Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906 – 1980) was a Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture. Early life and education Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in of Ancient Indian History and Culture. Positions Research Scholar, Varendra Research Society, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Lecturer and Reader, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India First Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta. Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Banaras Hindu University, Vanarasi, India Librarian of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, Curator, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, Publications Books A survey of Indian sculpture (1975) Architecture of Bengal (1976) Indian art at the cross-roads(1973) Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed)(1953) Pal Juger Chitrakala Tantrayāna art: an album (1977) Book chapters chapters on architecture to the following books.. History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. RC Majumdar) The History and Culture of the Indian People, (ed. RC Majumdar) Comprehensive History of India, vol. II (ed. KA Nilakanta Shastri) Comprehensive History of India, vol. III (ed. RC Majumdar) and Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh). Articles articles on art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1932-34 See also List of architectural historians References Bangladeshi architectural historians 20th-century Bangladeshi historians University of Calcutta alumni 1906 births 1980 deaths Bengali historians