Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri ( bn, হেম চন্দ্র রায়চৌধুরী) (8 April 1892 – 4 May 1957Raychaudhuri, Hemchandra (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 7th edition, pp. iv-vi) was an Indian historian, known for his studies on ancient India.

Early life and education

He came from a Baidya family. He was the son of Manoranjan Raychaudhuri, the ''Zamindar'' of Ponabalia in the present-day Jhalokati District in

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, and his wife Tarangini Devi. He completed his schooling at Brajamohan Institution in

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. He passed the University of Calcutta's entrance examination in 1907, standing first. He then joined Scottish Church College, Calcutta and after that Presidency College, Calcutta, standing First in the First Class in his B.A. (Hons.) examination in 1911. For his outstanding achievements in this examination he was awarded the Eshan Scholarship. He again stood First in the First Class in his M.A. examination in 1913 and was awarded the Griffith Prize in 1919. His nephews were Tapan Kumar Raychaudhuri and Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri.

Career

He taught as a lecturer in Bangabasi College, Calcutta (1913–14). Soon after he joined the Bengal Education Service and was posted at Presidency College, Calcutta from (1914–16). In 1916 he was transferred to

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. Around this time Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee offered him a Lecturership at the Department of Ancient History and Culture,

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in 1917. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Ancient Indian history from Calcutta University in 1921. In 1928 he acted as Reader in the Department of History of the University of Dacca. In 1936 he succeeded

D. R. Bhandarkar Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar ( mr, देवदत्त रामकृष्ण भांडारकर; 19 November 1875 – 13 May 1950) was an Indian archaeologist and epigraphist who worked with the Archaeological Survey of India (AS ...

as the

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at Calcutta University from where he retired in 1952.M.M. Rahman, ''Encyclopedia of Historiography'', (2006), p. 357
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Works

* ''Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta (1920) * ''Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta (1923) * ''Studies in Indian Antiquities'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta (1932) * ''Vikramaditya in History and Legend'', Vikrama-volume, Scindia Oriental Institute (1948) * ''

An Advanced History of India ''An Advanced History of India'' is a book on Indian history written by R.C. Majumdar, H.C. Raychaudhuri and Kalikinkar Datta, first published in 1946. This renowned book consists of two parts. And similarly, according to the periods, the same ...

'' (Madras, 1946; last reprint in 1981) (authored with R.C. Majumdar and Kalikinkar Datta)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raychaudhuri, Hem Chandra Scholars from Kolkata Scottish Church College alumni Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni People from Barisal District Bengali historians Bengali people Bengali zamindars Presidency University, Kolkata faculty University of Calcutta faculty Historians of South Asia 20th-century Indian historians 1957 deaths 1892 births People from Jhalokati district

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