1445 Poorvanchal Complex
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110 067
Telephone: (91 11) 26741902 (residence)

M.A. (Sanskrit), Panjab University
Diploma in Archaeology, School of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India
M.Phil (Archaeology), University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Ph.D. (History), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

ONGOING RESEARCH:

History of archaeology in India.

Seafaring and Maritime Contacts - a theme that I research and a course that I teach at the Centre for Historical Studies.

Digital mapping of archaeological sites through satellite imagery.

Publications:-

Books:

• H.P. Ray, Colonial Archaeology in South Asia (1944-1948): The Legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (forthcoming 2007).

• Incredible India: Monuments, Wisdom Tree & Department of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, 2007.

•  A Historical Survey of Seafaring and Maritime Networks of Peninsular India, Lecture Series Publication – 2, Indian Council of Historical Research, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore, 2006. (Booklet)

• The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia, Cambridge World Archaeology Series, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

• The Winds of Change: Buddhism and the Maritime Links of Early South Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1994; Oxford India Paperbacks, 1999.

• Monastery & Guild: Commerce under the Satavahanas, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1986.

Edited Monographs:

• H.P. Ray edited, Sacred Landscapes in Asia: Shared Traditions, Multiple Histories, India International Centre - Asia Project, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2007.

• H.P. Ray and Daniel T. Potts edited, Memory as History: The Legacy of Alexander in Asia, Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2007.

• H.P. Ray & E.A. Alpers, edited, Cross Currents and Community Networks: The History of the Indian Ocean World, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007. 

• H.P. Ray edited, Coins in India: Power and Communication, Marg Publications, volume 57, 3, March 2006.

• H. P. Ray and Carla Sinopoli edited, Archaeology as History in Early South Asia, Indian Council for Historical Research & Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2004.

• H. P. Ray edited, Archaeology of Seafaring: The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period, Indian Council for Historical Research Monograph Series I, New Delhi, 1999.

• H.P.Ray and J.-F. Salles, edited, Tradition and Archaeology: Early Maritime Contacts in the Indian Ocean, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 1996.