| Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. | |
| Author Jitendra Nath Banerjea | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 692 (49 B&W Ills. 3rd Revised and Enlarged Edition.) | |
| Cover: HARDCOVER | |
| 16.5 cm x 25.5 cm (6.5" x 10.0") | |
| Weight 1.16 kg | |
| Edition: 2016 | |
| ISBN: 9788121500692 |
The Development of Hindu Iconography
Dr. Jitendra Nath Banerjea was an eminent historian and Indologist. After his M.A. in 1918, he was appointed as an assistant to Carmichael Professor Dr. D.R. Bhandarkar. In 1952, he was promoted to the chair of the Carmichael Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History, Calcutta University and continued on this post till his retirement in 1959. His magnum opus in his thesis The Development of Hindu Iconography. He was a fellow of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta and a correspondent for life of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India, a corresponding member from India of the Commission Internationale pour une Histoire du Development Scientifique et Cultural de l'Humanite, UNESCO and a charter member of the International University Foundation, New York. He was a prolific writer on Indian history, art, iconography and numismatics and was a contributor to the different volumes of Comprehensive History of India.
