Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri

Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri (8 April 1892 – 4 May 1957) was an Indian historian, known for his studies on ancient India. Quotes The author does not claim for the period from Parikshit to Bimbisara the same degree of authenticity as for the age of the Mauryas , the Satavahanas and the Guptas . The absence of trustworthy contemporary dynastic records makes it preposterous to put forward such a proposition. In regard to the early period it has been his principal endeavour to show that the huge fabric of sacerdotal and rhapsodic legends is not based solely on the mythical fancy of mendacious priests and story- telling Diaskeuasts ; that bardic tales sometimes conceal kernels of sober facts... quoted in Chakrabarti, D. K., 1997. Colonial Indology: Sociopolitics of the Ancient Indian Past. New Delhi: Munhiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.185 About Historians like Sarkar, Dr Romesh Chandra Majumdar, Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, Raghubir Singh, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Govind Sakharam Sardesai and several contemporaries of theirs, many of whom shone in brilliance even under colonial rule, are in my view exemplars of what fact-based, dispassionate historians are. Vikram Sampath, interview at: External links Category:1892 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Academics from India Category:Historians from India