Dineshchandra Sircar
| Dineshchandra Sircar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1907 British India |
| Died |
1984 (aged 76–77) India |
| Occupation | historian, epigraphist |
Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1984), also known as D. C. Sircar or D.C. Sarkar, was an 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 and Culture, 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.
Selected bibliography
He authors more than forty books both in English and Bengali. Some of his best-known books include:
- 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 has edited Epigraphia Indica volumes XXVIII to XXXVI, three of them jointly and others independently.[1]
References
- ↑ Prominent Epigraphists, Archaeological Survey of India, http://asi.nic.in/asi_epigraphical_sans_epigraphists.asp
Further reading
- Maity, Sachindra Kumar; Thakur, Upendra and 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.
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