معرفی
Shailendra Bhandare serves as Assistant Keeper for South Asian Numismatics at the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. His curatorial and research responsibilities focus on Indian numismatic history spanning early historic, medieval (Mughal), and modern periods within one of the world's most significant coin collections.
His research examines coinage evolution as a lens for cross-cultural syncretism, urbanization patterns, and colonial dynamics in South Asia. He actively applies numismatic evidence to interdisciplinary Indological themes including art history, iconography, epigraphy, and archaeological interpretation, with particular attention to material culture's role in historical narratives.
Recent publications reveal consistent thematic focus on monetary systems' socio-political dimensions, analyzing the Maurya-Gupta transition, rupee circulation in Indian Ocean trade networks, British colonial coinage on the Malabar Coast, and Habshi rulers' numismatic practices. These works demonstrate numismatics' critical value for reconstructing economic histories and cultural exchanges across South Asia.
Scientific Awards: No awards or fellowships were documented in the source material.
Advising and Grants: The available information does not reference graduate student supervision, research grants, or funded projects beyond his institutional curatorial duties.
Labs and Teams: As core faculty of the Heberden Coin Room, Bhandare contributes to Oxford's premier numismatic research unit, which maintains globally significant collections supporting interdisciplinary scholarship through material analysis, archival research, and collaborative academic initiatives.
