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Dr. Prabhakar Upadhyay is engaged in study and researches in the field of history of science and technology in ancient India for nearly a decade in Banaras Hindu University. He has done research on ancient mining and mineral resources of cultures of Ganga Plains (700-600 BC to 100 BC/AD) with an ethnoarcheological and technological angle. Presently engaged in a Department of Science and technology (DST) sponsored project, he is working on an in-depth study of a selected areas of mining and metallurgy in Sonbhadra-Sidh region. The present work incorporates certain aspects of his researchers taken up recently.  Dr. Upadhyay is a dynamic young scholar with a bright academic carrier. He actively participates in academic activities in progress in recent years, especially on the archeology and technology of Gangetic Plains. He has participated in a good number of archeological excavations, such as at Khairadih, Agiabir, Anai and explored several areas OF Varanasi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Sidhi, Singhbhum etc. He has participated and contributed in national and international seminars and symposia. His research articles are published in journals of repute.