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Paharpur Alias Somapur Mahavihara: A World Heritage Site

 
Enamul Haque (Author)
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Paharpur or Somapur Mahavihara is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most prominent archaeological site in Bangladesh. This is the largest Mahavihara in South Asia. International Center for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) has taken the initiatives to make a publication by compiling all the unforgettable literature and research work on this site such as the Excavation Report of K.N. Dikshit published in 1933, Report of Buchanan Hamilton etc. The book will have more than 600 illustrations and plates.

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About the author

Enamul Haque

Professor Enamul Haque had his M.A. in History (Archaeology Group) from Dhaka (1960), Diploma in Museology from London (1964) and Doctorate in South Asian Art from Oxford (1973). For three decades since 1962 he served the Dhaka Museum and rose to be the Founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum, developing it to be the largest Museum in the Third World. He was for a year (1990) Secretary-in-charge of the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh. He also taught Art History, Museology and National Heritage in the universities of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, and the Independent University at Dhaka. An organizer of exceptional ability, he is the Founder Chairman (since 1995) and Academic Director of The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) at Dhaka, convened four International Congresses on Bengal Art (1976, 1997, 1999 and 2001) and edits the Journal of Bengal Art. He was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta with the award of the Rama Prasad Chanda Birth Centenary Medal (1993) for his "conspicuous contribution in art and archaeology of Bengal". Earlier, the Asia Society of New York honoured him by electing as their Honorary International Councilor (1986-92). He served as the President of the International Council of Museum (ICOM) Asia Pacific Organization (1983-86). Among his publications, notables are Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh (1983) and Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography (1992), the latter being a quantitative assessment of nearly two thousand sculptures now preserved in different parts of the world.

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Title Paharpur Alias Somapur Mahavihara: A World Heritage Site
Author Enamul Haque
Format Hardcover
Date published: 02.02.2015
Edition 1st. ed.
Language: English
length 246p., 600 Illustrations