Phanindranath Bose

Dr. Phanindranath Bose or Phanindra Nath Bose ফণীন্দ্রনাথ বসু (1896−1932) was a Bengali writer and historian, professor of history at the Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan (now Shantiniketan, West Bengal) who wrote about Indian influences in Cambodia, Champa and Siam. 

P.N. Bose was a young professor when the visit of French Sanskritist Sylvain Lévi to Santiniketan in 1921 – 1922 convinced him to deal in depth with what was then called ​“Greater India”, the ancient Indian ​“colonies” of Southeast Asia he was taking an interest in since 1917. 

Before his Hindu Colony of Cambodia (1927), he had published the books Indian Colony of Champa, Indian Colony of Siam, Indian Teachers of Buddhist Universities, Indian Teachers of China, Principles of Indian Silpasastra, and more. Bose was among the group of Bengali scholars who promoted the idea of a peaceful, benevolent colonization by Ancient India, all members of the Calcutta-based Greater India Society, such as R. C. Majumdar (1888 – 1980), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890 – 1977), P. C. Bagchi (1898 – 1956), and Kalidas Nag (1891 – 1966).

Shortly after his death, his Life of Sris Chandra Basu was published by R. Chaterjee (1932). His work in Bengali, আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র [Acharya Jagadish Chandra], was released in 1938.