Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya
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.[1][2] The Indian government awarded him Padma Shri in April 2017 posthumously.
Bhattacharyya has to his credit 29 published books[3] 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.[4]
Books
His books include:[5]
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, 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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