B. N. Mukherjee

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B. N. Mukherjee
Born1 January 1932
H. C. Raychaudhuri
Centenary Medal

Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

Calcutta University and is reported to have deciphered many ancient scripts.[2] He was the author of 50 books and over 700 articles on ancient history, numismatics and epigraphy.[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[3]

Early life and education

Ashoka Pillar, Sarnath
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B. N. Mukherjee was born on the New Year's Day of 1932.

Cambridge University to research under Harold Walter Bailey on historical linguistics of West and Central Asia, focusing on Iranian, Saka, Saka–Khotanese and Aramaic studies.[4]

Scholarship

Mukherjee wrote several books on the epigraphy and iconography of the central Asia, such as the

Maurya empire. He asserted that these edicts were translations and transliterations of Prakrit inscriptions and revealed the political intonations of Ashoka's policy of Dhamma.[4] His findings were published in a book, Studies in the Aramaic Edicts of Asoka (1984).[7]

Mukherjee wrote a 300-page commentary on the treatise, Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty,

Kharoshti scripts and their etymologies.[9] His style of writing was heavily leaned on to footnotes and his findings have, at times, attracted criticisms.[10][11] Besides 50 books,[citation needed] he also published over 700 articles in various national and international journals.[12][13]

Honours

Mukherjee was a professor at

H. C. Raychaudhuri Centenary Medal of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata.[4]

Mukherjee died on 4 April 2013, at the age of 79, survived by his wife and son.[1]

Selected works

  • B. N. Mukherjee (1981). Mathurā and Its Society: The ʼSakæ-Pahlava Phase. Firma K.L.M.
    ISBN 9780836415896
    .
  • B. N. Mukherjee (1984). Studies in the Aramaic Edicts of Asoka. India Museum.
  • B. N. Mukherjee (1996). India in Early Central Asia. Harman Publishing House. p. 124.
    ISBN 978-8185151984
    .
  • B. N. Mukherjee (2004). Kushana Studies; New Perspectives. Firma KLM Private Limited.
    ISBN 978-8171021093
    .
  • Bratindra Nath Mukherjee (2005). Origin of Brāhmī and Kharoshṭī scripts. Progressive Publishers. p. 69.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passes away". The Hindu. 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Padmashri winner historian Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passes away at 79". Indian Express. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^
    S2CID 143132679. Archived
    from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-8185151984
    .
  6. ISBN 978-8171021093
    .
  7. ^ B. N. Mukherjee (2000). Studies in the Aramaic Edicts of Asoka. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ASIN B009ECELV4. Archived
    from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ISBN 9788180640681
    .
  10. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0014563X. Archived
    from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. JSTOR 600117
    .
  12. ^ "Worldcat profile". Worldcat. 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Renowned Historian Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee Died". Jagaran Josh. 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Historian Bratindra Nath Mukherjee Dead". Outlook. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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