Dineshchandra Sircar
Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1985), also known as D. C. Sircar or D. C. Sarkar, was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly in India and Bangladesh for his work deciphering inscriptions. He was the Chief Epigraphist of the Archaeological Survey of India (1949–1962), Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the University of Calcutta (1962–1972) and the General President of the Indian History Congress. In 1972, Sircar was awarded the Sir William Jones Memorial Plaque.[citation needed]
Dineshchandra Sarkar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 1985 (aged 77–78)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, epigraphist |
Early life and education
Sircar was born in a village of Bangladesh in 1907.[2]
Selected bibliography
He authored more than forty books both in Bengali and English. Some of his best known books include:
- পাল-পূর্ব যুগের বংশানুচরিত [Pala-purva Yuger Vamsanucarita, Genealogy of Pre-Pala Age] (in Bengali)
- পাল-সেন যুগের বংশানুচরিত [Pala-Sena Yuger Vamsanucarita, Genealogy of Pala-Sena Age] (in Bengali)
- অশোকের বাণী [Asoker Vani, Sermons of Asoka] (in Bengali)
- শিলালেখ-তাম্রশাসনাদির প্রসঙ্গ [Silalekha-Tamrasasanadir Prasanga, On Stone and Copperplate Inscriptions] (in Bengali)
- প্রাচীন ইতিহাসের কাহিনী [Pracin Itihaser Kahini, Story of Ancient History] (in Bengali)
- সাংস্কৃতিক ইতিহাসের প্রসঙ্গ [Sanskritik Itihaser Prasanga, On Cultural History] (in Bengali) (two volumes)
- Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilisation (two volumes)
- Indian Epigraphy (1965)
- Indian Epigraphical Glossary
- Inscriptions of Asoka,
- Epigraphical Discoveries in East Pakistan
- Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India
- Some Epigraphical Records of the Mediaeval Period from Eastern India
- Studies in Indian Coins
- Journal of Ancient Indian History Ed.
He edited Epigraphia Indica volumes XXVIII to XXXVI, three of them jointly and the others independently.[3]
References
- ^ a b Ranabir Chakravarti. "Sircar, Dineschandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Thapar, Romila (2002). Reading History from Inscriptions. K.P. Bagchi & Company. ISBN 978-81-7074-251-7.
- ^ Prominent Epigraphists, Archaeological Survey of India, http://asi.nic.in/asi_epigraphical_sans_epigraphists.asp
Further reading
- Maity, Sachindra Kumar; Thakur, Upendra; Sircar, D.C. (1987). Indological Studies: Prof. D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-220-9.
- Gouriswar Bhattacharya (1986). Deyadharma: Studies in Memory of Dr. D.C. Sircar (Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series, No 33). Orient Book Distributors. ISBN 81-7030-021-5.
External links
- Ranabir Chakravarti. "Sircar, Dineschandra". Banglapedia.
- Prominent epigraphists, Archaeological Survey of India