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Indian anthropologist
Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer
was an Indian
anthropologist
and a writer of several books on the subject.
[1]
He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the
University of Madras
and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father,
L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer
, himself a noted anthropologist.
[2]
Anthropology in India
,
[3]
Social History of Kerala
, a two-volume historical study
[4]
and
The Travancore Tribes and Castes
, a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala
[5]
are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan
, in 1972, for his contributions to science.
[6]
His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan,L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist.
[2]
Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters, L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy and L.K. Parvathy.
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