Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Feb 01, 1919 Kolkata, West Bengal, India Died on 11 Jun 2016 (aged 97)

Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit

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About Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya

  • Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (February 1, 1919 – June 11, 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit.
  • He was the Director of the Indian Museum, Kolkata for a decade till his retirement.
  • The Indian government awarded him Padma Shri in April 2017 posthumously. Bhattacharyya has to his credit 29 published books on various aspects of art, archaeology, epigraphy and numismatics and hundreds of research articles in journals across the world.
  • In 2012, he was awarded the Acharya Hemchandra Suri Samman Puraskar, New Delhi for his outstanding contribution to Jaina iconography.

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