Anant Sadashiv Altekar
Anant Sadashiv Altekar | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 November 1960 Pune, Maharashtra, India | (aged 62)
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Deccan College |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions |
Anant Sadashiv Altekar (24 September 1898 – 25 November 1960;
Early life
Anant Sadashiv Altekar was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family on 24 September 1898 in Mhakave, a village in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra.[7][8][9]
Work in archeology
In 1936, at the invitation of the local government, he conducted an archaeological and historical survey of
Study of the history of education in India
Altekar corresponded in 1932 with
Other academic projects
Altekar's book The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day (1938)[22] was the first historical survey of the status of women in India.[2]
Altekar's other books include
- The Vakataka-Gupta Age,[3]
- State and Government in Ancient India,[23]
- Rāshṭrakūṭas and their times,[24]
- History of Benares,[25]
- and several books on Gupta coinage.[26]
In 1947 Altekar was elected the first chairman of the
References
- ^ a b "Professor Anant Sadashiv Altekar commemoration volume", Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, 22, 1960.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7914-3659-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-208-0043-4, retrieved 13 September 2009. Reprint of 1946 edition.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-391-02358-1.
- ISBN 978-0-253-21358-7.
- ^ "First Lap of the Tour Programme", Report of the Sanskrit Commission 1956–1957, archived from the original on 16 April 2009, retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ Anant Sadashiv Altekar; Brajdeo Prasad Roy (2003). Churning the Indian past: Dr. A.S. Alteker birth centenary anniversary volume. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. vii.
- ^ Professor Anant Sadashiv Altekar commemoration volume", Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, 22, 1960
- ^ Moraes, G., 1959, January. PANEGYRIC UPON THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE LATE Dr. AS ALTEKAR. In Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (pp. 8-12). Indian History Congress.
- ^ "Science Notes – Archaeological Discoveries in Kotah State" (PDF), Current Science: 899, June 1936
- ^ Excavation sites in Bihar, Archaeological Survey of India, archived from the original on 28 October 2009, retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ Altekar, A. S.; Mishra, V., Report on Kumrahar Excavations 1951–1955.
- ^ Chaudhary, Pranava K. (1 March 2003), "Holy ashes fail to attract pilgrims", The Times of India, archived from the original on 10 September 2013
- ^ "Buddha's bones on display to public", ABC News, 16 May 2003[permanent dead link].
- ^ Chaudhary, Pranava K. (27 May 2006), "Bihar 'no' to Lanka's plea for Buddha relic", The Times of India, archived from the original on 17 July 2012 .
- ^ www.gandhiserve.org/correspondence/1932.html, GandhiServe Foundation, archived from the original on 1 November 2009, retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ The Indian Book Shop, 1934; 7th ed., Manohar Prakashan, 1975
- doi:10.1086/216811.
- ^ a b Review by V. Raghavan Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Triveni, Nov.-Dec. 1933, retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ JSTOR 4132197.
- ^ Scharf, Hartmut (2002), Education in Ancient India (Handbook of Oriental Studies), vol. 16, Brill Academic, pp. 64–70
- ISBN 978-1-59740-263-7.
- ISBN 978-0-7581-7992-0.
- ^ Oriental Book Agency, 1967.
- ^ Culture Publication House, Benares Hindu University, 1937.
- ^ Works by Anant Sadashiv-Altekar at Open Library.
- ^ Numismatic Society of India, archived from the original on 23 December 2008, retrieved 13 September 2009.
- The Tribune.