Vibha Tripathi

Vibha Tripathi (born 5 February 1948)^[1] is an Indian archaeologist. She graduated from the University of Allahabad and in 1973 obtained her PhD from the Banaras Hindu University for her thesis titled "The Painted Grey Ware - A Protohistoric Culture".^[1] She has worked in the field of Proto-historic and Early-Historic Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy and has published around more than 200 research papers.^[2] As of 2019^[update], she is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University.^[3]

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Books

Tripathi, V. 1976. Painted Grey Ware - An Iron Age Culture of Northern India. New Delhi: Concept Publication Company.
Tripathi, V. 1994. The Indus Terracotta. New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House.
Tripathi, V. (Ed.) 1998. Archaeometallurgy in India. New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House.
Tripathi, V. 2001. The Age of Iron in South Asia: Legacy and Tradition. New Delhi: Aryan Books International.
Tripathi, V. 2007. History of Iron Technology in India (From the beginning to pre-modern times). New Delhi: Rupa and Company.
Tripathi, V. 2010 Archaeology of Ganga Basin: Shifting Paradigms New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House Vol. 1.
Tripathi, V. 2010 Archaeology of Ganga Basin: Shifting Paradigms New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House Vol. 2.
Tripathi, V. 2012 Rise of Civilization in the Gangetic Plain: The Context of Painted Grey Ware, Delhi, Aryan Books International
. Tripathi, V. 2014. Anai: A rural Settlement of Ancient Varanasi. Delhi: Sharada Publishing House.
Tripathi, V. 2014. Archaeomaterials in Early Cultures of Middle Ganga Plain. ( Excavations at Khairadih (1996-97), District Ballia, (U.P.)
Tripathi, V. Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient India (under preparation)