Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar

Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar (1941 – 6 May 2021), also known as P. P. Shirodkar, was an Indian indologist, archaeologist, and writer. He is known for his contributions in archaeology. He was the founding editor of two research journals, Colloquium and Purābhileka-Purātatva.

Personal life Shirodkar was the eldest son of Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar, an independence activist from Goa, and also served as the first speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly.

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. Title Location Publisher 1961 Goa's Freedom Struggle: Selected Writings of T. B. Cunha Goa T. B. Cunha Memorial Committee 1979 Kolhāpūra-portugeja saṃbaṃdha: Govā purābhilekha saṃgrahālayāṃtūna nivaḍalele kāgada Kolhāpūra Yaśavaṃtarava Saṃ. Taste 1988 Goa: Cultural Trends: Seminar Papers Goa, Daman and Diu (India) Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum, Government of Goa 1988 Goa's Struggle for Freedom India Ajanta Publications 1989 Āṭhavaṇī mājhyā kārāvāsācyā kāḷyā-niḷyā pānyācyā Paṇājī Gomantaka Marāṭhī Akādamī 1990 Who's Who of Freedom Fighters, Goa, Daman, and Diu, Volume 2 Goa, Daman and Diu (India) Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa 1991 Trial of T.B. Cunha Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa 1992 Goa's External Relations: Seminar Papers Goa Directorate of Archives, Archaeology, and Museum, Goa University 1992 Trial of Laxmikant Venkatesh Prabhu Bhembre Panaji, Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa 1993 Trial of Rama Krishna Hegde Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa 1993 Source Material for the History of the Freedom Movement of Goa: Collected from Goa Archives, Volume 3 Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Goa Archives 1993 People of India: Goa India Anthropological Survey of India 1996 Trial of P.K. Kakodkar: Source Material for the History of The Freedom Movement of Goa (Collected from Goa Archives), Volume 5 Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Government of Goa 1997 Portuguese Palaeography Goa, India Mrs. Sulabha P. Shirodka 1998 Researches in Indo-Portuguese history, Volumes 1 and 2 Jaipur Publication Scheme 1999 Trial of the Four: Pandurang P. Shirodkar, Dr. Vinayak N. Mayenkar, Guilherme de Souza Ticló, Nilkanth M. Karapurkar'''' Goa Goa Gazetteer Dept., Goa Archives 2001 Gomantakācī Marāṭhī asmitā| Paṇajī Gomantaka Marāṭhī Akādamī 2005 Honorable Jagannath Shankarshet| Goa Pradnya-Darshan Prakashan 2012 World War II: Blazing Midnight: German Remote Control at Marmagoa Silenced'' Bardez, Goa Pradnya-Darshan Prakashan