R Mahalakshmi Author & Editor

Vyjayanti Raghavan is Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Korean Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. She has a Master's degree in Korean History from Seoul National University and a PhD from the Department of Disarmament, School of International Studies, JNU. She has been teaching Korean language and culture at JNU since 2000. She has co-authored and edited many books and contributed a number of articles to journals and newspapers. R. Mahalakshmi is Associate Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India. She specialises in the history of ancient and early medieval south India, and teaches several courses at the Master's and research levels in this field. Her research interests include: religion and society, art and architecture, gender studies and political economy.