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Prof. D.N. Tripathi retired as Head, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and Culture and as Director, Rahul Peeth, Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh. He was Fellow of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla from 1999-2002; and during September-October 2003, He was Visiting Professor British Academy, UK. He was Chairman of ICHR, ICHR, from 2004-2007. Professor Tripathi, a post-graduate in Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology from Allahabad University in 1958. He studied Greek Language from Athens University, Greece in 1970s and took Doctorate on Bronze work of Greece from Southampton University (UK) in 1976.Besides various foreign scholarships and participation in international conferences and seminars; he organized important national and international seminars. Having taught for four decades and guiding doctoral and post doctoral scholars, he has written a number of books and research articles on Indian and Greek studies. His authored books include Bronzework of mainland Greece from 2600 BC to 1450 BC (1987), Archaeology and Tradition (1988), Cultural Interactions between India and Greece (1996), and Hinduism and Hellenism (2004).