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Dineschandra Sircar

Portrait of Dineschandra   Sircar

Dr. Dineshchandra (D.C.) Sircar [also D.C. Sarkar] (1907, Krishnanagar, Bengal –1985, Calcutta [Kolkata], India), was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, Chief Epigraphist of the Archaeological Survey of India (1949 – 1962), Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the University of Calcutta (1962 – 1972) and General President of the Indian History Congress, of which publication, The Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, started in 1935. 

Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ancient Indian History from 1967 to his death, Dr. D.C. Sirkar has authored numerous books and essays, both in Bengali [BGL] and English [ENG]. His 2‑volume work, Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilisation (1965), has been a reference for M.A. students in history for many years in Bengal and Orissa universities.

Publications

  1. Pala-purba Yugera banśatālikā [Genealogy of Pre-Pala Age], nd [BGL]?
  2. Pala-Sena Yugera banśatālikā [Genealogy of Pala-Sena Age], nd [BGL]?
  3. Asoker Vani [Inscriptions of Ashoka], nd [BGL]; repub. [ENG], Delhi, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2013 ASIN ‏B071GKMK9R.
  4. Silalekha-Tamrasasanadir Prasanga [On Stone and Copperplate Inscriptions], nd [BGL] ?
  5. Prachin Itihaser Kahini [Story of Ancient History] [BGL] ?
  6. The Early Pallavas, Lahore, Law’s Research Series No 2, Motilal Banarsidass, 1935
  7. The Successors of the Satvahana in Lower Deccan, Journal of the Department of Letters, University of Calcutta, 1935; repub. 1939.
  8. Select Inscriptions, University of Calcutta, 1942. 
  9. Maski Inscription of Asoka, Hyderabad Archaeological Series, No. l, revised ed., 1958.
  10. “Gujarra Inscription of Asoka” and ​“Rajula-Mandagiri Inscription of Asoka”, Epigraphia Indica, XXXI, p 205 ff.
  11. “Erragudi Edicts of Asoka” and ​“Sopara Fragment of Rock Edict IX of Asoka”, Epigraphia Indica, XXXII, p 1 ff. 
  12. “Note on Shar-i-Kuna Inscription of Asoka”, Epigraphia Indica, XXXIII, p 333 ff.
  13. Fragmentary Pillar Inscription from Amaravati’, Epigraphia Indica, XXXV, p 40 ff.
  14. “Ahraura Inscription of Asoka”, Epigraphia Indica, XXXVI, pp. 239 ff.
  15. “New Delhi Inscription of Asoka”, Epigraphia Indica, XXXVIII, pp. 1 – 4.
  16. “Karnata Contribution to the spread of Indianism in South-East Asia”, Studies in Asian History, Proceedings of the Asian History Congress, 1961, pp 286 – 94.
  17. [ed.] Epigraphia Indica, vol XXXV, Archaeological Survey of India, 1963 – 1964.
  18. Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilisation, 2 vol., University of Calcutta, 1965. ISBN 
    9780895811066.
  19. Indian Epigraphy, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass,1965; repub. 2021.
  20. Indian Epigraphical Glossary, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1966.
  21. Some Epigraphical Records of the Mediaeval Period from Eastern India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1967; repub. 2013, ISBN 9788120827905.
  22. Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature, Delhi, Indian Studies: Past and Present, 1967.
  23. Studies in Indian Coins, Delhi, Motilal Banardissas, 1968; repub. Motilal Banarsidass, 2008, ISBN 9788120829732.
  24. “Asoka’s Edicts for the Yavanas and Kambojas”, in Foreigners in Ancient India [ed.], 1970, pp. 25 ff. 
  25. Foreigners in Ancient India, and Laksmi and Sarasvati in art and literature, University of Calcutta, 1970 [February 1969 Seminars, Center for Advanced Study in Ancient History and Culture]. 
  26. “Indian Influence on the Geographical Names of Southeast Asia”, in India’s Contribution to World Thought & Culture, Vivekanand Commemoration Volume, Madras 1970, pp 41 – 46.
  27. [ed.] Social Life in Ancient India, University of Calcutta, 1971.
  28. Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1971.
  29. Epigraphical Discoveries in East Pakistan, Calcutta, Sanskrit College, 1973.
  30. [ed.] Religion and Culture of the Jains, University of Calcutta, 1973.
  31. The Sakta Pithas, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1973; repub. 1998, ISBN 978 – 8120808799.
  32. Studies in The Political And Administrative Systems In Ancient And Medieval India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1974; repub. 1995 ISBN 81−208−1250−0.
  33. সাংস্কৃতিক ইতিহাসের প্রসঙ্গ প্রথম খণ্ড Sanskritik Itihaser Prasanga[On Cultural History, vol I], 1982, repub. Sahityalok, 2013, ISBN 9788186946497 [BGL]
  34. সাংস্কৃতিক ইতিহাসের প্রসঙ্গ দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড Sanskritik Itihaser Prasanga [On Cultural History Context, vol. II], Sahityalok, 1983. {BGL]
  35. The Kanyakubja Gauda Struggle, from the 6th to the 12th centuries, Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, 1985