Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod

Pandit Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod
Born Padmanath Bhattacharya
January , 1868
Sylhet
Died 1938 (aged 69–70)
Pen name Vidya Vinod
Occupation Historian
Subject Ancient history
Notable works Kamarupa Sasanavali, Mr. Gait's History of Assam: A Critical Study

Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod (1868-1938)[1] was noted twentieth-century historian. His works generally centered on ancient region of Kamarupa.

Biography

Vidya Vinod was born in Sylhet, which is now in Bangladesh.

Work

His notable works are Kamarupa Sasanavali,[2] Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Prasanga, Mr. Gait's History of Assam: A Critical Study, papers in Epigraphia Indica vol. XII[3] He regularly involved in discovery and deciphering of Kamarupa inscriptions.

Vidya Vinod was leading Sanskrit scholar of Assam, professor in Cotton College and was one of the founding members of Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti. He was critical and dissatisfied with Gait's perception of historical events and processes of Assam, and his interpretations, constructed meaning and political undertone of his works.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (2011), Approaches to History: Essays in Indian Historiography, Page 229
  2. ↑ Siba Pada Sen (1980), Sources of the history of India - Volume 3, Page 27
  3. ↑ Kanak Lal Barua (1966), Early history of Kāmarupa, Page 32