Bisheshwar Nath Reu (2 July 1890 – 1947) was an Indian historian. He started his career as an assistant to

Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha (15 September, 1863– 17 April, 1947), born in Rohida village of Sirohi District, was a historian from the Indian state of Rajasthan. A prolific author, he wrote several books ( in Hindi ) on the history of Rajasth ...

, and learned the ancient

Dingal Dingal (Devnagari: डिंगल; IAST: ''ḍiṁgala''; also spelled Dimgal), also known as Old Western Rajasthani, is an ancient Indian language written in Nagri script and having literature in prose as well as poetry. It is a language of ...

language from him.''Rajasthan History and Culture:An Encyclopaedia'', Fourth Edition, Jain Prakashan Mandir, Jaipur, 2013, p. 422 Later, he was appointed as the head of the Department of History (by Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur), Department of Archaeology (by Maharaja Ummed Singh of Jodhpur), the Sardar Museum, the ''Pustak Prakash'' (Manuscript Library) and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

. ''

Mahamahopadhyaya Mahamahopadhyaya (Sanskrit: महामहोपाध्याय) is an honorific title given to prestigious scholars by the Government of India. Prior to 1947, the title was bestowed by the British Raj, and before them, by the kings of ancient ...

'' He made his mark as a historian,

epigraphist Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...

and

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

ist, he is best known for his history of

Marwar Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. In Rajasthani languages, "wad" means a particular area. English tran ...

Authorship

Reu published ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' with the three volumes being released in 1920, 1921 and 1935 respectively. Raja

Bhoja Bhoja (reigned c. 1010–1055 CE) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty. His kingdom was centered around the Malwa region in central India, where his capital Dhara-nagara (modern Dhar) was located. Bhoja fought wars with nearly all h ...

was published in 1932, these books were written in

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

. In 1933, a revised and enlarged version of material from volume 3 of ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' was published (in English) as History of the

Rashtrakutas Rashtrakuta (IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their ...

.Library of Congress catalog
/ref> The two volumes of ''Marwar ka Itihas'' (in Hindi) reached the public in 1938 and 1940. Coins of Marwar was published in 1946 and a biography of '' Rathod Durgadas'' was released in 1948.

Bibliography

*''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' (Kingdoms of Ancient India) Editor: Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit, Publisher:

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

Publication Scheme 2000. *''Raja Bhoja'' Publisher: Hindustan Akademi 1932. *History of the Rashtrakutas from the beginning to the migration of Rao Sihaji towards Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1933. *''Rashtrakuton ka itihasa: prarambha se lekar Rao Sihaji ke marwar mein ane tak'' (Hindi translation of above). Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1934. *''Marwar ka Itihasa'' (History of Marwar) Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1938. *Glories of Marwar and the glorious Rathors. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1943. *Coins of Marwar: from 400 B.C. to 1945 A.D. Published 1946. *Rathod Durgadas: a well known hero of Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1948. *''Rigveda ka samajika sanskritaka aur aitihasika sara'' (Social, cultural and historical material in the

Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (''śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one Sh ...

) in Hindi. Publisher: Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi, 1964. *''Rigveda para eka aitihasika drishti'' (Historical perspective on the Rigveda) in Hindi. Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1967.

References

External links

*Bisheshwar Nath Reu at google book

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reu, Bishweshwar Nath 20th-century Indian historians 1966 deaths 1890 births People from Jodhpur Scientists from Rajasthan