Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi (1907–1966) was an Indian historian, mathematician, physicist, Marxist philosopher, numismatist and Peace activist. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Peace and tranquility — Lake Mapourika, New Zealand. ...

D.D.Kosambi was born at Kosben in Goa. His father was Dharmanand Kosambi, the renowned Buddhist scholar. After a few years schooling in India, he went to the Cambridge Latin School and later to Harvard University from where he took his degree in Mathematics, History and Languages. Later he worked for a few years at the Banaras Hindu University and then at the Aligarh Muslim University. In 1932 he joined the Fergusson College, Poona as Professor of Mathematics. In 1946 he joined in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) taking up the post of Chair for Mathematics, which he held for the next sixteen years. For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... It has been suggested that Benaras Hindu University be merged into this article or section. ... Victoria gate, a prominent building at the university Aligarh Muslim University is a university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. ... Pune, formerly called Poona, is the second largest city (after Mumbai) in the state of Maharashtra, India. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ...

As A.L.Basham, the well-known indologist, said Kosambi had only three interests, which filled his life to the exclusion of all others- ancient India, in all its aspects, mathematics and the preservation of peace. Ancient India represents an ancient civilization, geographically located in the Indian sub-continent and many other neighboring regions. ...

Kosambi, the Marxist Historian of Ancient India

As an erudite Marxist scholar, Kosambi was the first to apply Marxist Dialectical Method to the study of Indian history. According to A.L. Basham, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History is in many respects an epoch making work, containing brilliantly original ideas on almost every page; if it contains errors and misrepresentations, if now and then its author attempts to force his data into a rather doctrinaire pattern, this does not appreciably lessen the significance of this very exciting book, which has stimulated the thought of thousands of students throughout the world. His statistical analysis of the punch-marked coins, to quote Basham again, has produced one of the most convincing interpretations of these so far to have been offered. Ancient India represents an ancient civilization, geographically located in the Indian sub-continent and many other neighboring regions. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... In classical philosophy, dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is an exchange of propositions (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions, or at least a qualitative transformation in the direction of the dialogue. ...

Kosambi, the Peace Activist

In his capacity as Member of the World Peace Council and a socialist, Kosambi visited all the socialist countries. As a tireless crusader of peace, he campaiged against the nuclearisation of the world. The World Peace Council (or World Council of Peace) was formed in 1949 in order to promote peaceful coexistence and nuclear disarmament. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...

Books by D.D. Kosambi

1. An Introduction to the Study in Indian History (Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, India, 1956).
2. Myth and Reality (Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, India, 1962).
3. Exasperating Essays ( Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, India, 1957).
4. The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1965)
5. D.D. Kosambi: Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings - Compiled, edited and introduced by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India 2002)

• Edited Works

1. The Satakatrayam of Bhartrhari with the Comm. of Ramarsi, edited in collaboration with Pt. K. V. Krishnamoorthi Sharma (Anandasrama Sanskrit Series, No.127, Poona, 1945).
2. The Southern Archetype of Epigrams Ascribed to Bhartrhari (Bharatiya Vidya Series 9, Bombay, 1946)(First critical edition of a Bhartrhari recension.)
3. The Epigrams Attributed to Bhartrhari (Singhi Jain Series 23, Bombay, 1948)(Comprehensive edition of the poet's work remarkable for rigorous standards of text criticism.)
4. The Subhasitaratnakosa of Vidyakara, edited in collaboration with V.V. Gokhale (Harvard Oriental Series 42, 1957)
5. The Cintamani-saranika of Dasabala; Supplement to Journal of Oriental Research, xix, pt, II (Madras, 1952)(A Sanskrit astronomical work which shows that King Bhoja of Dhara died in 1055-56.)

External links

• The making of an Indologist (Review article in Frontline magazine)