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| ⚫ | '''Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya''' (February 1, 1919 – June 11, 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit. He was the Director of Indian Museum, Kolkata for a decade till his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Chamb%C4%81_rum%C4%81l.html?id=iFM_AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Chambā rumāl|first=Asoke Kumar|last=Bhattacharyya|date=8 February 1968|publisher=Indian Museum|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_Pageant_of_Indian_Culture.html?id=VgHqAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=A Pageant of Indian Culture: Art and Archaeology|first=Asoke Kumar|last=Bhattacharyya|date=8 February 1995|publisher=Abhinav Publications|via=Google Books}}</ref> The Indian government awarded him [[Padma Shri]] in April 2017 posthumously. |
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| ⚫ | Bhattacharyya has to his credit 29 published books<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/A.-K.-Bhattacharyya/e/B001JOHOOG|title=Amazon.com: A. K. Bhattacharyya: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dkagencies.wordpress.com/page/3/?ftr=vidpgurl|title=Dkagencies|website=Dkagencies}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya''' (February 1, 1919 – June 11, 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit. He was the Director of Indian Museum, Kolkata for a decade till his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Chamb%C4%81_rum%C4%81l.html?id=iFM_AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Chambā rumāl|first=Asoke Kumar|last=Bhattacharyya|date=8 February 1968|publisher=Indian Museum|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_Pageant_of_Indian_Culture.html?id=VgHqAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=A Pageant of Indian Culture: Art and Archaeology|first=Asoke Kumar|last=Bhattacharyya|date=8 February 1995|publisher=Abhinav Publications|via=Google Books}}</ref> The Indian government awarded him [[Padma Shri]] in April 2017 posthumously. |
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| ⚫ | Bhattacharyya has to his credit 29 published books<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/A.-K.-Bhattacharyya/e/B001JOHOOG|title=Amazon.com: A. K. Bhattacharyya: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dkagencies.wordpress.com/page/3/?ftr=vidpgurl|title=Dkagencies|website=Dkagencies}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:09, 11 April 2019
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya
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| Born | Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya February 1, 1919 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Died | June 11, 2016 (aged 97) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, Museologist, Art Historian |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
| Notable works | A Pageant of Indian Culture[1] |
| Notable awards | Padma Shri |
| Spouse | Sabita Bhattacharyya[2] |
| Children | 3 |
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (February 1, 1919 – June 11, 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit. He was the Director of 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]
Books
His books include:[7]
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
- ^ Bhattacharyya, A. K. (Asoke Kumar) 1919- WorldCat Identities
- ^ Page xvii, Progeny of Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya, in the book Indian Culture – Multifacet Research – Commemoration Volume in Honour of Professor A. K. Bhattacharyya (2017) edited by Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty. Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: Kolkata. ISBN 978-8180903175
- ^ Bhattacharyya, Asoke Kumar (8 February 1968). "Chambā rumāl". Indian Museum – via Google Books.
- ^ Bhattacharyya, Asoke Kumar (8 February 1995). "A Pageant of Indian Culture: Art and Archaeology". Abhinav Publications – via Google Books.
- ^ "Amazon.com: A. K. Bhattacharyya: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com.
- ^ "Dkagencies". Dkagencies.
- ^ Bhattacharyya, A. K. (Asoke Kumar) 1919- WorldCat Identities
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