Hiranand Sastri

Hiranand Sastri
Born1878 (1878)
Punjab Province, British India
Died4 August 1946(1946-08-04) (aged 67–68)
Gurdaspur
NationalityIndian
OccupationArchaeologist
ChildrenSachchidananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'

Hiranand Sastri (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, epigraphist and official of the Archaeological Survey of India who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including Nalanda[1] and Sankissa.[2] His son, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya', was a Hindi language poet and writer.[3]

  1. ^ Le, Huu Phuoc (2010). Buddhist Architecture. Grafikol. p. 59. ISBN 978-0984404308.
  2. ^ F. R. Allchin; George Erdosy (1995). The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States. Cambridge University Press. p. 297. ISBN 0521376955. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Amaresh Datta (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo). Sahitya Akademi. p. 103. ISBN 9788126018031. Retrieved 9 January 2015.