Rahul Sankrityayan
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Rahul Sankrityayan was an Indian author, essayist, playwright, historian, and scholar of Buddhism who wrote in Hindi and Bhojpuri. Known as the "father of Hindi travel literature", Sankrityayan played
Bust of Sankrityayan in Darjeeling
Sankrityayan's house in Darjeeling where he spent his final days
Stamp of India released in 1993 to celebrate Rahul Sankrityayan's birth anniversary
Rahul's Tombstone at Darjeeling. This tombstone is established at a place called "Murda Haati" which is a cremation ground downtown in the lower altitudes of Darjeeling around 25 minutes drive from the ChowRasta. The same place also has the tombstone of Sister Nivedita
Volga Se Ganga
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Volga Se Ganga is a 1943 collection of 20 historical fiction short-stories by scholar and travelogue writer Rahul Sankrityayan. The stories collectively trace the migration of Indo-Iranian peoples fro
Rahul Sankrityayan
…provocative speech for which he spent two years in jail in Hazaribagh. During this period of imprisonment, he wrote several influential works including Volga Se Ganga, "Viśva kī rūprekhā" (Outline of the World), and "Vaijñānik bhautikvād" (Scientific Materialism), among others. After his eventual release, in his third…
Volga Se Ganga