Bishweshwar Nath Reu

Bishweshwar Nath Reu (1890–1966) was the head of the Department of History, Department of Archaeology, the Sardar Museum, the Pustak Prakash (Manuscript Library) and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile princely state of Jodhpur[1]. Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Reu made his mark as a historian, epigraphist, numismatist and Sanskritist, he is best known for his history of Marwar[2].

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Authorship

Pandit Reu published Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh with the three volumes being released in 1920, 1921 and 1935 respectively. Raja Bhoja was published in 1932, these books were written in Hindi[3]. In 1933, a revised and enlarged version of material from volume 3 of Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh was published ( in English ) as History of the Rashtrakutas[4]. The two volumes of Marwar ka Itihas ( in Hindi ) reached the public in 1938 and 1940. Coins of Marwar was published in 1946 and a biography of Rathod Durgadas was released in 1948.

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References

  1. ^ Srivastava, V.S., Editor (1981), Cultural contours of India p38, Abhinav Publications Delhi ISBN 0391023586 [1]
  2. ^ Sharma, Dasharatha (1970), Lectures on Rajput History and Culture p1, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi
  3. ^ Cultural contours of India p38
  4. ^ Library of Congress catalog

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