The Carmichael Chair of Ancient Indian History and Culture is a

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

professorship in the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every yea ...

, India; its holder is known as Carmichael Professor. The post was created by

Ashutosh Mukherjee Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awa ...

in 1912 after Baron Carmichael the then

Governor of Bengal The Governor was the chief colonial administrator in the Bengal presidency, originally the "Presidency of Fort William" and later "Bengal province". In 1644, Gabriel Boughton procured privileges for the East India Company which permitted them t ...

. The German Indologist George Thibaut was the first to be appointed a Carmichael Professor.

List of Carmichael Professors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Carmichael 1912 establishments in India Ancient Indian History and Culture, Carmichael University of Calcutta faculty