Professor Arthur Llewellyn Basham was a historian with the Australian National University in Canberra. He joined the ANU in 1965 as Professor of Oriental (later Asian) Civilizations and retired in 1979. He died in Calcutta in India in 1986. An annual public lecture series is given at the ANU in his memory.

Books: His most popular book is The Wonder That was India. He also wrote "History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas", based on his PhD work done under L.D. Barnett. He also wrote "The Origins and Development of Classical Hinduism" jointly with Kenneth G. Zysk.

Students: His best known student is Romila Thapar, whose "Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas" was based on her PhD work.

External links

• Basham lectures at the Australian National University

Indologists | Indian historians | 1965 deaths