Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Encyclopedia
Sarasi Kumar Saraswati was a Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture. He was born in Rajshahi
, Bangladesh
, and received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta
in the subject of Ancient Indian History and Culture .
Rajshahi
The city of Rajshahi is the divisional headquarters of Rajshahi division as well as the administrative district that bears its name and is one of the six metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. Often referred to as Silk City and Education City, Rajshahi is located in the north-west of the country and...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, and received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
in the subject of Ancient Indian History and Culture .
Positions
- Research Scholar, Varendra Research SocietyVarendra Research SocietyVarendra Research Society was established in Rajshahi in 1910 for the promotion of studies and research into the History of Bengal in general, and in particular of the Varendra area-History:...
, RajshahiRajshahiThe city of Rajshahi is the divisional headquarters of Rajshahi division as well as the administrative district that bears its name and is one of the six metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. Often referred to as Silk City and Education City, Rajshahi is located in the north-west of the country and...
, BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - Lecturer and Reader, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta , Calcutta, India
- First Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta.
- Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Banaras Hindu UniversityBanaras Hindu UniversityBanaras Hindu University is a public university located in Varanasi, India and is one of the Central Universities of India. It is the largest residential university in Asia, with over 24,000 students in its campus. BHU was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya under the Parliamentary...
, Vanarasi, India - Librarian of the Asiatic SocietyAsiatic SocietyThe Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of...
, Calcutta, - Curator, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta ,
Books
- Saraswati SK (1975) A survey of Indian sculpture, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi
- Saraswati SK (1976) Architecture of Bengal, Volume 1, G. Bharadwaj, Calcatta
- Saraswati SK (1973) Indian art at the cross-roads, Pilgrim Publishers, Calcatta
- Saraswati SK (1953) Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed), G. Wittenborn,New York
- Saraswati SK (1977) Tantrayāna art: an album, Asiatic Society,Kolkata
Book chapters
chapters on architecture to the following books..- History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. RC Majumdar)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People, (ed. RC Majumdar)
- Comprehensive History of India, vol. II (ed. KA Nilakanta Shastri)
- Comprehensive History of India, vol. III (ed. RC Majumdar) and
- Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh).
Articles
- articles on art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1932-34