Dineshchandra Sircar

Dineshchandra Sircar
Born	1907 Krishnanagar, near Faridpur, British India (Now Bangladesh)
Died	1985 (aged 77–78) India
Occupation	Historian, epigraphist

Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1985; also known as D. C. Sircar or D.C. Sarkar) was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly for his work deciphering inscriptions in India and Bangladesh. He was the Chief Epigraphist, Archaeological Survey of India (1949 – 1962), Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, (1962–1972) and the General President of the Indian History Congress. In 1972, Sircar was awarded the Sir William Jones Memorial Plaque.

Sircar was born to a Bengali family of Ayurvedic physicians at Krishnanagar. He graduated with Honours in Sanskrit in 1929 and obtained a First Class in his MA Examination in 1931 in Ancient Indian History and Culture with specialisation in Epigraphy and Numismatics from the University of Calcutta.

He authors more than forty books both in English and Bengali. Some of his best-known books include:

He has edited Epigraphia Indica volumes XXVIII to XXXVI, three of them jointly and others independently.

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