Madhusudan Dhaky

Life

Dhaky was born on 31 July 1927 in Porbandar, Gujarat. He completed his primary and secondary education at Porbandar. He received his surname from his native Dhank village near Porbandar. He graduated in geology and chemistry from Ferguson College, Pune. He worked with Central Bank for brief period. He had worked for three years in field of horticulture. In 1951, he established Archeology Research Group in Porbandar. He had researched Indian classical music also. He was married to Geetaben. He served as the director of research at the Centre for Art and Archaeology at the American institute of Indian Studies in Gurgaon from 1976 to 1996 and the director emeritus, research till 2005 at the same institute. He had also contributed to the construction of the modern Somnath temple.

He died on 29 July 2016 at his residence at Naranpura, Ahmedabad after brief illness.