Sarat Chandra Roy

Sarat Chandra Roy
Born4 November 1871
Died30 April 1942(1942-04-30) (aged 70)
Ranchi, Bihar Province, British India
NationalityIndian
Other namesS. C. Roy
Occupation(s)Lawyer, ethnographer, cultural anthropologist, lecturer, reader
Known forEthnography

Sarat Chandra Roy (4 November 1871 – 30 April 1942[1]) was an Indian scholar of anthropology.[2] He is sometimes regarded as the 'father of Indian ethnography', the 'first Indian ethnographer', and as the 'first Indian anthropologist'.[3]

  1. ^ Anjali Bose (2019). Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I. Sahitya Sansad, Kolkata. p. 701. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
  2. ^ Dasgupta, Sangeeta (2022), "A Journey with the Oraons", Reordering Adivasi Worlds, Oxford University Press, pp. 125–C3.N168, ISBN 0-19-012791-0
  3. ^ Upadhyay, Vijay S. and Gaya Pandey. Indian Anthropologists - Sarat Chandra Roy: The Father of Indian Ethnography (1871–1942) in History of Anthropological Thought, Concept Publishing Company, 1993, p. 395.