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Pandurang Kane was notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. He received Bharat Ratna in 1963 for his scholarly work that spanned more than 40 years of active research that resulted in 6500 pages of History of Dharmaśāstra.
Today is his 139th Janmatithi.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandurang…
Today is his 139th Janmatithi.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandurang…
"His monumental work entitled the "History of the Dharmasastra", published in five volumes in the twentieth century, is an encyclopedia of ancient social laws and customs. This enables us to study the social processes in ancient India.""
"His output in the form of writings across the three languages of English, Sanskrit and Marathi spans nearly 15,000 pages.
‘History of Poetics’ was one of his other great books." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandurang…
‘History of Poetics’ was one of his other great books." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandurang…
"Apart from Theology and Poetry, he wrote a great deal on other topics too, which included Cultural and Geographical history of India-Maharashtra-Konkan- Vidarbha, Marathi language, its grammar, language & handwriting, economics of Kautilya(Chanakya), Mathematics, Dramatics, etc"
"His output in the form of writings across the three languages of English, Sanskrit and Marathi spans nearly 15,000 pages...
There are in all 198 publications by his name. They include 39 texts, 115 articles, 44 books, introductions and reviews."
There are in all 198 publications by his name. They include 39 texts, 115 articles, 44 books, introductions and reviews."
Pandurang Vaman Kane was one of the students of R.G. Bhandarkar and a cofounder of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in 1917 in #Pune.
