Madhusudan Dhaky

Madhusudan Dhaky
Born	(1927-07-31)31 July 1927 Porbandar region, Gujarat, India
Occupation	architectural and art historian

Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky is an architectural and art historian from Gujarat, India. He has written extensively on Indian temple architecture, Jain literature and art.

Life

He was born on 31 July 1927 in Porbandar region of Gujarat. He has studied geology. He started his career with Central Bank. He is married to Geetaben. He served as the Director of Research at the Centre for Art and Archaeology at the American institute of Indian Studies from 1976 to 1996 and the Director Emeritus, Research till 2005 at the same institute.

Works

He has written extensively on architectural and art history, especially Indian temple architecture. He has written several works on Jain literature.

His books include The Riddle of the Temple of Somanātha (1974), The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture (1987), Encyclopaedia of Indian temple architecture with Michael Meister, The Indian temple Traceries (2005), Complexities Surrounding the Vimalavasahī Temple at Mt. Abu (1980), Arhat Pārśva and Dharaṇendra nexus, Nirgranth Aitihāsik Lekh-Samuccay, Professor Nirmal Kumar Bose and His Contribution to Indian Temple Architecture: The Pratiṣṭhạ̄-Lakṣaṇasamuccaya and the Architecture of Kaliṅga (1998), The Temples in Kumbhāriyā (2001), Saptaka (1997), Tamra Shashan (2011).

Awards

He had received the Campbell Memorial Gold Medal awarded by the Asiatic Society of Bombay. He has also received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2010. He has also received Padma Bhushan in 2010. He has also received Kumar Chandrak in 1974 and Uma Snehrashmi Prize. He has been given lifetime achievement award by Gujarat Itihas Parishad.