Before Krishna: Religious Diversity of Ancient Mathura - Kanika Kishore Saxena (Historian, Author)
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Dr. Kanika Kishore Saxena is a historian and author of the book Before Kṛṣṇa: Religious Diversity in Ancient Mathura. She is the recipient of the President Gold's Medal. For the last 20 years, she has also been passionately working with NGO ‘Hriday-Shan’ and Public Health Foundation of India and has represented India in several national and international conferences by World Health Organisation and the American Public Association.
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