Sarasi Kumar Saraswati

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980) was an Indian historian of art and architecture.

Early life and education
Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in Ancient Indian History and Culture.

Positions

 * Research Scholar, Varendra Research Society, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
 * Lecturer and Reader, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
 * First Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta.
 * Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
 * Librarian of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta
 * Curator, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta

Books

 * A survey of Indian sculpture (1975)
 * Architecture of Bengal (1976)
 * Indian art at the cross-roads (1973)
 * Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed) (1953)
 * Pal Juger Chitrakala
 * Tantrayāna art: an album (1977)

Book chapters
He authored the chapters on architecture in the following books.
 * History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. by RC Majumdar)
 * The History and Culture of the Indian People, (ed. RC Majumdar)
 * Comprehensive History of India, vol. II (ed. KA Nilakanta Shastri)
 * Comprehensive History of India, vol. III (ed. RC Majumdar)
 * Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh).

Articles

 * Articles on the art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal  1932-34