Sarasi Kumar Saraswati

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

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Born	1906 Rajshahi, Bengal, British India
Died	1980 (aged 73–74) Kolkata, India
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
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
Scientific career
Fields	History of architecture History of art
Institutions	Varendra Research Society University of Calcutta Banaras Hindu University Victoria Memorial

Early life and education

Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in 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, Varanasi, 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]
• Pal Juger Chitrakala
• Tantrayāna art: an album (1977)^[6]

Book chapters

He authored the chapters on architecture in the following books.

• History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. by 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)
• Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh).

Articles

• Articles on the 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. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1975). A Survey of Indian Sculpture. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
3. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1976). Architecture of Bengal: Ancient phase. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
4. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1973). Indian Art at the Cross-roads. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
5. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1953). Glimpses of Mughal Architecture. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
6. Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar (1977). Tantrayāna Art: An Album. Asiatic Society. ISBN 9788172361365. Retrieved 28 July 2011.