Bisheshwar Nath Reu (2 July 1890 – 1947) was an Indian historian. He started his career as an assistant to Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, and learned the ancient

Dingal Dingal ( Devnagari: डिंगल; IAST: ''ḍiṁgala''; also spelled Dimgala), also known as Old Western Rajasthani, is an ancient Indian language written in Nagri script and having literature in prose as well as poetry. It is a language o ...

language from him.''Rajasthan History and Culture:An Encyclopaedia'', Fourth Edition, Jain Prakashan Mandir, Jaipur, 2013, p. 422 Later, he was appointed as the head of the Department of History (by Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur), Department of Archaeology (by Maharaja Ummed Singh of Jodhpur), the Sardar Museum, the ''Pustak Prakash'' (Manuscript Library) and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile princely state of

Jodhpur Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...

. ''

Mahamahopadhyaya Mahamahopadhyaya (Sanskrit: महामहोपाध्याय) is an honorific title given to prestigious scholars by the Government of India. Prior to 1947, the title was bestowed by the British Raj, and before them, by the kings of ancien ...

'' He made his mark as a historian,

epigraphist Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Numismatists can include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholar-researchers who use coi ...

and

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ist, he is best known for his history of

Marwar Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. 'Maru' is a Sanskrit word for desert. The word 'wad' literally means fence in Rajasthani languages. Engl ...

Authorship

Reu published ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' with the three volumes being released in 1920, 1921 and 1935 respectively. Raja

Bhoja Bhoja was the Paramara dynasty, Paramara king of Malwa from 1010 until his death in 1055. He ruled from Dhara (city), Dhara (modern Dhar), and Military career of Bhoja, fought wars with nearly all his neighbours in attempts to extend his king ...

was published in 1932, these books were written in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

. In 1933, a revised and enlarged version of material from volume 3 of ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' was published (in English) as History of the

Rashtrakutas The Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal Indian polity ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta Indian inscriptions, inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing th ...

.Library of Congress catalog
/ref> The two volumes of ''Marwar ka Itihas'' (in Hindi) reached the public in 1938 and 1940. Coins of Marwar was published in 1946 and a biography of '' Rathod Durgadas'' was released in 1948.

Bibliography

*''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' (Kingdoms of Ancient India) Editor: Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit, Publisher:

Jaipur Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had ...

Publication Scheme 2000. *''Raja Bhoja'' Publisher: Hindustan Akademi 1932. *History of the Rashtrakutas from the beginning to the migration of Rao Sihaji towards Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1933. *''Rashtrakuton ka itihasa: prarambha se lekar Rao Sihaji ke marwar mein ane tak'' (Hindi translation of above). Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1934. *''Marwar ka Itihasa'' (History of Marwar) Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1938. *Glories of Marwar and the glorious Rathors. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1943. *Coins of Marwar: from 400 B.C. to 1945 A.D. Published 1946. *Rathod Durgadas: a well known hero of Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1948. *''Rigveda ka samajika sanskritaka aur aitihasika sara'' (Social, cultural and historical material in the

Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' (, , from wikt:ऋच्, ऋच्, "praise" and wikt:वेद, वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian Miscellany, collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canoni ...

) in Hindi. Publisher: Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi, 1964. *''Rigveda para eka aitihasika drishti'' (Historical perspective on the Rigveda) in Hindi. Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1967.

References

External links

*Bisheshwar Nath Reu at google book

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reu, Bishweshwar Nath 20th-century Indian historians 1966 deaths 1890 births People from Jodhpur Scientists from Rajasthan