Sarita Balakrishnan

Sarita Balakrishnan is an Indian author and historian who has written extensively on Hindu mythology and Indian history. She has a PhD in Sanskrit from the University of Cambridge and has taught Sanskrit at several universities in the UK. Balakrishnan's books include 'The Mahabharata: A Very Short Introduction' and 'The Hindu World'. She is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and has been a visiting scholar at several institutions, including the University of Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley.