Rakhaldas D. Bandyopadhyay,his field of expertise is Indian archaeology, epigraphy and palaeograph

Rakhaldas D. Bandyopadhyay

Rakhaldas D. Bandyopadhyay

Date of Birth :

April 12, 1885

Place of Birth :

Murshidabad district

Country :

India

Field of Expertise :

Indian archaeology, epigraphy and palaeograph

Educational background :

Honours in History Presidency College, Kolkata in 1907
MA in History from the Calcutta University in 1910

Acheivements / Contributions :

Discovery of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa civilizations

won the Jubilee Research Prize of the Calcutta University for The Origin of the Bengali Script published in 1919
Rakhaldas was the first to study the proto-Bangla script, the original form of Bangla script

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