Sarasi Kumar Saraswati

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Born	1906 Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Died	1980 Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladesh
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. He was born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in the subject of Ancient Indian History and Culture .^[1]

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

• Saraswati SK (1975) A survey of Indian sculpture, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi^[2]
• Saraswati SK (1976) Architecture of Bengal, Volume 1, G. Bharadwaj, Calcatta^[3]
• Saraswati SK (1973) Indian art at the cross-roads, Pilgrim Publishers, Calcatta^[4]
• Saraswati SK (1953) Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed), G. Wittenborn,New York^[5]
• Saraswati SK (1977) Tantrayāna art: an album, Asiatic Society,Kolkata^[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

Notes

References

1. ^ Chakravarti R(2008) Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar. In: Islam PS (ed) Banglapedia. Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh"Banglapedia : Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar". Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/S_0097.HTM. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Google Book". Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cWdQAAAAMAAJ&q=S.+K.+Saraswati.+A+Survey+of+Indian+sculpture.&dq=S.+K.+Saraswati.+A+Survey+of+Indian+sculpture.&hl=en&ei=7cMwTsHCK8LAhAfKzJHkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Google Book". Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C_pPAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&dq=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&hl=en&ei=hsUwTqXPDIewhQf2hrCUCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBA. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Google Book". Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m8oMAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&dq=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&hl=en&ei=hsUwTqXPDIewhQf2hrCUCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBQ. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
5. ^ "Google Book". Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BUA3AQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&dq=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&hl=en&ei=hsUwTqXPDIewhQf2hrCUCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
6. ^ "Google Book". Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zYpyPwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Sarasi+Kumar+Saraswati%22&hl=en&ei=hsUwTqXPDIewhQf2hrCUCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 

External links

• Banglapedia, Sarasi Kumar Saraswati