Ramaprasad Chanda

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Ramaprasad Chanda

Anthropology

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Archeology

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Ramaprasad Chanda's Degrees

PhD Anthropology University of Calcutta

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According to Wikipedia, Ramaprasad Chanda was an Indian anthropologist, historian and archaeologist from Bengal. A pioneer in his field in South Asia, Chanda's lasting legacy is the Varendra Research Museum, he established in Rajshahi , a leading institute for research on the history of Bengal. He was the first head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Calcutta from 1920- 1921. He was also a professional archaeologist and worked in the Archaeological Survey of India. Chanda was one of the founders the Indian Anthropological Institute and was its president during 1938–1942. He represented India in the first International Congress of Anthropology held in London in 1934. He had done original research on the somatic characters of Indian populations by using ancient Indian literature and challenged Herbert Hope Risley's theory of Indian races. Riley was the first Census Commissioner of India.

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Ramaprasad Chanda's Published Works

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The Indo-Aryan Races A Study of the Origin of Indo-Aryan People and Institutions (18)
Selections from official letters and documents relating to the life of Raja Rammohun Roy (1938) (2)
Exploration in Orissa . Bibliography of Indo-Moslem history excluding provincial monarchies . On the iconography of the Buddha's Nativity (1934) (2)
Bhanja dynasty of Mayurbhanj and their ancient capital Khiching (1)
Survival of the prehistoric civilisation of the Indus Valley . An archæological tour in upper Swāt and adjacent hill tracts (1)
Medieval Indian sculpture in the British Museum (1936) (1)
Alpine Strain in the Bengali People (1917) (0)
The beginnings of the art in eastern India, with special reference to sculptures in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (0)
Taxila Inscription of the year 136 (1920) (0)

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University of Calcutta

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