Jadunath Sarkar

Born Dec. 10, 1870, in Karachmaria, Bengal; died May 15, 1958, in Calcutta. Indian historian.

Sarkar’s studies were devoted to the Mogul Empire of the second half of the 17th century and the 18th century and to the Maratha state during its ascendancy. Sarkar worked chiefly from Persian-language sources. He revealed vast historical materials, which had been unknown to scholars, on late feudalism in India. As a professor of history in Calcutta, Patna, Varanasi, and Kataka, he trained a number of eminent Indian historians. In India, Sarkar’s numerous fundamental works are considered classics and have been reprinted many times.