Asko Parpola#
| Membership Number: | 1987 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor emeritus of Indology/South Asian Studies, Institute for Asian and African Studies, University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Indus Civilization
- Veda
- South India
- Prehistoric archaeology of South Asia and Central Asia
- South Asian religions
- Sanskrit
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2009 Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award
