Author

Dr Pushkar Sohoni currently holds the position of Associate Professor and Chair, in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune. He pursued training as a conservation architect and subsequently completed his PhD in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. He is known for his extensive contributions to the study of the material culture of the Deccan sultanates, which include The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India, Jewish Heritage of the Deccan: Mumbai, the Northern Konkan, Pune and Aurangabad with Daulatabad, Khuldabad, Ahmadnagar. Moreover, his ongoing works delve into the Maratha period temples. Beyond these achievements, his diverse interests encompass archaeology, numismatics, and socio-linguistics.