Archive · 27 Oct 2025
Ashmolean Museum Curator to Give Lecture at SPPU
Dr. Shailendra Bhandare, an expert on old coins, will give a special talk at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
He works at the Ashmolean Museum and will discuss coins from the Yadav era in India.
The lecture is part of the Brahmanand Deshpande Memorial Lecture series.
He studies coins, paper money, and related items.
His lecture will be at the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hall.
The event is organized by the university's Interdisciplinary School and History Department.
Bhandare has a PhD and specializes in ancient and pre-Modern Indian coins.
Dr. Shailendra Bhandare will deliver the Brahmanand Deshpande Memorial Lecture.
Bhandare is a curator at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
The lecture is titled 'Deccan During the Yadav Era – Numismatic Survey'.
It will be held at SPPU on Wednesday from 3 to 5 pm.
The lecture is organized by the Interdisciplinary School and History Department.
- Who
- Dr. Shailendra Bhandare, curator at the Ashmolean Museum.
- What
- Delivering the Brahmanand Deshpande Memorial Lecture.
- When
- Wednesday, from 3 to 5 pm.
- Where
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hall, SPPU.
- Why
- To present a lecture on numismatics related to the Yadav era.
- Speaker
- Dr. Shailendra Bhandare
- Affiliation
- Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
- Lecture Title
- Deccan During the Yadav Era – Numismatic Survey
- Date
- Wednesday
- Time
- 3 to 5 pm
- Location
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hall, SPPU
- Organizers
- IDS and History Dept., SPPU