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naman ahuja in 2014 jawaharlal nehru university 250px indian 1974 ancient and thought exhibition history , curating the body in indian art new delhi file : naman ahujas 06.jpg naman ahuja
 naman p. ahuja indian art historian school london of oriental and african studies , university of
naman ahuja

naman p. ahuja -lrb- born 1974 -rrb- is an art historian and curator based in new delhi .
he is professor of indian art and architecture at jawaharlal nehru university , new delhi where his research and graduate teaching focus on indian iconography and sculpture , temple architecture and sultanate-period painting .
he is also the editor of marg , india 's leading quarterly magazine and journal on the arts , published from mumbai .
his studies on privately owned objects -- terracottas , ivories and small finds -- have drawn attention to a wide range of ritual cultures and transcultural exchanges at an everyday , quotidian level .
he has curated several exhibitions , most notably `` the body in indian art and thought '' , and published books , including `` the making of the modern indian artist craftsman : devi prasad . ''
he is an academic who creates a work of art as he teaches it .
