Lokesh Chandra

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Lokesh Chandra

Lokesh Chandra (born April 11, 1927 ) is an Indian Indologist and author .

Life

He is the son of the Sanskrit scholar, linguist and politician Raghu Vira . Lokesh Chandra holds a PhD from Utrecht University .

He is currently President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He is also the director of the International Academy of Indian Culture. He has also served as a member of the Rajya Sabha of India, Vice President of the Indian Council on Cultural Relations and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. In 2006 he was awarded the “ Padma Bhushan ”.

His works include his Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary, materials for a history of Tibetan literature, the Buddhist iconography of Tibet and his dictionary of Buddhist art in about 20 volumes.

Chandra speaks English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Avesta, Old Persian, Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan, Malayalam, Mongolian, Indonesian, Greek, Latin, German, French, Tamil, Old Javanese and Russian.

Works

  • Buddhist Iconography
  • India's Contributions to World Thought and Culture
  • Transcendental Art of Tibet
  • Mudras in Japan
  • Cultural Horizons of India
  • Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography in 15 volumes.
  • With Raghu Vira, Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts. Facsimile edition. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1959–74.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/lokesh-chandra-new-iccr-president/865968
  4. ↑ http://iccr.gov.in/
  5. ↑ http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/24157/Prof+Lokesh+Chandra+appointed+as+the+17th+President+of+Indian+Council+for+Cultural+Relations
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.india.gov.in
  7. ↑ http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/24157/Prof+Lokesh+Chandra+appointed+as+the+17th+President+of+Indian+Council+for+Cultural+Relations
personal data
SURNAME Chandra, Lokesh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian indologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1927