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Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky (31 July 1927 – 29 July 2016) was an architectural and art historian from Gujarat, India. He had written extensively on Indian temple architecture, Jain literature and art.
He died on 29 July 2016 at his residence at Naranpura, Ahmedabad after brief illness.
His books include The Embroidery and Bead work of Kutch and Saurashtra (1966), 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), Shani Mekhla and Tamra Shashan (2011). The last two were fiction.
Works
He had written extensively on architectural and art history, especially Indian temple architecture. He had written 25 books, 325 research papers and 400 articles. He has written several works on Jain literature. He is known for his fourteen volume work, Indian Temple Architecture.
Awards
He had received the Campbell Memorial Gold Medal awarded by the Asiatic Society of Bombay. He had also received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2010. He had also received Padma Bhushan in 2010. He had also received Kumar Chandrak in 1974 and Uma Snehrashmi Prize. He was awarded lifetime achievement award by Gujarat Itihas Parishad.
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Categories: 1927 Births, 2016 Deaths, Scientists From Gujarat, Gujarati People, Indian Male Writers, Gujarati-language Writers, 20th-century Indian Historians, Recipients Of The Padma Bhushan In Arts, Scholars Of Jainism, 20th-century Indian Jain Writers, People From Porbandar District, Recipients Of The Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, Historians Of Indian Art
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