Loading AI tools
Indian historian (1961–1930) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akshay Kumar Maitreya (Bengali: অক্ষয় কুমার মৈত্রেয়) (1 March 1861–10 February 1930[1]) was an Indian historian and social worker from Bengal.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2009) |
Akshay Kumar Maitreya | |
---|---|
অক্ষয় কুমার মৈত্রেয় | |
Born | |
Died | 10 February 1930 68) | (aged
Alma mater | Rajshahi College |
Occupation(s) | Historian, social worker |
Maitreya was born in Nadia (now in West Bengal) to Mathuranath Maitreya.[citation needed] Much of his education was in Kolkata and Rajshahi (now in Bangladesh).[citation needed] He passed his B.L. examination from Rajshahi College. He was a friend of Rabindranath Tagore, but famously engaged with him in an argument about whether history based fiction should necessarily represent historical facts correctly. Maitreya, being a historian, called for historical correctitude, while Tagore declared that an artist has freedom to bend historical facts.[citation needed]
Maitreya was instrumental in creating the Varendra Research Museum, Rajshahi. He was also credited for disproving the Black Hole of Calcutta theory used by the colonial British to discredit Siraj Ud Daulah in a seminar organized by the Calcutta Historical Society on 24 March 1916. His most significant work is Gaudalekhamala. It consists the Sanskrit texts (along with their translations in Bengali) of a number of stone and copper-plate inscriptions issued by the Pala emperors.[1]
Maitreya's works include:[1]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.