Dineshchandra Sircar

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Dineshchandra Sircar (1907-1984), also known as D. C. Sircar, was a epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly for his work deciphering inscriptions in India and Bangladesh. He was the Chief Epigraphist, Archaeological Survey of India (1949-1962); Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History, 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.

[edit] Selected bibliography

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.)

[edit] Further reading

Maity, Sachindra Kumar; Thakur, Upendra and Sircar, D.C. (1987). Indological Studies: Prof. D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 8170172209.
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.