Salila Kulshreshtha

Salila Kulshreshtha is a Visiting Associate Professor of History and Art and Art History at New York University Abu Dhabi. Trained as a historian of South Asia, Salila’s research is interdisciplinary, making connections between history, archaeology, art history and heritage studies. She received her PhD in History from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been a Shivdasani Fellow at the Oxford Centre of Hindu Studies, University of Oxford. Salila is the author of the book, From Temple to Museum: Colonial Collection and 'Uma Mahesvara Icon in Middle Ganga Valley' (Routledge: 2018). She has also co-edited The 'Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples' (Routledge: 2023). Salila's research interests include religious history of South Asia, colonial archaeology, history of museums and Indian Ocean studies. Her current project maps archaeological sites and material remains located on the coast of the Indian Ocean to study cultural connectivity, travel and migration between South Asia and the Gulf in the pre-Islamic period. Exploring the tools of digital humanities, Salila is currently developing a digital map titled 'Hubs and Spokes', as a new approach to present this research.