Sarasi Kumar Saraswati

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Born	1906 Rajshahi, Bengal, British India
Died	1980 Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Fields	History of architecture History of art
Institutions	Varendra Research Society University of Calcutta Banaras Hindu University Victoria Memorial
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Known for	Art and architecture of early Bengal Early Sculptures of Bengal A Survey of Indian Sculpture History of Indian architecture History of Bengal architecture
Influenced	Ramaprasad Chanda Akshay Kumar Maitreya Stella Kramrisch

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980) was a Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture.^[1]

Early life and education

Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in of Ancient Indian History and Culture.

Positions

• Research Scholar, Varendra Research Society, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
• Lecturer and Reader, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
• First Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta.
• Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Banaras Hindu University, Vanarasi, India
• Librarian of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta,
• Curator, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta,

Publications

Books

• A survey of Indian sculpture (1975)^[2]
• Architecture of Bengal (1976)^[3]
• Indian art at the cross-roads(1973)^[4]
• Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed)(1953)^[5]
• Tantrayāna art: an album (1977)^[6]

Book chapters

chapters on architecture to the following books..

• History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. RC Majumdar)
• The History and Culture of the Indian People, (ed. RC Majumdar)
• Comprehensive History of India, vol. II (ed. KA Nilakanta Shastri)
• Comprehensive History of India, vol. III (ed. RC Majumdar) and
• Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh).

Articles

• articles on art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1932-34

See also

• List of architectural historians

References

1. Chakravarti, Ranabir (2012). "Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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