V. S. Pathak
Vishwambhar Sharan Pathak (1926–2003) was a historian,
Indologist
who authored several books.
Pathak was born at
Narmadapuram in 1926.[1] He completed his first PhD from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the mid fifties. In 1957-58 he served as co-editor (with Prof RB Pandey
) of the bulletin Bharati of the Department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology of BHU.
In the late fifties he moved to
London University.[citation needed
]
V.S. Pathak served as Head of the Department of History, Archaeology and Culture and also as Vice Chancellor of
Punjab University, Chandigarh
.
Pathak died on 19 December 2003. During his last days, he was annotating Bhoja's Tattva-Prakasha and two commentaries on it.[1]
Selected works
- Pathak, V.S. (1960), History of Saiva Cults in Northern India from Inscriptions (700 AD to 1200 AD), Published by Ram Naresh Varma, Printed at The Tara Printing Works, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Pathak, V.S. (1966), Ancient Historians of India; a study in historical biographies, Asia Publishing House, Bombay, India.
- Pathak, V.S. (1987), Smarta religious tradition: Being a study of the epigraphic data on Smarta religious tradition of northern India c.600 AD to c.1200 AD, Kusumanjali Prakashan, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Pathak, V.S. (1992), Desh ke Abhidhan (in Hindi), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Reviewed work
- V.S.Pathak (1968), Review: Ancient Historians of India. A Study in Historical Biographies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol 88, No 2, page 374.
References
- ^ a b D. N. Tripathi (2004). K. N. Dikshit and K. S. Ramachandran (ed.). "Obituaries: V. S. Pathak". Purātattva (34). Indian Archaeological Society: vii.
- Gorakhpur University. Archived from the originalon 27 June 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
- ^ "Home". aihca.puchd.ac.in.
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