Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Sarasi Kumar Saraswati was an Indian historian of art and architecture.
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 Architecture of Bengal Indian art at the cross-roads Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami- Pal Juger Chitrakala
- ''Tantrayāna art: an album''
Book chapters
He authored the chapters on architecture in the following books.History of Bengal, vol. I, The History and Culture of the Indian People, Comprehensive History of India, vol. II Comprehensive History of India, vol. III Jaina Art and Architecture,.Articles
- Articles on the art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1932-34