JNU Historians Abstain From Referring to P.J.Cherian Due to Recent Controversies

Historians of Jawaharlal Nehru University abstain from mentioning P.J.Cherian in relation to Pattanam. In his new work, -Exploring Early India-Upto AD 1300- Professor Ranbir Chakravarti has not even cared to mention P.J.Cherian in relation to Pattanam.  The archaeological site of Pattanam has been referred  just once in the Fifth chapter-Confrontations, Commerce and Cultural Scenario (c. 200BC-AD 300). On the other hand the credit of Pattanam excavation is indirectly given to Professors Rajan Gurukkal and C. Whittaker. Even in list of  reference works by Prof. Chakravarti not a single article by P.J.Cherian  has been named. The book by Ranbir Chakravarti has been published in 2010 by Macmillan. It seems that JNU historians abstain from referring to P.J.Cherian due to huge controversies that surface daily on Pattanam archaeology