Prof. Baij Nath Puri (B. N. Puri) (born 26 January 1916, died 1996) was a historian from India. He completed M. Lit. and D.Phil. from

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. He was vice-president and member of the International Board of Editors for the history of Civilizations in Central Asia at

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, and remained President of the

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(Guwahati Session). He was also Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture at

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and later a

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Works

Some of his published works are:Puri, Baij Nath

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. *''India as described by early Greek writers''. Indian Press, 1939. * ''Indian History: A Review''. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1960. * ''India in classical Greek writings''. New Order Book Co., 1963. *''India under the Kushanas''. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1965. * ''Cities of ancient India''. Meenakshi Prakashan, 1966. * ''Studies in Early History and Administration in Assam''. Department of Publication, Gauhati University, 1968. *''India in the times of Patanjali''. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1968. * ''A Study of Indian History''. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1971. *
A Social, Cultural, and Economic History of India, Vol. 1
', with Pran Nath Chopra and Manmath Nath Das. Macmillan India, 1974. *''History of Indian Administration: Vol. 2 Medieval period''. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1975. *''Buddhism in Central Asia'', Motilal Banarsidass, 2000. . *''The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas'' * ''Some aspects of the evolution of Indian administration''. Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1980. * ''The Changing Horizon''. Print House (India), 1986. . * ''The Khatris, a socio-cultural study''. M.N. Publishers and Distributors, 1988. * ''The Indian freedom struggle: a survey, (1857-1947)''. M.N. Publishers and Distributors, 1988. * ''Secularism in Indian ethos''. Atma Ram & Sons, 1990. .

References

* 20th-century Indian historians Historians of India Indian Indologists 1916 births 1996 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Lucknow faculty Emeritus Professors in India Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom {{India-historian-stub