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| occupation = [[Indologist]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1903}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Churu, Rajasthan|Churu]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1976|1903}}<br />
| education = MA in History and Sanskrit<br />
}}<br />
'''Dasharatha Sharma''' (1903–1976) was an [[Indologist]] with particular interest in the history of the [[Rajasthan]] region of India. Born in the Rajasthani city of [[Churu, Rajasthan|Churu]], he studied in the city of [[Bikaner]] and at the [[University of Delhi]]. He had degrees of Master of Arts (M.A.) in History and [[Sanskrit]] and received a Doctor of Literature (D. Litt.) for his thesis, ''Early Chauhan Dynasties''.<br />
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==Academic appointments==<br />
Sharma was the head of the Department of History at [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]], and later was appointed Reader (equivalent of Associate Professor) in Ancient History at the [[University of Delhi]]. In 1966, he was appointed as Professor and Head, Department of History at the University of Jodhpur (now renamed [[Jai Narain Vyas University]]) and later became Dean, Faculty of Arts at the same institution. After retirement from the University of Jodhpur, Prof. Sharma served as Director of the Rajasthan Puratattva Mandir near the [[Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute]] in [[Jodhpur]]. He also presided over the Ancient History section of the [[Indian History Congress]] in 1967 and the General History section of the Rajasthan History Congress in 1969.{{cn|date=August 2015}}<br />
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==Authorship==<br />
Sharma published over 400 research papers and notes on a wide range of subjects. His ''Early Chauhan Dynasties'' was first published in 1959, a revised edition was published in 1975 and reprinted in 2002. The manuscript argues that the [[Agnikula]] myth of the origin of [[Rajputs]] was adapted from [[Valmiki]] and calculates the year of birth for [[Prithiviraj III]] using planetary positions described in the ''Prithvirajavijaya''. It also attributes the success of [[Muhammad Ghori]] to the rivalry between the [[Chahamanas of Shakambari|Chauhans]] of Shakhambari and the [[Chaulukya]]s (Solanki) of [[Gujarat]]. Amongst other subjects, ''Lectures on Rajput history and culture'' elaborates on the origin of the Rajputs, brings attention to the celebration in [[Kannauj]] after Prithviraj III was defeated at the [[Second Battle of Tarain]], follows the 13th-century Rajput struggle for survival, and discusses the Rajput resurgence represented by [[Maharana Kumbha]] and [[Rao Jodha]].{{cn|date=August 2015}}<br />
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In 1960, Sharma was appointed by the Rajasthan State Archives as General Editor of a comprehensive history of Rajasthan to be published by the [[Government of Rajasthan]]. This became the definitive work on the history of Rajasthan.{{cn|date=August 2015}} Titled ''Rajasthan through the Ages'' this work was largely written by Sharma and was published in 1966. ''Samrat Prithiviraj Chauhan tritiya aur unka yug'' (in [[Hindi]]) is an updated text on Prithviraja III.<br />
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===Monographs===<br />
*''Early Chauhan Dynasties:'' a study of Chauhan political history, Chauhan political institutions, and life in the Chauhan dominions, from 800 to 1316 A D :Dasharatha Sharma; with a foreword by [[Kavalam Madhava Panikkar|K.M. Panikkar]]. {{ISBN|0-8426-0618-1}}<br />
*''Rajasthan through the ages'': a comprehensive and authentic history of Rajasthan, prepared under the orders of the Government of Rajasthan (Volume I) General Editor: Dasharatha Sharma. Publisher: [[Rajasthan State Archives]], Bikaner, 1966.<ref name="Gokhale">{{cite journal |author1=Gokhale, B. G. |editor1-last=Bender |editor1-first=Ernest |editor2-last=Goodrich |editor2-first=Chauncey S. |editor3-last=Hallo |editor3-first=William W. |editor4-last=Hourani |editor4-first=George F. |editor1-link=Ernest Bender |editor3-link=William W. Hallo |editor4-link=George Hourani |title=Book Reviews |journal=[[Journal of the American Oriental Society]] |date=1969 |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=642–643 |publisher=[[American Oriental Society]]|jstor=596636 |doi=10.2307/596636 }}</ref><br />
*''Lectures on Rajput history and culture'' (Raghunath Prosad Nopany Lectures 1966), Motilal Banarsidass, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi, 1970. {{ISBN|0-8426-0262-3}}.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*''Hamarey Purodha-19 Dr. Dasharatha Sharma'' ( Hindi हमारे पुरोधा-19 डा. दशरथ शर्मा ) in Hindi. Author: Dr. [[Girija Shankar Sharma]]. Publisher: Rajasthan Sahitya Academy, Udaipur, 2003. {{ISBN|81-88445-00-2}} [http://lccn.loc.gov/2003308721]<br />
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