|
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Ahmad Hasan Dani
Titles:
Dr. , Professor
Emeritus
Birth date:
20th June 1920
Address:
House No. 17, St. 10, F- 8/3, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel :
Off.(051)-2874620, Res: 2260249, Fax: (051) 2251779.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professor
A.H.Dani
Pride of Performance, Pride of Pakistan ! |
AWARDS
- 1944 GOLD MEDAL, Banaras Hindu University
- 1944 J.K FELLOW, Banaras Hindu University
- 1969 SITARA-I-IMTIAZ, Government of Pakistan
- 1969 Honorary Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- 1981 Honorary Fellow of German Archaeological Institute
- 1982 Honorary Fellow of Western and Central Asia, Karachi
- 1986 Honorary Fellow of ISMEO, Rome
- 1986 GOLD MEDAL AWARD, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- 1990 PALMES ACADEMIQUES, French Government
- 1991 Honorary Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society of London
- 1992 EZAZ-I-KAMAL, Government of Pakistan
- 1993 Honorary Doctorate, Tajikistan University, Dushanbe
- 1994 KNIGHT COMMANDER, Government of Italy
- 1996 ORDER OF THE MERIT, Government of Germany
- 1997 ARISTOTLE SILVER MEDAL, UNESCO
- 1998 ORDER NATIONAL DE LA LEGION D’HONNEUR, President de la
Republique de France
- 2000 Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Government of Pakistan
Honorary Membership:-
- 1991 Honorary Citizen, Bukhara
- 1991 Honorary Member of "Paivand Society", Tajikistan
- 1991 Honorary Life Member, Friends, Rawalpindi
- 1993 Honorary life Patron, al-Shifa Trust, Rawalpindi
-
-
- Honorary Secretary and President:
-
- 1950 General Secretary, Asiatic Society of Pakistan, Dhaka
- 1955 President, National Committee for Museums in Pakistan
- 1961 President, All Pakistan History Conference, Islamabad
- 1968 Vice-President of UNESCO Conference on Kushan Civilization,
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- 1970 Chairman, Research Society, University of Peshawar
- 1972 Vice-President, UNESCO Conference on Social and Economic
Development of Central Asia, Ashkhabad, Tajikistan
- 1973 Secretary General, Pakistan History and Culture
- 1976 Secretary General, Quaid-i-Azam International Congress
- 1979 Secretary, International Symposium on Indus Civilization
- 1979 Member of the Bureau of International Commission for
Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind, UNESCO
- 1979 Secretary, Islamic Educational Conference, Islamabad
- 1979 President, Archaeological and Historical Association of
Pakistan
- 1980 Co-Director Pak-German Team for Ethnological Research in
Northern Areas of Pakistan
- 1981 First Vice-President, International Association for the Study
of the Civilizations in Central Asia, Paris
- 1983 Chairman of International Conference on Karakorum Culture,
Gilgit Islamabad
- 1985 Acting President, UNESCO Conference on Architectural
Evolution in the Mediaeval Period of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 1988 President, Pakistan Society of Archaeology and Museums
- 1992 President, Pak-Central Asia Friendship Association
-
-
- Museum Work:
-
- 1949 Reset Verandra Museum, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- 1951 Reset Dhaka Museum
- 1969 Reset Peshawar Museum
- 1969 Reorganized Lahore Museum
- 1993 Established Islamabad Museum
-
-
- EDITORSHIP:
-
- 1952-53 Editor, The Museum Journal of Pakistan
- 1955-62 Managing Editor, Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Pakistan
- 1964-72 Editor, Ancient Pakistan
- 1964-76 Member of Board of Editors, Asian Perspectives (Bulletin
of the Far Eastern Prehistory Association)
- 1968-71 Chief Editor, University News Letter of the Peshawar
University
- 1969-78 Member of the Advisory Board of Editors, World Archaeology
- 1970-79 Contributing Editor to Numismatic Literature of the
American Numismatic Society
- 1978 to date Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Central Asia
- 1982 Editor, History of the Civilization of Central Asia, Vol.1
- 1983-93 Co-Editor, Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind,
Vol. 1
- 1990-95 Editor, Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind, Vol. 2
- 1976-95 Member of the International Board of Editors for Central
Asian History
-
- MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTIONS:
-
- 1964-72 Member of the Board of Governors of the Research Society
of
- Pakistan, University of the Punjab
- 1966-95 Member of the Board of Governors of Lahore Museum
- 1968-70 Member of the Advisory Board of West Pakistan Archives
- 1969 Member of UNESCO Expert Committee on the Study of Buddhist
Art
- 1969 Member of the Central Archive Commission
- 1973-80 Chairman, Central Archive and Library Committee
- 1970-90 Member, Board of Governors, Peshawar Museum
- 1970-90 Member, Board of Governors, Dir Museum
- 1974-92 Member, Board of Governors, "Save Mohenjodaro
Project"
- 1975-78 Member of the Executive Body of the International Council
for Mithraic Studies
- 1976-1990 Member of International Council of Buddhist Studies
- 1985-89 Member, Board of Governors of Pakistan National Commission
for UNESCO
- 1987 to date Member of the Bureau and International Committee on
Integral Study of Silk Roads and Coordinator of its Land Routes
- 1989-93 Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors,
Quaid-i-Azam Academy, Islamabad
-
- LEADERSHIP:
- 1990 Scientific Leader of the UNESCO International Team:
Desert Route Expedition of Silk Road in China
- 1991 Scientific Leader of the UNESCO International Team: Steppe
Route Expedition of Silk Road in the USSR
-
- APPOINTMENT AS FELLOW AND VISITING PROFESSOR:
-
- 1958-59 Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
- 1969 Asian Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1974 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
USA
- 1977 Visiting Professor, Wisconsin University, Madison, USA
-
-
- SERVICE EXPERIENCE:
-
- 1994 1998 Chairman, National Fund for Cultural Heritage,
Islamabad,
- 1992-96 Advisor on Archaeology, Ministry of Culture, Government of
Pakistan
- 1980 Professor Emeritus, Quaid-i-Azam University , Islamabad
- 1977-85 Director Quaid-i-Azam Memorial Museum, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad
- 1971-80 Professor of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
- 1971-75 Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad
- 1972-1997 Honorary Director, Centre for the Study of Civilizations
of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University , Islamabad
- 1997 to date Honorary Director, Taxila Institute of Asian
Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University , Islamabad
- 1962-71 Professor of Archaeology, University of Peshawar
- 1950-62 Associate Professor of History, University of Dhaka
- 1950-62 Curator, Dhaka Museum
- 1950 Superintendent-in-Charge of Archaeology East Pakistan Circle,
Government of Pakistan
- 1946-50 Assistant Superintendent of Archaeology, Government of
India and Government of Pakistan
-
- PUBLICATIONS:
-
- 1. The House of Raja Ganesa of Bengal
- A chapter in the Muslim History of Bengal, from Journal of
the Asiatic Society of
Bengal, Calcutta, 1952
- 2. Dhaka - A Record of its Changing
Fortune, First Ed., 1956; Second revised and enlarged Edition,
1962.
- 3. Bibliography of the Muslim Inscriptions
of Bengal - A Historical Study of the Arabic Inscriptions of
the Sultans of Bengal, Dhaka, 1957
- 4. Muslim Architecture of Bengal - A
Thorough Treatment of the History of the Architectural develop
ment of Muslim Bengal, Dhaka,
1961
- 5. Prehistory and Protohistory of Eastern
India - Including a Detailed Account of Neolithic Cultures of
South East Asia, Calcutta, 1960
- 6. Indian Paleography - A Masterly
Treatment of the various Writing Systems in India, Pakistan,
Ceylon and South East Asia in the
background of History from the Earliest time to 8th A.D.,
Oxford, 1963; Indian Ed., New
Delhi,1986
- 7. Buddhist Sculpture in East Pakistan - a
Short Monograph on the Buddhist Art in the background of
the Development of Buddhist
Philosophy, Karachi, 1962
- 8. Pushkalavati - Monograph on the
Rise & Fall of this Old City in Peshawar Valley,
1963
- 9. Shahbazgarhi - A short Monograph on the
City & Famous Inscriptions of Ashoka,
Pew,1963
- 10. Sanghao Cave Excavation - A History of the
Discovery and Excavation of the First
prehistoric
Cave in Pakistan and India, from
the "Ancient Pakistan Bulletin, Vol. 1", Peshawar, 1964
- 11. Shaikhan Dheri Excavation - In Search of the
Second City of Pushkalavati founded by
the
Greeks, from the
"Ancient Pakistan Bulletin, Vol. 2", Peshawar,
1966
- 12. Timargara and Gandhara Grave Culture - An
Investigation into the Dark Period of the History of
Pakistan when the Aryans are
supposed to have come here, Peshawar, 1967
- 13. A Short History of Pakistan - Book-1, First
Authentic Account in brief of Pakistan from
the
Earliest to the Coming of the
Muslims, Karachi, 1967; 2nd Ed.1984
- 14. Archaeological Foundation of History and Other
Lectures, Dhaka, 1968
- Extension Lectures
delivered in Dhaka Museum
- 15. Gandhara Art of Pakistan, A Critical account of
the Current Views, Peshawar, 1968
- 16. Peshawar, The Historic City of the Frontier, First
Detailed
- History of the City in
the Context of Ancient Gandhara, Peshawar, 1968; 2nd Ed., Lahore, 1994
- 17. Dunya Ki Tehziben ( Islam se Peshtar ), A Brief
Survey of the Old World Civilizations, 1964
- 18. Survey of Museums and Archaeology in West
Pakistan, A Survey conducted for Ford Found.1970
- 19. Chakdara Fort and Gandhara Art - from the
Bulletin, Ancient Pakistan, Vol., IV,
Excavation
Report of the Sites in and around
Chakdara, Peshawar, 1971
- 20. Excavation in the Gomal Valley - from the
Bulletin, Ancient Pakistan, Vol., V,
- Excavation Report based
on Gomal Excavation, 1971
- 21. Al-Beruni’s Indica, edited and abridged,
University of Islamabad Press, 1973
- 22. Proceedings of the First Pakistan Congress of
History and Culture,
- Vol. II,
"Historical Writings on Pakistan", Islamabad, Pakistan, 1974
- 23. Proceedings of the First Pakistan Congress of
History and Culture,
- Vol. I, University of
Islamabad Press, Islamabad, , 1975
- 24. Qiran-us-Saidain of Amir Kusrau, (Ed. by),
Published by Pak-Iran Centre of Persian Studies,
Islamabad,1976
- 25. Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum, Karachi, 1976
- 26. The Image of Buddha, (Coauthored with other
Scholars) - A UNESCO Publication, 1978
- 27. Kharoshthi Primer, Lahore Museum, 1979
- 28. World Scholars on Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah, (Editor), Islamabad, 1979;
2nd
Ed., 1986
- 29. Founding Fathers of Pakistan, (Editor), Islamabad,
1981
- 30. Islamic Architecture: Thatta, Islamabad, 1981
- 31. Indus Civilization - New Perspectives, Islamabad,
1981
- 32. Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan, (Editor), Islamabad,
1981
- 33. Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Pakistan,
UNESCO, 1988
- 34. Karakorum Highway Unravels the Romance of the
Past, Islamabad, 1982
- 35. Chilas, The city of Nanga Parvat (Dyamar),
Islamabad 1983
- 36. Human records on Karakorum Highway,
Islamabad, 1983
- 37. Guide To Karakorum Highway, Islamabad, 1983
- 38. The Historic City of Taxila, UNESCO, 1986
- 39. Islamic Architecture: The Wooden Style of Northern
Pakistan, Islamabad,1989
- 40. History of Northern Areas of Pakistan, Islamabad,
1989
- 41. Sacred Rock of Hunza, Islamabad
- 42. Shah Rais Khan’s History of Gilgit, (Edited),
Islamabad, 1987
- 43. L’Art Buddhique, ( Co-author), UNESCO, Paris,
1990
- 44. Perspectives of Pakistan, Islamabad, 1990
- 45. Bactrian and Indus Greeks, Lahore, 1991
- 46. Rediscovery of the Civilization of Central Asia,
Islamabad, 1991
- 47. Gandhara Art in Pakistan, Islamabad, 1992
- 48. History of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol.
I (Editor with Professor Masson), Unesco, 1992
- 49. New Light on Central Asia, Lahore, 1993
- 50. The Romance of Khyber Pass, Lahore, 1995
- 51. Central Asia Today, Lahore, 1995
- 52. Scientific and Cultural History of
Mankind,(Co-editor),Vol.1, UNESCO, 1994
- 53. Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind,
(Editor), Vol. 2, UNESCO, 1995
- 54. Legacy of Amir Timur, Islamabad, 1996.
- 55. The Romance of the Khayber Pass, (Revised), 1997
And several articles in the National
and
International Journals.
|