Historian and Infosys Prize Winner Manu V. Devadevan talks about the life and work of MM Kalburgi.

Born in a peasant family in 1938, Professor MM Kalburgi became one of the most influential historians of Karnataka in the post-independence times, exploring the history of language, literature and religious life in pre-colonial Karnataka. Kalburgi published more than 100 books, including monographs, essay collections, and critical, popular editions of a wide range of literary works in Kannada.