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Bhattacharya, Dibyendu Kanti

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Dibyendu Kanti Bhattacharya (Fig. 1) was born on June 28, 1939. He was the son of Mr. Jitendra Mohan Bhattacharya and his wife Manorama. He has five brothers and two sisters. When he was 5 years of age, he was not a healthy person, and he once heard his parents discussing that he could not survive for long and he should be allowed to do whatever he wished while he was alive. This whisper affected him strongly, and he would never give in to his weakness. Even today, in the throes of severe asthma during certain parts of the year, he has never stinted from his teaching, research, and fieldwork. In May 1958, he ran away from home and joined the Bhoodan movement under Vinoba Bhave because he wished sincerely to work for the people. He remained in there for 6 months travelling all over Sholapur district in Maharashtra. Due to this, he had trouble in getting admitted to the University of Delhi in the M.Sc. course. He completed his M.Sc. in 1960, securing a...

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  • Bhattacharya, D.K. 1977. Palaeolithic Europe: a summary of some important finds with special reference to central Europe. Atlantic Highlands (NJ): The Humanities Press and Oosterhaut: Anthropological Publications.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India

    Manoj Kumar Singh

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Singh, M.K. (2014). Bhattacharya, Dibyendu Kanti. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2426

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