Madhusudan Dhakhi was born on 31 July 1927 in Porbandar area of Gujarat. He completed his primary and secondary education at Porbandar. His surname was derived from his native place Dhak near Porbandar. He graduated from Fergusson College, Pune in Geology and Chemistry. He worked with the Central Bank for some time. He did research work in the field of horticulture for three years. In 1951, he established the Archaeological Research Society at Porbandar. He also researched Indian classical music. He was married to Geetaben. He served as Director of Research at the American Center for Art and Archaeology, Gurgaon from 1976 to 1996 and served as Director Emeritus, Research at the same institution until 2005. He also contributed to the construction of the modern Somnath temple.
Surjan: He wrote extensively on architecture and art history, especially Indian temple architecture. He wrote 25 books, 325 research articles and 400 other articles. He wrote a lot on Jain literature. He is best known for his series of 14 volumes on Indian temple architecture.
Madhusudan was awarded the Ranjitram gold medal in 2010. He was honored with Padma Bhushan in 2010. In 1974, he received the Kumar Suvarna Medal. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Gujarat History Council
Madhusudan Dhakchi died on 29 July 2016 at his residence in Naranpura, Ahmedabad after a brief illness.
