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Grigory Maksimovich Bongard-Levin Григорий Максимович Бонгард-Левин | |
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| Born | 1933 |
| Died | 2008 Paris |
| Nationality | Russian |
Grigory Bongard-Levin was a Russian historian, South Asianist, and archaeologist known primarily for his publications on ancient India, Central Asia, and Buddhism. Grigory was born on August 26, 1933, in Moscow and was raised in an academic household, as his father was the anthropologist Maxim Grigorievich Levin.[1]
Grigory attended Moscow State University, graduating from the Department of the History of India in 1956. There, he combined philological knowledge with historical analysis to produce notable studies on the early civilizations of South Asia. What made Grigory stand out was that he ensured his work was based on texts, inscriptions, and archaeological evidence, alongside his clarification of the relations of production, social stratification, and state formation in pre-capitalist environments in South Asia.[1]
Despite Grigory's historical materialist tone, he was not a Marxist historian, though his works still remain valuable to a Marxist understanding of ancient South Asia, specifically his work pertaining to the Asiatic modes of production, tributary forms, and uneven development.[1]
Grigory Bongard-Levin died on September 30, 2008, in a hospital in Paris.[1]
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