Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar

Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar was an Indian indologist, archaeologist, and writer. He had devoted his career to research, and made contributions in archaeology. He was the founding editor of two research journals, Colloquium and Purābhileka-Purātatva.

Personal life

He was the eldest son of Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, who was a freedom activist of Goa, and also served as the first speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly under the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.

Career

In 1993, Shirodkar discovered rock art engravings on lateritic platforms and granite boulders from Usgalimal on the banks of west-flowing river Kushavati, which has shed light on the prehistory of Goa and the existence of humans in Goa during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.

Death

Shirodkar died on 6 May 2021 due to ill health.