Bharat Shilper Katha by Akshay Kumar Maitreya PDF.
Book – Bharat Shilper Katha,
Author – Akshay Kumar Maitreya,
Genre – Documentary Book, Historical Book,
Book Pages – 114,
Book Format – PDF,
PDF Size – 5 MB,
Akshay Kumar Maitreya wrote the historical novel Bharat Shilper Katha.
The historical documentary book ‘Bharat Shilper Katha’ was written by the author Akshay Kumar Maitreya. Akshay Kumar Maitreya was a famous historical researcher. He was born in 1861 in Kumarkhali village of Kushtia city in present-day Bangladesh. His father was an English teacher, and he also did journalism. After joining the Judge Court of Rajshahi, he left Kushtia and started living permanently in Ghoramara of Rajshahi city. He was a very close person to Harinath Majumdar, the editor of the newspaper ‘Grambarta Prakashika’.
He passed the entrance examination from Rajshahi Collegiate School in 1978 with the first division. In 1880, he passed FA with the first division from Rajshahi College. In 1883, he passed BA from Presidency College, Kolkata, then he passed BL from Rajshahi College in 1885. Then he joined the Rajshahi Court as a lawyer. He established a Silk Industry School in Rajshahi. He was also associated for a long time as the Commissioner of Rajshahi Municipality. He passed away on February 10, 1930, at his home in Rajshahi.
Who wrote the historical book Mir Qassim?
He had a deep connection with Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore said about him, Akshay Kumar is a major historical writer of our country. He is the leading writer of modern Bengali history. He will be blessed in Bengali literature for the era of independence he introduced in Bengali history. Akshay Kumar Maitreya wrote about 300 articles and many books and enriched the history and literature of Bengal. He awakened the anti-British Swadeshi movement. His writings were published in all the famous magazines and newspapers of that time. Sahitya, Bharati, Bangadarshan, Sadhana, Probasi, Rangpur Sahitya Patrika, Manasi, Dhaka Radio, Prachi, Bangabani, Bharatvarsh, Modern Review, The Journal of the Asiatic Society, Bengal Past and Present, etc. All his writings were published in magazines. His famous books are ‘Gour Lekhamala’, ‘Banga Bijoy’, ‘Samar Singha’, ‘Sitaram Roy’, ‘Siraj-ud-daulah’, ‘Mir Qasim’, Maina, ‘Firangi Banik’, ‘Agnyabad’ etc.
Who wrote the famous historical book ‘Gour Lekhamala’
Many scholarly institutions in the country and abroad have been impressed by his efforts and social welfare attitude. Many famous people including Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarojini Naidu, Haraprasad Shastri, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Rajnikant Sen, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Dr. Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Nalini Kanta Bhattasali have come to his presence. When the book ‘Siraj ud daulah’ was published in 1898, Akshay Kumar’s name spread especially among the educated society of Bengal as a historian. Then the book ‘Mir Qasim’ published in 1906 further increased the fame of his research. Then his attention was drawn to the history of ancient Bengal. His famous book ‘Gour Lekhamala’ was published and brought about an era of change in the study of the history of ancient Bengal.
Who was Siraj ud daulah?
Akshay Kumar Maitra was a man of profound scholarship in Sanskrit language and literature. He had deep scholarship in Sanskrit books related to art and he was also a high-class scholar of the artistic ingenuity of sculpture. He was a prominent member of the Bengali Sahitya Parishad. He repeatedly attended literary meetings at the University of North Bengal. Above all, his writings and research attracted the attention of the readers with his boundless respect for the culture of the country. He wrote an article called ‘Bangabhaskarya Nidarshan’ which recorded the details of many idols discovered in North Bengal. In this article, he discussed the evidence of the Deopara Prasasthi of Bijay Sen found in Rajshahi district. He was particularly pleased with the evidence of the Prasasthi of the idol of Shiva during the reign of the Noi Pal dynasty discovered in Bangara, Dinajpur district. It contains valuable information about the architecture and sculpture of North Bengal.
Who compiled the book ‘Bharat Shilper Katha’ of Akshay Kumar?
This is the first time that Akshay Kumar’s articles on Indian art have been published in book form 52 years after his death. Akshay Kumar published many detailed articles on Gour in various magazines. Those articles were also collected and published in book form. Sunil Das and Dr. Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay and historian Dr. Dinesh Chandra Sarkar have helped in compiling this book. The compiler Nepal Ghosh has compiled this book ‘Bharat Shilper Katha’ beautifully. This book will be accepted as a valuable book based on history by the reader. We hope that this book will be appreciated as very valuable by students, readers, and researchers. Therefore, the PDF file of the book Bharat Shilper Katha, which is rich in historical information, is given on this web page. Readers, researchers, and students can collect the PDF file of this book from this web page and read it online.