S. R. Goyal

Sri Ram Goyal (known as S. R. Goyal; 1932 – 2015){{Cite journal |last=Habib |first=Irfan |date=2014 |title=S. R. Goyal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158579 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=75 |pages=1496 |jstor=44158579 |issn=2249-1937}} was an Indian historian and professor known for his work mainly on Gupta history. {{Infobox officeholder

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| name = S. R. Goyal

| office = HOD of Jodhpur University

| term_start = 1970

| term_end = 1992

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| birth_date = 1932

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| death_date = 2015
(aged 83)

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| alma_mater = Allahabad University

| nationality = Indian

| profession = Historian

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Career

S. R. Goyal pursued his academic career in ancient history, completing his Bachelor's degree in 1953 and his Master's degree in 1955 from Allahabad University, where he graduated with "first class first" honors.{{Cite book |last=Goyal |first=Shankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjSwPQAACAAJ |title=Professor S.R. Goyal: The Profile of a Historian |date=2004 |publisher=Book Enclave |isbn=978-81-8152-000-5 |pages=32 |language=hi}} He began his teaching career at C.M.P. College, Allahabad (1955–58), and later moved to Gorakhpur University (1958–70). In 1970, he joined Jodhpur University (now Jai Narain Vyas University), where he has served as the Head of the Department of History.{{Cite book |last=Goyal S.r |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69211/page/n2/mode/1up |title=A Religiours History Of Ancient India Vol I |date=1804}}{{Cite journal |last=Habib |first=Irfan |date=2014 |title=S. R. Goyal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158579 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=75 |pages=1496 |jstor=44158579 |issn=2249-1937}}

Works

Goyal has authored over 55 research papers and several books on ancient Indian history. Notable works include Viśva kī Prācīna Sabhyatāyeṃ (1963), Prācīna Bhārata kā Rājanaitika Itihāsa, Vol. III (1969), Prācīna Nepāla kā Rājanaitika aura Saṃskṛtika Itihāsa (1974), and Prācīna Bhāratīya Abhilekha Saṅgraha (1980). His doctoral thesis, A History of the Imperial Guptas (1967), has received recognition for its analysis of the Gupta period from scholars such as Professor A. L. Basham and Professor Eleanor Zelliot.{{Cite journal |last=Goyal |first=Shankar |date=1996 |title=Historiography of the Imperial Guptas: Old and New |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41702162 |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=77 |issue=1/4 |pages=1–33 |jstor=41702162 |issn=0378-1143}}

Goyal is also the Chief Editor of a 32-volume series on Indian History and Culture. This includes volumes like Māgadha Sāmrājya kā Udaya (1980) and Mughal Sāmrājya kā Prārambhika Itihāsa (1984). His research on the origins of the Brāhmī script during the Maurya period has been acknowledged in academic circles.{{Cite journal |last=Goyal |first=Shankar |date=1996 |title=Historiography of the Imperial Guptas: Old and New |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41702162 |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=77 |issue=1/4 |pages=1–33 |jstor=41702162 |issn=0378-1143}}{{Cite book |last=Goyal |first=Shankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjSwPQAACAAJ |title=Professor S.R. Goyal: The Profile of a Historian |date=2004 |publisher=Book Enclave |isbn=978-81-8152-000-5 |pages=97–106 |language=hi}}

Bibliography

=Thesis=

Were the Imperial Guptas Brāhmanas by Caste? (in Hindi), Bulletin of the Gorakhapur University, 1961 pp. 5-9.
Was Magadha the Original Home of the Imperial Guptas? PIHC, 1964 (abstract).
Samudragupta and the North-West Proceedings of the Oriental Conference, Gauhati Session, 1964, pp. 153-68.
The Problem of Bālādityas in the Gupta Period Bhuyan Commemoration Volume, Gauhati, 1965, pp. 100-4.
Observations on the Sri Vikrama Coin of Samudragupta, JNSI, 1965, XXVII, Pt.ii, pp. 142-45.
The Date of Kālidāsa, An Old Suggestion Modified POC, XXII, i,1965, p. 72f (abstract).
The Date of Vasubandhu and the Identity of His Patron (in Hindi), Shri S.N.M. Tripathi Abhinandana Grantha, Varanasi, 1965, pp. 101-04.
Attribution of Chandragupta-Kumāradevi Coin Type Indian Numismatic Chronicle. IV, Pt. ii, 1965-66, pp. 116-26.
Attribution of the Coins of Prakāsàditya, JNSI, 1966, XXVIII, Pt. i, pp. 17-20.
Early Chronology of the Gupta Dynasty, JBRS, III, Jan. 1966, pp. 55-67.
Gayā and Nālandā Plates of Samudragupta, JBBS, III, Jan. 1966, pp. 68-72.
Samudragupta: the King of the Meharauli Pillar Inscription (in Hindi), Nagari Pracharini Patrika, LXXIX, Pt.iii, V. E. 2021, pp. 261-77.

=Books=

== Hindi ==

[https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/ancient-civilizations-of-world-mzu777/ Viśva kī prācīna sabhyatāem̐] (1963).
Gupta evām sāmakalin rajavamsa (1969).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/85829 Prācīna Nepāla kā rājanitika aura sāṃskr̥tika itihāsa (abhilekhoṃ ke ādhāra para)] (1973).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/964954 Māgadha sāmrājya kā udaya] (1981).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/1016458 Prācīna Bhāratīya abhilekha saṅgraha : mūlapāṭha, anuvāda, tathā vyākhyā sahita] (1982).
[https://zenodo.org/records/3455715 Guptakālín Abhilekha] (1984).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/982744 Harsha Śīlāditya] (1986).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/950133 Bhārata meṃ Mug̲h̲ala sāmrājya kā prārambhika itihāsa : Akabara kī mr̥tyu taka] (1987).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Candragupta_Maurya_eka_nav%C4%ABna_r%C4%81jan%C4%ABt.html?id=TOgsAAAAIAAJ&hl=en&output=html_text&redir_esc=y Candragupta Maurya, eka navīna rājanītika-saṃskr̥tika adhyayana] (1987).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Samudragupta_par%C4%81kram%C4%81%E1%B9%85ka.html?id=3ec8AAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Samudragupta Parākramānka] (1987).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Gupta_S%C4%81mr%C4%81jya_k%C4%81_itih%C4%81sa.html?id=DjA8AAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Gupta Sāmrājya kā itihāsa] (1987).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A7_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81.html?id=_BpuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=yMagadha-Sātavāhana-Kushāṇa sāmrājyoṃ kā yuga] (1988).
[https://archive.org/details/20240611_20240611_0939 Nanda-Maurya Sāmrājya kā itihāsa] (1988).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/1275224 Gupta aura Vākāṭaka sāmrājyoṃ kā yuga] (1988).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/1198543 Maukhari-Pushyabhūti-Cālukya yuga] (1988).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Dakshi%E1%B9%87a_Bh%C4%81rata_k%C4%81_itih%C4%81sa.html?id=5o1uAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Dakshiṇa Bhārata kā itihāsa] (1995).

==English==

[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_History_of_the_Imperial_Guptas.html?id=xzFuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y A History of the Imperial Guptas] (1967).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/743702 A religious history of ancient India, upto c. 1200 A.D.] (1984).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/798521 Kautilya and Megasthenes] (1985).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/822299 Harsha and Buddhism] (1986).
[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryofindianbuddhismgoyals.r.mlbd_845_R/mode/1up A History Of Indian Buddhism] (1987).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Inscriptions_of_Maukhari_Pushyabhuti_Cha.html?id=NwUhAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Inscriptions of Maukhari-Pushyabhuti-Chalukya age] (1987).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/2416749 An introduction to Gupta numismatics] (1994).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Coinage_of_Ancient_India.html?id=T5caAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y The Coinage of Ancient India vol. I] (1994).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/2548768 The Coinage of Ancient India vol. II] (1995).
[https://archive.org/details/UAjO_indian-art-of-the-gupta-age-from-pre-classical-roots-to-the-emergence-of-medieva Indian art of the Gupta age : from pre-classical roots to the emergence of medieval trends] (2000).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Indica_of_Megasthenes.html?id=MxNuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y The Indica of Megasthenes : its contents and reliability] (2000).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Kau%E1%B9%ADil%C4%ABya_Artha%C5%9B%C4%81stra.html?id=uFuDAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra : its author, date, and relevance for the Maurya period] (2000).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5206562 India as known to Kauṭilya and Megasthenes] (2001).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5056980 Indian Buddhism after the Buddha] (2003).
[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=BziYLimD9LQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Maulana+Husain+Ahmad+Madni+:+a+biographical+study+/&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Maulana%20Husain%20Ahmad%20Madni%20%3A%20a%20biographical%20study%20%2F&f=false Maulana Husain Ahmad Madni : a biographical study] (2004).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5847850 Buddhism in Indian history and culture : upto the Ambedkar movement] (2004).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/6379454 Ancient Indian inscriptions : recent finds and new interpretations] (2005).
[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_Script.html?id=b05jAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Brāhmī script : an invention of the early Maurya period] (2006).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/6614965 A history of the Vākāṭaka-Gupta relations] (2006).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/6497222 Śramaṇism in early Indian religions and religious life] (2007).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/7990398 Pre-paurāṇika Hinduism : prehistoric genesis, contribution of the Indus religion, and vedic foundations of paurāṇika Hinduism] (2008).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/7889963 Fundamentals of Paurāṇika Hinduism] (2009).
[https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/birth-and-early-growth-of-indian-society-nak210/ Birth and early growth of Indian society] (2016).
[https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/pauranika-sects-and-cults-hbb754/#:~:text=The%20major%20sects%20of%20the,grew%20around%20them%20as%20well. Paurāṇika sects and cults] (2017).
[https://catalog-test.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/12000622 A comprehensive history of Hinduism] (2018).
[https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/hinduism-in-context-of-social-history-set-of-3-volumes-had469/ Hinduism in the Context of Social History (Set of 3 Volumes)] (2024) edition.