracotta Sculptures of Assam. New Delhi: Research India Press. ISBN 978-93-517112-1-6. Search this book on

Chapters in books

• Das, Paromita (2017), "Mahabharata : Connecting Cultures, Creating Traditions", in Chakravarty, S.; Purkayastha, S., The Epics and the North East, 1 (1st ed.), New Delhi: Pratibha Prakashan, ISBN 978-81-770239-7-8.
• Das, Paromita (2015), "Use of Chronograms in the Inscriptions of Assam", in Chakravarty, S., Diversity and Integrity of North East India, 1 (1st ed.), Guwahati: KHS Publishers, ISBN 978-93-811390-5-9.
• Das, Paromita (2013), "Influence on the Art of Brahmaputra Valley of Assam", in Purkayastha, S., The North-East and the Vedic Lore, 1 (1st ed.), Guwahati: Gauhati University, ISBN 978-81-924984-2-3.
• Das, Paromita (2003), "Archaeological Remains at Kanvachala, Guwahati, Assam", in Sen, R., The Medieval Art of India, 1 (1st ed.), Tejpur: Indian Art, ISBN 81-7574-130-9.

Journal articles

• Das, Paromita; Baruwa, Parvati Prasad (2007). "If Life Be Lost". Indian Literature. 51 (6): 242–244. JSTOR 23347626.
• Das, Paromita (2010). "Poetry of Geetikavi Parvati Prasad Baruva : Some Observations". Journal of Guwahati University. XX. ISSN 0976-9072.
• Das, Paromita (2015). "Religious Beliefs in the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam". Man in India. 95 (2): 213–218. ISSN 0025-1569.
• Das, Paromita (2010). "River Brahmaputra : Shaping Traditions". Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences. 7. ISSN 0973-8738.
• Das, Paromita (2007). "Terracotta Sculptures on the Kali Mandir at Nilachala". Kala - the Journal of Indian Art History. XIII. ISSN 0975-7945.
• Das, Paromita (2007). "Terracotta Sculptures of Baghapara, Meghalaya". Kala - the Journal of Indian Art History. XIII. ISSN 0975-7945.

Edited works

• Heritage Northeast : Collection of Articles on the Heritage of Northeast India (2017)

Other research papers

• Pauranic Scenes in Sculpture of Assam (2013), Indian Art History Congress, Vol-XXI
• On the Inscriptions of Ancient Assam (2003), North East India History Association, Vol-XXIV
• Worship of Surya in Ancient Guwahati (2002), North East India History Association, Vol-XXIII
• Worship of Siva among Bodo-Kacharis of Assam (2000), Indian Art History Congress, Vol-VIII

References

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