Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod
Pandit Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod | |
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Born |
Padmanath Bhattacharya January , 1868 Sylhet |
Died | 1938 (aged 69–70) |
Pen name | Vidya Vinod |
Occupation | Historian |
Subject | Ancient history |
Notable works | Kamarupa Sasanavali, Mr. Gait's History of Assam: A Critical Study |
Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod (1868-1938)[1] was noted twentieth-century historian. His works generally centered on ancient region of Kamarupa.
Biography
Vidya Vinod was born in Sylhet, which is now in Bangladesh.
Work
His notable works are Kamarupa Sasanavali,[2] Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Prasanga, Mr. Gait's History of Assam: A Critical Study, papers in Epigraphia Indica vol. XII[3] He regularly involved in discovery and deciphering of Kamarupa inscriptions.
Vidya Vinod was leading Sanskrit scholar of Assam, professor in Cotton College and was one of the founding members of Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti. He was critical and dissatisfied with Gait's perception of historical events and processes of Assam, and his interpretations, constructed meaning and political undertone of his works.[1]