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Vasudev Sharan Agarwal
Born1904
Died1967
OccupationWriter
EducationPhD & D.Litt
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award for Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya

Vasudev Sharan Agarwal (1904 - 1967) was a writer of India's history, culture, art, and literature. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Born in Vaishya family Vasudev Sharan Agarwal received PhD in 1941, and was awarded D.Litt in 1946. He headed Archaeological Museum, Mathura. In 1951, he joined Banaras Hindu University as a professor of Indology.[2]

Novels[edit | edit source]

  • Kala Aur Sanskriti [3]
  • Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya [4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2019)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
  3. Agrawala, Vasudeva S. (2019). Kalā aura saṃskr̥ti : saṃśodhita evaṃ parivardhita saṃskaraṇa (Prathama Lokabhāratī saṃskaraṇa ed.). Ilāhābāda. ISBN 978-9389243321. Retrieved 5 December 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Agarwal, Vasudev Sharan (September 2007). Padmavaat (mool Evam Sanjeev Vyakhya) (in हिन्दी). Lokbharati Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-8031-110-9. Retrieved 5 December 2020.