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			{{Short description\|Indian archaeologist (1878–1946)}}
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth ~~year~~\|1878}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date text\|1878}}
	\| birth_place = [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|1946\|8\|4\|1878}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|1946\|8\|4\|1878}}
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	\| occupation = Archaeologist		\| occupation = Archaeologist
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	\| children = [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya'		\| children = [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya'
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	'''Hiranand Sastri''' (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, [[epigraphist]] and official of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including [[Nalanda]],<ref name=phuocle>{{Cite book\|title = Buddhist Architecture\|last = Le\|first = Huu Phuoc\|publisher = Grafikol\|year = 2010\|isbn = 978-0984404308\|page = 59\|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC}}</ref>{{rp\|}} and [[Sankissa]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=F. R. Allchin\|author2=George Erdosy\|author-link1=F. R. Allchin\|author-link2=George Erdosy\|title=The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States\|date=1995\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=0521376955\|page=297\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfZRVIjjZHYC\|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya', was ~~the~~ Hindi language poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Amaresh Datta\|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo)\|date=2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788126018031\|page=103\|access-date=9 January 2015~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC~~}}</ref>		''''''Hiranand''' Sastri''' (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, [[epigraphist]] and official of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including [[Nalanda]]<ref name=phuocle>{{Cite book\|title = Buddhist Architecture\|last = Le\|first = Huu Phuoc\|publisher = Grafikol\|year = 2010\|isbn = 978-0984404308\|page = 59\|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC}}</ref>{{rp\|}} and [[Sankissa]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=F. R. Allchin\|author2=George Erdosy\|author-link1=F. R. Allchin\|author-link2=George Erdosy\|title=The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States\|date=1995\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=0521376955\|page=297\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfZRVIjjZHYC\|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya', Nityanand hiranand vatsyayan and Ramananda Shastri was a Hindi language poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book \|author1=Amaresh Datta \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC \|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo) \|date=2006 \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|isbn=9788126018031 \|page=103 \|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sastri was born in 1878 in [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]]. He graduated from [[D.A.V. College (Lahore), Ambala City\|D.A.V. College]], [[Lahore]], winning Gold Medal ~~for standing first~~ in the BA examination in [[Sanskrit]] and English subjects. He obtained a MA from [[Oriental College]]~~, Lahore~~ (under [[University of the Punjab\|Punjab University]]),{{when\|date=August 2019}} and again won Gold Medal.<ref name="Mani2014">{{cite book\|editor-last=Mani\|editor-first=B. R.\|last1=Ray\|first1=Purnima\|last2=Patil\|first2=C. B.\|title=Remembering Stalwarts: Biographical Sketches of Scholars from Archaeological Survey of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ttx-oAEACAAJ\|year=2014\|publisher=Director General, Archaeological Survey of India\|location=New Delhi\|pages=201–202\|oclc=934249757}}</ref>		Sastri was born in 1878 in [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]]. He graduated from the [[D.A.V. College (Lahore), Ambala City\|D.A.V. College]], [[Lahore]], winning a Gold Medal in the BA examination in the [[Sanskrit]] and English subjects. He obtained an MA from the [[Oriental College, Lahore]] (under [[University of the Punjab\|Punjab University]]),{{when\|date=August 2019}} and again won a Gold Medal.<ref name="Mani2014">{{cite book\|editor-last=Mani\|editor-first=B. R.\|last1=Ray\|first1=Purnima\|last2=Patil\|first2=C. B.\|title=Remembering Stalwarts: Biographical Sketches of Scholars from Archaeological Survey of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ttx-oAEACAAJ\|year=2014\|publisher=Director General, Archaeological Survey of India\|location=New Delhi\|pages=201–202\|oclc=934249757}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Sastri started his career as a professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at D.A.V. College, and later, he became [[Reader (academic rank)\|reader]] in Sanskrit at the Punjab University, teaching Sanskrit and [[Comparative Philology]]. He passed the Honours Examination in Sanskrit and received the Master of Oriental Learning (MOL).<ref name="Mani2014"/>		Sastri started his career as a professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at D.A.V. College, and later, he became a [[Reader (academic rank)\|reader]] in Sanskrit at the Punjab University, teaching Sanskrit and [[Comparative Philology]]. He passed the Honours Examination in Sanskrit and received the Master of Oriental Learning (MOL).<ref name="Mani2014"/>

	He joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1903 and was appointed as an assistant archaeologist surveyor in the Northern Circle. Soon after, he was deputed by [[John Marshall (archaeologist)\|John Marshall]], the then director general of ASI, to survey some archaeological sites in the [[Ganga]]-[[Yamuna]] [[doab]], where he found some [[Copper Hoard Culture\|copper hoard]] objects.<ref name="Mani2014" /> He explored and surveyed sites in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] including Rajpur Parasu, [[Bithoor]], [[Parihar]], [[Kullu]], [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh\|Mandi]] and [[Suketi\|Suket]].<ref name="Mani2014" />		He joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1903 and was appointed as an assistant archaeologist surveyor in the Northern Circle. Soon after, he was deputed by [[John Marshall (archaeologist)\|John Marshall]], the then director general of ASI, to survey some archaeological sites in the [[Ganga]]-[[Yamuna]] [[doab]], where he found some [[Copper Hoard Culture\|copper hoard]] objects.<ref name="Mani2014" /> He explored and surveyed sites in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] including Rajpur Parasu, [[Bithoor]], Parihar, [[Kullu]], [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh\|Mandi]] and [[Suketi\|Suket]].<ref name="Mani2014" /> He was the first person to have noticed the [[Brahmi script\|Brahmi]] inscriptions at Shalri, which were later studied by [[J. Ph. Vogel]] and [[Dineshchandra Sircar]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-06-22 \|title=Rare rock inscription in HP Banjar valley: A forgotten story \|work=The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/rare-rock-inscription-in-hp-banjar-valley-a-forgotten-story/articleshow/101177377.cms \|access-date=2023-12-09 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

	He was promoted as the Assistant Archaeologist, Librarian and Curator of the Nagpur Government Museum in 1906. He was sent to [[Harappa]] in 1909.<ref name="Mani2014" />		He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Archaeologist, Librarian and Curator of the [[Nagpur]] Government Museum in 1906. He was sent to [[Harappa]] in 1909.<ref name="Mani2014" />

	On 16 September 1925, he was appointed as the government epigraphist for India. He held the post till 10 October 1933. He edited some volumes of ''[[Epigraphia Indica]]'', the official publication of ASI.<ref name="Mani2014"/>		On 16 September 1925, he was appointed the government epigraphist for India. He held the post till 10 October 1933. He edited some volumes of ''[[Epigraphia Indica]]'', the official publication of the ASI.<ref name="Mani2014"/>

			==Death==
	He died on 4 August 1946 in [[Gurdaspur]].<ref name="Mani2014"/> <!---aged 82.<ref name="Nair2000">{{cite thesis\|last=Nair\|first=Sheeba A\|title=अज्ञेय के उपन्यासों में वैयत्त्किकता\|trans-title=Individuality in the Novels of Agyeya\|language=hi\|type=PHD thesis\|year=2000\|publisher=[[University of Kerala]]\|publication-place=Thiruvananthapuram\|page=3\|hdl=10603/160771\|via=[[Shodhganga]]}}</ref>--->		He died on 4 August 1946 in [[Gurdaspur]].<ref name="Mani2014"/> <!---aged 82.<ref name="Nair2000">{{cite thesis\|last=Nair\|first=Sheeba A\|title=अज्ञेय के उपन्यासों में वैयत्त्किकता\|trans-title=Individuality in the Novels of Agyeya\|language=hi\|type=PHD thesis\|year=2000\|publisher=[[University of Kerala]]\|publication-place=Thiruvananthapuram\|page=3\|hdl=10603/160771\|via=[[Shodhganga]]}}</ref>--->

	==Recognition==		==Recognition==
	The Punjab University awarded him the Doctor of Literature for his work ''Bhasa and the Authorship of the Thirteen Trivandrum Plays''. The [[Baroda State]] awarded him the title of ''Jñānaratna''.<ref name="Mani2014"/>		The Punjab University awarded him the Doctor of Literature for his work ''[[Bhāsa\|Bhasa]] and the Authorship of the Thirteen [[Trivandrum]] Plays''. The [[Baroda State]] awarded him the title of ''Jñānaratna''.<ref name="Mani2014"/>

	==Selected works==		==Selected works==
	* Nālandā and Its Epigraphic Material, 1942, Issue 66 of Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India		* [[Nālandā]] and Its Epigraphic Material, 1942, Issue 66 of the Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India
	* A guide to Elephanta, 1934, Kanak Publications		* A guide to [[Elephanta Caves\|Elephanta]], 1934, Kanak Publications
	* The Ruins Of Dabhoi Or Darbhavati In Baroda State,1940,Gaekwads Archaeological Series		* The Ruins Of [[Dabhoi]] Or Darbhavati In Baroda State, 1940, [[Gaekwad dynasty\|Gaekwads]] Archaeological Series
	* {{cite book\|last=Sastri\|first=Hiranand\|author-link=Hiranand Sastri\|title=The Baghela Dynasty of Rewah\|url=https://archive.org/details/bagheladynastyof21shas\|year=1998\|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India\|location=New Delhi\|oclc=85167561}}		* {{cite book\|last=Sastri\|first=Hiranand\|author-link=Hiranand Sastri\|title=The Baghela Dynasty of Rewah\|url=https://archive.org/details/bagheladynastyof21shas\|year=1998\|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India\|location=New Delhi\|oclc=85167561}}

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	'''Hiranand Sastri''' (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, [[epigraphist]] and official of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including [[Nalanda]],<ref name=phuocle>{{Cite book\|title = Buddhist Architecture\|last = Le\|first = Huu Phuoc\|publisher = Grafikol\|year = 2010\|isbn = ~~0984404309~~\|page = 59\|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC}}</ref>{{rp\|}} and [[Sankissa]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=F. R. Allchin\|author2=George Erdosy\|author-link1=F. R. Allchin\|author-link2=George Erdosy\|title=The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States\|date=1995\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=0521376955\|page=297\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfZRVIjjZHYC\|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya', was the Hindi language poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Amaresh Datta\|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo)\|date=2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788126018031\|page=103\|access-date=9 January 2015\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC}}</ref>		'''Hiranand Sastri''' (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, [[epigraphist]] and official of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including [[Nalanda]],<ref name=phuocle>{{Cite book\|title = Buddhist Architecture\|last = Le\|first = Huu Phuoc\|publisher = Grafikol\|year = 2010\|isbn = 978-0984404308\|page = 59\|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC}}</ref>{{rp\|}} and [[Sankissa]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=F. R. Allchin\|author2=George Erdosy\|author-link1=F. R. Allchin\|author-link2=George Erdosy\|title=The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States\|date=1995\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=0521376955\|page=297\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfZRVIjjZHYC\|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya', was the Hindi language poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Amaresh Datta\|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo)\|date=2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788126018031\|page=103\|access-date=9 January 2015\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1878}}
| birth_place = [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1946|8|4|1878}}
| death_place = [[Gurdaspur]]
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| known_for =
| occupation = Archaeologist
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater =
| children = [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya'
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'''Hiranand Sastri''' (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, [[epigraphist]] and official of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including [[Nalanda]],<ref name=phuocle>{{Cite book|title = Buddhist Architecture|last = Le|first = Huu Phuoc|publisher = Grafikol|year = 2010|isbn = 0984404309|page = 59|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC}}</ref>{{rp|}} and [[Sankissa]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=F. R. Allchin|author2=George Erdosy|author-link1=F. R. Allchin|author-link2=George Erdosy|title=The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States|date=1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0521376955|page=297|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfZRVIjjZHYC|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan]] 'Agyeya', was the Hindi language poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Amaresh Datta|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo)|date=2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126018031|page=103|access-date=9 January 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sastri was born in 1878 in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]]. He graduated from [[D.A.V. College (Lahore), Ambala City|D.A.V. College]], [[Lahore]], winning Gold Medal for standing first in the BA examination in [[Sanskrit]] and English subjects. He obtained a MA from [[Oriental College]], Lahore (under [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]]),{{when|date=August 2019}} and again won Gold Medal.<ref name="Mani2014">{{cite book|editor-last=Mani|editor-first=B. R.|last1=Ray|first1=Purnima|last2=Patil|first2=C. B.|title=Remembering Stalwarts: Biographical Sketches of Scholars from Archaeological Survey of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ttx-oAEACAAJ|year=2014|publisher=Director General, Archaeological Survey of India|location=New Delhi|pages=201–202|oclc=934249757}}</ref>

==Career==
Sastri started his career as a professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at D.A.V. College, and later, he became [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] in Sanskrit at the Punjab University, teaching Sanskrit and [[Comparative Philology]]. He passed the Honours Examination in Sanskrit and received the Master of Oriental Learning (MOL).<ref name="Mani2014"/>

He joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1903 and was appointed as an assistant archaeologist surveyor in the Northern Circle. Soon after, he was deputed by [[John Marshall (archaeologist)|John Marshall]], the then director general of ASI, to survey some archaeological sites in the [[Ganga]]-[[Yamuna]] [[doab]], where he found some [[Copper Hoard Culture|copper hoard]] objects.<ref name="Mani2014" /> He explored and surveyed sites in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] including Rajpur Parasu, [[Bithoor]], [[Parihar]], [[Kullu]], [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh|Mandi]] and [[Suketi|Suket]].<ref name="Mani2014" />

He was promoted as the Assistant Archaeologist, Librarian and Curator of the Nagpur Government Museum in 1906. He was sent to [[Harappa]] in 1909.<ref name="Mani2014" />

On 16 September 1925, he was appointed as the government epigraphist for India. He held the post till 10 October 1933. He edited some volumes of ''[[Epigraphia Indica]]'', the official publication of ASI.<ref name="Mani2014"/>

He died on 4 August 1946 in [[Gurdaspur]].<ref name="Mani2014"/> 

==Recognition==
The Punjab University awarded him the Doctor of Literature for his work ''Bhasa and the Authorship of the Thirteen Trivandrum Plays''. The [[Baroda State]] awarded him the title of ''Jñānaratna''.<ref name="Mani2014"/>

==Selected works==
* Nālandā and Its Epigraphic Material, 1942, Issue 66 of Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India
* A guide to Elephanta, 1934, Kanak Publications
* The Ruins Of Dabhoi Or Darbhavati In Baroda State,1940,Gaekwads Archaeological Series
* {{cite book|last=Sastri|first=Hiranand|author-link=Hiranand Sastri|title=The Baghela Dynasty of Rewah|url=https://archive.org/details/bagheladynastyof21shas|year=1998|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|location=New Delhi|oclc=85167561}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Hirananda Shastri}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Hiranand Sastri}}

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