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Vol. 34 · No. 3 and 4

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Ratnakirtinibandhavali (Review)

This review covers the third volume of the Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series, 'Ratnakīrtinibandhāvali', edited by P.N. Anant Lal Thakur. Ratnakīrti was a medieval Buddhist logician whose treatises are…

Sept & Dec 1958Vol. 34 · No. 3 and 4pp. 298–299

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Vol. 34 · No. 3 and 4

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Studies in Indian History and Culture (Review)

By Sushil Kumar De

This review covers U.N. Ghoshal’s book 'Studies in Indian History and Culture'. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part reconstructs Indian history from Vedic and Buddhist literature,…

Sept & Dec 1958Vol. 34 · No. 3 and 4pp. 291–292

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 30 · No. 3

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Some Passages from the Kavindra-vacana-samuccaya

By Sushil Kumar De

Editing the Kavindra‑vacana‑samuccaya from a single damaged manuscript poses many problems. In this note the author revisits passages that remain obscure even after F. W. Thomas’s meticulous 1912…

September - 1954Vol. 30 · No. 3pp. 282–285

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Vol. 28 · No. 1

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Reviews

By Sushil Kumar De

The article reviews Holden Furber’s 1948 book, "John Company at Work: A Study of Euro-Pean Expansion in India in the Late Eighteenth Century," published by Harvard University Press. The volume…

March - 1952Vol. 28 · No. 1pp. 95–96

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 21 · No. 2

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By Sushil Kumar De, Nalinaksha Dutt, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Indubhusan Banerjee

The reviews section covers three notable publications. First is the Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, compiled from Haraprasad Sastri’s notes and…

June - 1945Vol. 21 · No. 2pp. 148–152

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 20 · No. 2

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The Visnu-stuti and Krsna-karnamrta

By Sushil Kumar De

This article is a critical response by S. K. De to H. G. Narahari's account of an old manuscript dated 1418 A.D. that contains a work called the Visnu-stuti, which is ascribed in its colophon to…

June - 1944Vol. 20 · No. 2pp. 179–181

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Vol. 19 · No. 4

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Obituary Notices (Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar)

By Sushil Kumar De

Dr. Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar (1887-1943) was one of India's most distinguished Oriental scholars, renowned for his pioneering role as the General Editor of the Critical Edition of the Mah?bh?rata at…

December - 1943Vol. 19 · No. 4pp. 402–406

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Vol. 19 · No. 2

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Bhavabhuti

By Sushil Kumar De

Bhavabhuti, one of the great Sanskrit dramatists, is profiled in this article. He belonged to a Brahmin family of the Kāśyapa gotra; his father was Nīlakaṇṭha and his mother Jāṭukarṇī, and he…

June - 1943Vol. 19 · No. 2pp. 101–118

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Vol. 18 · No. 4

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The Vedic and the Epic Krsna

By Sushil Kumar De

The article explores speculation about the identity of the epic Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa with the Kṛṣṇa mentioned in early Vedic literature. Drawing on hymns from the Rg Veda and passages from the Upaniṣads,…

Deceber - 1942Vol. 18 · No. 4pp. 298–301

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 18 · No. 3

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Reviews

By Dineshchandra Sircar, Sushil Kumar De, Chintaharan Chakravarti, A. B. M. Habibullah, Radha Govinda Basak

The Reviews section offers critical evaluations of several recent publications. A.M. Ghatage’s “Introduction to Ardhamāgadhi” is praised for shedding light on the grammar and literature of this Jain…

September - 1942Vol. 18 · No. 3pp. 276–287

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Vol. 17 · No. 4

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The Dramas ascribed to Bhasa

By Sushil Kumar De

The article examines the corpus of Sanskrit plays attributed to the ancient dramatist Bhasa, whose historical identity remained uncertain until the early twentieth century. In 1912 the scholar T.…

December - 1941Vol. 17 · No. 4pp. 415–429

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 16 · No. 4

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By Satkari Mookherjree, Dineshchandra Sircar, Sushil Kumar De, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, A. S. Altekar, S. K. Dutt, Kokileswar Sastri

The Reviews section offers critical appraisals of recently published works on Indian history, literature and culture. It covers texts ranging from Nandalal Chatterji’s study of colonial Bengal,…

December - 1940Vol. 16 · No. 4pp. 844–866

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Vol. 16 · No. 2

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Kalidasa

By Sushil Kumar De

This article offers a literary appreciation of Kalidasa, focusing on his poetic style and the emotional qualities of his works. The author emphasises Kalidasa’s serenity, artistic refinement and the…

June - 1940Vol. 16 · No. 2pp. 385–422

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 14 · No. 4

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By Sushil Kumar De, Mano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal, Narendra Ch. Vedantatirtha, Niharranjan Roy

The Dharma-Kosha, edited by Lakshmana Shastri Joshi and published in 1937, is the first volume of an ambitious encyclopedic project compiling Hindu legal, ethical, and religious literature from Vedic…

December - 1938Vol. 14 · No. 4pp. 847–865

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Vol. 14 · No. 2

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Candra-Gomin

By Sushil Kumar De

This biographical study reconstructs the life and contributions of Candra‑gomin, an influential Buddhist grammarian and Tantric devotee from Bengal. Using Tibetan sources and surviving Sanskrit…

June - 1938Vol. 14 · No. 2pp. 256–260

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 13 · No. 2

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By B. M. Barua, Sushil Kumar De, U. N. Ghoshal, P. C. Bagchi

Indubhusan Banerjee's *Evolution of the Khalsa, Vol. I: Foundation of the Sikh Panth* (1936) provides a detailed analysis of Sikhism's development from Guru Nanak's time (15th century) to the…

June - 1937Vol. 13 · No. 2pp. 363–375

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Vol. 13 · No. 1

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On the Identity of the Buddha-vinoda-kavya

By Sushil Kumar De

In this textual study the author clarifies the identity of a Sanskrit poem known variously as “Buddha‑vinoda‑kāvya”, “Rākṣasa‑kāvya” and “Vinoda‑vinoda‑kāvya”. By examining manuscripts from the…

March - 1937Vol. 13 · No. 1pp. 172–176

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 11 · No. 3

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By Sushil Kumar De, Mano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal, Alvan C. Eastman

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's *The Darker Side of Dawn* (1935) explores the duality of deities in Indian symbolism, particularly the solar deity Surya (or Agni) and his feminine counterpart Usas (Dawn),…

September - 1935Vol. 11 · No. 3pp. 588–605

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 10 · No. 2

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By Sushil Kumar De, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Benoy Kumar Sarkar, D. Bhattacharya

The Reviews section surveys recent publications in Indology and Sanskrit studies. It begins with an appraisal of the first volume of Pandit Sasibhusan Vidyalankara’s Jivani‑Kosa, a comprehensive…

June - 1934Vol. 10 · No. 2pp. 374–391

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Caitanya as an Author

By Sushil Kumar De

This paper critically examines whether Caitanya, the 16th‑century Bengali devotional leader whose name is synonymous with Gaudiya Vaisnavism, composed any theological treatises. Devotional tradition…

June - 1934Vol. 10 · No. 2pp. 301–320

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Articles

Ratnakirtinibandhavali (Review)

Studies in Indian History and Culture (Review)

Some Passages from the Kavindra-vacana-samuccaya

Reviews

Reviews

The Visnu-stuti and Krsna-karnamrta

Obituary Notices (Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar)

Bhavabhuti

The Vedic and the Epic Krsna

Reviews

The Dramas ascribed to Bhasa

Reviews

Kalidasa

Reviews

Candra-Gomin

Reviews

On the Identity of the Buddha-vinoda-kavya

Review

Reviews

Caitanya as an Author

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