The Carmichael Chair of Ancient Indian History and Culture is a

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

professorship in the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

, India; its holder is known as Carmichael Professor. The post was created by Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1912 after Baron Carmichael the then Governor of Bengal. The German Indologist

George Thibaut George Frederick William Thibaut (March 20, 1848 – 1914) was an Indologist notable for his contributions to the understanding of ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy. Life Thibaut was born in Germany, worked briefly in England, and then in ...

was the first to be appointed a Carmichael Professor.

List of Carmichael Professors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Carmichael 1912 establishments in India Ancient Indian History and Culture, Carmichael University of Calcutta faculty