S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar

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S. Krishnaswamy Aiyangar
Born
Sakkottai Krishnaswamy Aiyangar

(1871-04-15)15 April 1871
Sakkottai,
Madras, India
Occupation(s)Historian, Academician, professor, author

Dravidologist. He chaired the Department of Indian History and Archaeology at the University of Madras from 1914 to 1929.[citation needed
]

Krishnaswamy Aiyangar was born in a village near Kumbakonam in 1871. He did his education in Madras and worked as a lecturer in Bangalore from 1899 to 1909. In 1914, he was made head of the department of Indian history and archaeology at the University of Madras, and held this post from 1914 to 1929. Krishnaswamy Aiyangar died in 1946 at the age of 76.[citation needed]

Aiyangar was elected a member of the

Diwan Bahadur title in 1928. He is known for the new methods he introduced in interpreting the history of Vijayanagar. His historical methodology is considered[by whom?] to be Indian nationalistic.[citation needed
]

Early life and education

Krishnaswamy Aiyangar was born in a Tamil brahmin family

Central College of Bangalore from 1899 to 1909.[4]

Early career

In 1904, he was elected fellow of the

Royal Asiatic Society.[5][6] He was awarded an honorary PhD by the University of Calcutta.[5][6] In 1928, the title of Diwan Bahadur was bestowed upon him.[6]

Head of Department of Indian History and Archaeology

In 1914, the University of Madras appointed Krishnaswamy Aiyangar to the chair of the department of Indian history and archaeology.[4] Aiyangar headed the department till 1929.[7] At about the same time, Aiyangar took over a struggling periodical called Journal of Indian History which was started by Shafaat Ahmed Khan in 1921.[8] Aiyangar faced financial difficulties in the beginning but rescued the journal by persuading the University of Kerala to take over the magazine.[8] By the time the university had taken over the magazine Aiyangar had already established the journal as one of the premium history magazines in the world.[8]

Krishnaswamy Aiyangar was succeeded by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri to the chair of the Department of Indian History and Archaeology in 1929.[9]

Methodology

Krishnaswamy Aiyangar assisted

Kannadiga historian B. A. Saletore and Telugu historian N. Venkatramanayya.[11]

Works

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-520-07589-4
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  2. ^ Ganganatha Jha Research Institute (1945). The Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Research Institute. p. 80.
  3. ^ Subrahmanian, N. (1973). Historiography. Koodal publishers. p. 454.
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    ISBN 9780521266932
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  5. ^ a b c Nalanda Year-book & Who's who in India. 1947. p. 431.
  6. ^ a b c P. Kabadi, Waman (1935). Who's Who. Yeshanand & Co. p. 16.
  7. ISBN 81-250-2657-6
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  8. ^
    ISBN 81-250-2657-6
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  9. ISBN 9780521266932
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  10. ISBN 9780521266932
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  11. ISBN 9780521266932
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