Talk:Prof. Saloni Mathur

By Sachi Anjunkar

Saloni Mathur is a Professor, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art. Department Chair at University of California as of April 2024. According to her university profile, her areas of specialty include the visual cultures of modern South Asia and its diasporas, colonial studies and postcolonial criticism, museum studies in a global frame, and modern and contemporary South Asian art.

She has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.

In 2016, she signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization. The Rg Veda contains numerous mentions of horses and chariots but there is no conclusive material or fossil evidence for either at any Indus valley archeological site."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publication related to India

1. Mathur, Saloni. India by Design. Univ of California Press, 2007.