Hara Prasad Shastri

For Gujarati writer, see Hariprasad Shastri.

Hara Prasad Shastri
Born(1853-12-06)6 December 1853
Khulna, Bengal Presidency, East India Company-administered India
Died17 November 1931(1931-11-17) (aged 77)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Alma materSanskrit College
Presidency College
Occupation(s)Academic, orientalist

Hara Prasad Shastri (Bengali: হরপ্রসাদ শাস্ত্রী; 6 December 1853 – 17 November 1931), also known as Hara Prasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature. He is most known for discovering the Charyapada, the earliest known examples of Bengali literature.[1]

  1. ^ Chowdhury, Satyajit (2012). "Shastri, Haraprasad". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.