P. C. Bagchi

Krmiśa and Demetrius

By P. C. Bagchi

The article explores the identification of a figure named Krmiśa (also spelled Gomi-mukhya or Cāmi-mukhya) mentioned in the Buddhist text Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, which recounts the story of an…

Reviews

By P. C. Bagchi

The review section evaluates recent scholarly publications across several fields of Indian history and epigraphy. The first review discusses Important Inscriptions from the Baroda State, Volume II:…

Baʾūrab or Barīzah (Notes on Measurement and a Pratihāra Title)

By P. C. Bagchi

These paired notes address two distinct problems. The first examines the meaning of astaka‑navaka‑nāla within the context of land measurement. It argues that earlier scholars misread the term and…

A new Source of the Political History of Kamarupa

By P. C. Bagchi

This article introduces and analyses the Haragaurisamvada, an Assamese‑script bark manuscript recently discovered in Faridpur. The text belongs to a class of Tantras that combine geography with…

Review: India and the Pacific World

By P. C. Bagchi

The reviewer discusses Kalidas Nag’s book India and the Pacific World, which seeks to correct the Eurocentric bias of early geography textbooks by demonstrating India’s historical connections with…

Review: The Development of Hindu Iconography

By P. C. Bagchi

Reviewing Jitendra Nath Banerjea’s book The Development of Hindu Iconography, the article notes that previous works focused mainly on textual descriptions of images and neglected archaeological…

The Eight Great Caityas and their Cult

By P. C. Bagchi

This study examines a set of Buddhist texts, preserved mostly in Tibetan and Chinese translations, that describe eight great caityas (astamahāsthanacaityas)—pilgrimage sites associated with episodes…

Reviews

By Dineshchandra Sircar, P. C. Bagchi, S. K. Dutt

**Summary of Reviews** Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar’s *Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Culture* presents six lectures on Vedic-period issues, including the Arya-Dasa-Sudra dynamics, the significance of…

Reviews

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…

Obituary Notices

By P. C. Bagchi

Sylvain Lévi (1863–1935), a prominent French Orientalist, was a leading scholar in Sanskrit, Indian civilization, and Indology. Born in Paris, he became Professor of Sanskrit at the École des Hautes…

Kuchean or Western Arsi

By P. C. Bagchi

Kuchean, or Western Arsi, is an extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the Kucha and Karashar regions of northern Central Asia. Rediscovered in the early 20th century through manuscripts…

The Seventh All-India Oriental Conference

By P. C. Bagchi

Some Linguistic Notes

By P. C. Bagchi

On the antiquity of the name "Kasthamandapa" or "Kathmandu"

By P. C. Bagchi

Bodhichitta-vivarna of Nagarjuna

By P. C. Bagchi

On Foreign Element in the Tantra

By P. C. Bagchi

This article highlights the extent to which Tantric tradition in India incorporated foreign elements. The author divides Tantras into orthodox (such as the Agamas and Yamalas) and heterodox schools…

Reviews

By P. C. Bagchi, Narayan Chandra Banerji, J. N. Sengupta, Manindra Mohan Bose

Covering more than fifteen pages, this reviews section summarises and critiques recent scholarly publications. It highlights the completion of Dr. Benoytosh Bhattacharyya’s edition of the…

The Sandhabhase and Sandhavacana

By P. C. Bagchi

This article elucidates the terms ‘sandhābhāṣā’ and ‘sandhavacana’, which occur in tantric Buddhist literature. Drawing on Tibetan translations and Sanskrit commentaries, the author explains that…

On Some Tantrik Texts Studied in Ancient Kambuja

By P. C. Bagchi

In this scholarly note the author investigates the circulation of Tantric Sanskrit texts in ancient Cambodia (Kambuja). Using evidence from newly discovered inscriptions and palm‑leaf manuscripts, he…

On Some Tantrik Texts Studied in Ancient Kambuja

By P. C. Bagchi

The Sdok Kak Thom inscription in Sisophon, Cambodia, documents the introduction of Tantric texts and the Devaraja cult in Kambuja during King Jayavarman II’s reign (c. 802 CE). The undated…