Sarasi Kumar Saraswati

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Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906 – 1980) was a Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture.[1]

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Born1906
Died1980 (aged 73–74)
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Known forArt and architecture of early Bengal
Early Sculptures of Bengal
A Survey of Indian Sculpture
History of Indian architecture
History of Bengal architecture
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of architecture
History of art
InstitutionsVarendra Research Society
University of Calcutta
Banaras Hindu University
Victoria Memorial
InfluencedRamaprasad Chanda
Akshay Kumar Maitreya
Stella Kramrisch

Early life and educationEdit

Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in of Ancient Indian History and Culture.

PositionsEdit

PublicationsEdit

BooksEdit

  • A survey of Indian sculpture (1975)[2]
  • Architecture of Bengal (1976)[3]
  • Indian art at the cross-roads(1973)[4]
  • Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed)(1953)[5]
  • Tantrayāna art: an album (1977)[6]

Book chaptersEdit

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).

ArticlesEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Chakravarti, Ranabir (2012). "Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1975). Google Books. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1976). Google Books. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  4. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1973). Google Books. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  5. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1953). Google Books. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1977). Google Books. ISBN 9788172361365. Retrieved 28 July 2011.