Jagadish Chandra Chatterjee

[Mrinal Kaul]

Dear All,

I am interested in knowing and exploring more about Jagadish Chandra Chatterjee who was the first director of the Jammu and Kashmir Research and Publication Department. He was the first editor of the famous 'Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies' and edited seven volumes in this series from 1911 to 1916 including his famous book 'Kashmir Śhaivism'. I have been trying to find more information about him, but have had no success so far. From the volumes he edited it is clear that he was a learned paṇḍit and studied in Cambridge. He would surely have studied with the traditional Sanskrit scholars of Bengal before studying in England. Can someone guide me towards finding some sources about or by him? I am more interested in the questions of Orientalism and post-colonial studies. I would sincerely appreciate any help and thank you in advance.

Best wishes.

Mrinal Kaul

[Siddharth Wakankar]

Dear Sir,

 You may contact the authorities of the Asiatic Society,Kolkata and the National Library,Kolkata.It is just possible that he might have studied at Varanasi also.

Other senior scholars hailing from J&K like Dr.Kausalya Valli or the present Head of the Skt.Dept.of Jammu University(Dr.Niharika Jalali) and her colleagues might be of some help to trace his biographical details.

Did you contact Prof. Dr.Navajivan Rastogi  sir or Dr.Kamaldatta Tripathi?

Best luck in your search.

Regards,

Prof.Siddharth Wakankar

Mrinal Kaul

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[Siddharth Wakankar]

Dear Sir,

                I have one reference for your perusal.

It is just possible that this Jagadish Chandra Chatterjee might be the same for which you are searching.

The Upanishads-Translated into English,with a Preamble and Arguments by G.R.S.Mead,B.A.M.R.A.S. and Jagadish Chandra Chattopadhyay(Roy Choudhuri),

published by:Theosophical Publishing Society,London,1896.

Best luck.

Prof.Siddharth Wakankar

[Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay]

Dear Dr Mrinal Kaul,

You may download the following books written by Jagadisha Chandra Chatterji from the site of Digital Library of India (www.new1.dli.ernet.in):

The Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies Vol IVampV., 99999990063965. Chatterji,Jagadisha Chandra. 1916. sanskrit. Literature. 219 pgs.

hindu realism vol.4., 99999990037343. chatterji, jagadisha chandra. 1912. english. realism, india. 214 pgs.

With best regards,

Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay

[Mrinal Kaul]

Thanks to both Dr Siddharth Wakankar and Dr Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay for sharing sharing their suggestions. I wrote to the list only because there is not much published information available on him. Obviously, we do have all the volumes of KSTS available in PDF including the ones edited by J.C. Chatterjee. But as I had mentioned in my message I have been interested in questions related to Orientalism and Post-colonial studies hence I am looking for more information on him which is unpublished. Thanks anyway for your email.

Best wishes.

Mrinal Kaul