11 Facts About Mukund Lath

Mukund Lath was an Indian scholar and cultural historian, known for his writings on music, dance, aesthetics and culture of India.

Mukund Lath was honored by the Government of India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Mukund Lath was born on 9 October 1937 in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Mukund Lath had training in classical music, during a period from 1966 to 1968, under Pandit Maniram and Ramesh Chakravarti and later, had training in the genre of Khayal Mewat Gharana under the guidance of Pandit Jasraj, whom he has accompanied on many concert tours.

Mukund Lath started his career at the University of Rajasthan by joining their Department of History and Indian Culture in 1973 where he worked till his retirement in 1997.

Mukund Lath's works have been subjected to critical studies and many articles have been published in his honour.

Mukund Lath has published two translations of ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit poems into Hindi.

Mukund Lath has taught as a visiting faculty at many universities around the world such as Oxford University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, University of Bamberg, Germany and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mukund Lath has delivered keynote addresses and lectures at many conferences and seminars and was a member of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, a Government of India initiative.

Mukund Lath is credited with evolving a new approach to cultural history and is known to have written on the history behind the musical instrument Tanpura and the relevance of Sarangi in Indian concerts.

Mukund Lath received another award, Naresh Mehta Vangmaya Puraskar, for the same work, from Madhya Pradesh Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti in 2003.