Education
Moscow State University.
Moscow State University.
He also published on the history of Russian emigration.
He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and was awarded the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded India"s Third Highest civilian award Padma Bhushan which ranked below Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan for his contribution in the field of Ancient India history.
Russian Academy of Sciences. Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.