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{{Short description|Indian historian and lawyer (1881–1937)}}
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'''Kashi Prasad Jayaswal''' (27 November 1881 – 4 August 1937) was an Indian historian and lawyer. One of the intellectual forces behind the Indian nationalist movement, Jayaswal's works ''Hindu Polity'' (1918) and ''History of India, 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.'' (1933) are classics of ancient Indian historical literature. Among other things, he is credited with showing that Indian republics, based on the principles of representation and collective decision-making, were among the oldest and most powerful of the ancient world.▼
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==Biography==▼
[[File:KP Jayaswal 1981 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Jayaswal on a 1981 stamp of India]]
▲'''Kashi Prasad Jayaswal''' (27 November 1881 – 4 August 1937) was an Indian historian and lawyer.
▲==Biography==
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K. P. Jayaswal was born in [[Mirzapur]], [[North-Western Provinces]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]]), and graduated from [[Allahabad University]]. He went on to [[Jesus College, Oxford]] University, where he was awarded the Davis Scholarship in Chinese and graduated with a M.A. in Ancient Indian History in 1909. He was called to the Bar of [[Lincoln's Inn]] in London in 1910. After returning to India, Jayaswal set up practice at the [[Calcutta High Court]], where he came into contact with Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]], who inspired Jayaswal to undertake further research in ancient Indian history. Jayaswal moved to [[Patna]] in 1916, and remained there.<ref>K. P. Jayaswal Commemoration Volume, 1981; K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, p. 61</ref>
A prolific scholar, Jayaswal wrote more than 120 research papers in addition to 11 books and numerous commentaries and translations. He also played a pioneering role in excavating and restoring ancient sites, including the university of [[Nalanda]] in modern [[Bihar]]. He was also an expert in [[numismatics]], and his discovery of several coins of the [[Maurya empire|Maurya]] and [[Gupta empire|Gupta]] periods led to his being the first Indian to be invited to speak at the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] of London in 1931.<ref>K. P. Jayaswal Commemoration Volume, 1981; K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, p. 29</ref> Historian [[R. C. Majumdar]] criticized his theories about the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta history]] as "too conjectural and full of wild guesses to be seriously considered".<ref>* {{cite book |author=R. C. Majumdar |author-link=R. C. Majumdar |title=A Comprehensive History of India |volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300–985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ |year=1981 |publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |oclc=34008529 |page=28 }}</ref>
He was twice elected president of the [[Numismatic Society of India]], and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by [[Benares Hindu University]] and [[Patna University]].{{ Jayaswal is the grandfather of Oxford economist [[Sanjaya Lall]].
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| title = Ramdhari Singh Dinkar: Makers of Indian Literature
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}}</ref> His death in 1937 was a blow to the young poet.<ref name="Kumar Vikram 2010 151"/> Much later, he wrote in ''Kalpna'', a magazine published from [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: {{quote|It was a good thing that Jaiswalji was my first admirer. Now when I have savoured the love and encouragement of the Sun, Moon, Varun, Kuber, Indra, Brihaspati, Shachi and Brahmani, it is clear that none of them was like Jaiswalji. As I heard the news of his death, the world became a dark place for me. I did not know what to do."<ref name="Kumar Vikram 2010 151"/>
Actually Jaiswalji was the first person to appreciate the historical sense in the poetry of Dinkar.<ref name="Kumar Vikram 2010 151"/> ==K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute==
The K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute in [[Patna]] was established by the [[Government of Bihar]] in 1950 with the object of promoting "historical research, archaeological excavation and investigations and publication of works of permanent value to scholars". The institute is currently based out of [[Patna Museum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhushan |first1=Sudanshu |title=Governance of Higher Education in Bihar: Influence of Power Centers |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781000379839 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKkjEAAAQBAJ&dq=kp+jayaswal+research+institute+ministry+of+education&pg=PP33 |access-date=6 January 2022 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318095807/https://books.google.com/books?id=tKkjEAAAQBAJ&dq=kp+jayaswal+research+institute+ministry+of+education&pg=PP33 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://puonline.bih.nic.in/] Patna University▼
* [https://kpjri.res.in/about-us/ Official website]
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