Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya

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Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya
Calcutta University
Notable worksA Corpus of Dedicatory Inscriptions from Temples of West Bengal[1]
Notable awardsPadma Shri
SpouseSabita Bhattacharyya[2]
Children3

Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (1 February 1919 – 11 June 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit. He was the Director of the

Indian Museum, Kolkata for a decade till his retirement.[3][4] The Indian government awarded him Padma Shri
in April 2017 posthumously.

Bhattacharyya has to his credit 29 published books[5] on various aspects of art, archaeology, epigraphy and numismatics and hundreds of research articles in journals across the world. In 2012, he was awarded the Acharya Hemchandra Suri Samman Puraskar, New Delhi for his outstanding contribution to Jaina iconography.[6]

Biography

Bhattacharyya was born in north

Calcutta University in 1941 with major in Epigraphy and iconography. He completed his Master of Arts in Arabic-Persian History in 1952. He was a gold medalist in both of his master's degrees. Meanwhile, he was honoured with Kabitirtha and Purantirtha. He completed Law in 1944. He received the Premchand Roychand Scholarship in 1949. He joined the Indian Museum as assistant curator in 1949. Later on from 1965 to 1975 he was the Director of the Indian Museum till retirement.[7]

He died on 11 June 2016 at his residence in Lake Gardens, Kolkata.[citation needed]

Books

His books include:[8]

  • A Corpus of Dedicatory Inscriptions from Temples of West Bengal, c. 1500 A.D. to c. 1800 A.D. 1982
  • A Pageant of Indian Culture : art and archaeology 1995
    ISBN 9788170172734
  • Cultural, Historical, and Political Aspects of Perso-Arabic Epigraphy in India 1999
    ISBN 978-8171020294
  • Indian Contribution to the Development of Far Eastern Buddhist Iconography 2002
    ISBN 978-8170742111
  • Early and Buddhist Stone Sculpture of Japan 2004
    ISBN 978-8170174226
  • Buddhist Iconography in Thailand : a South East Asian perspective 2007
  • Indian Numismatics And Its Cultural Aspects 2010
    ISBN 978-8180902321
  • Historical Development Of Jaina Iconography: A Comprehensive Study 2010
    ISBN 978-8180902314

References

  1. ^ Bhattacharyya, A. K. (Asoke Kumar) 1919- WorldCat Identities
  2. ISBN 978-8180903175
    .
  3. ^ Bhattacharyya, Asoke Kumar (8 February 1968). "Chambā rumāl". Indian Museum – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9788170172734
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Amazon.com: A. K. Bhattacharyya: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com.
  6. ^ "Dkagencies". Dkagencies.
  7. ^ রায়, মনোলীনা ভট্টাচার্য (3 February 2019). "ভারতীয় শিল্প সীমান্তহীন, বিশ্বাস করতেন বাবা". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. ^ Bhattacharyya, A. K. (Asoke Kumar) 1919- WorldCat Identities
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