Dineshchandra Sircar
Dineshchandra Sircar, also known as D. C. Sircar or D. C. Sarkar, was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly in India and Bangladesh for his work deciphering inscriptions. He was the Chief Epigraphist of the Archaeological Survey of India, Carmichael Professor of Ancient [Indian History and Culture] at the University of Calcutta and the General President of the Indian History Congress. In 1972, Sircar was awarded the Sir William Jones Memorial Plaque.
Early life and education
Sircar was born in Krishnanagar in 1907, which is in present day West Bengal.Selected bibliography
He authored more than forty books both in Bengali and English. Some of his best known books include:Pala-purva Yuger Vamsanucarita Pala-Sena Yuger Vamsanucarita Asoker Vani Silalekha-Tamrasasanadir Prasanga Prachin Itihaser Kahini Sanskritik Itihaser Prasanga Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilisation Indian Epigraphy Indian Epigraphical GlossaryInscriptions of Asoka,Epigraphical Discoveries in East PakistanStudies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval IndiaSome Epigraphical Records of the Mediaeval Period from Eastern IndiaStudies in Indian CoinsJournal of Ancient Indian History Ed.The Early Pallavas The Successors of the Satvahana in Lower Deccan Successors of the Satvahana in the eastern Deccan Social Life in Ancient IndiaHe edited Epigraphia Indica volumes XXVIII to XXXVI, three of them jointly and the others independently.