Jadunath Sarkar

Essays

K.A. Nilakanta Sastri’s Maiden Encounter with Jadunath Sarkar

K.A. Nilakanta Sastri’s Maiden Encounter with Jadunath Sarkar

The 1915 Letter that Introduced K.A. Nilakanta Sastri to Jadunath Sarkar: A Forgotten Chapter in Modern Indian Renaissance

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar’s Timeless Guidance should be Revisited by our Educationists

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar’s Timeless Guidance should be Revisited by our Educationists

In the final episode of this series, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar delivers some enduring guidance regarding teaching, evaluation and examinations. This is a must-read for all people involved in making education policy today.

How to Study and Write History: Excellent Tips from Acharya Jadunath Sarkar

How to Study and Write History: Excellent Tips from Acharya Jadunath Sarkar

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar brings the full force of his scholarship and experience as a teacher to provide enduring tips on how to study and write history

Jadunath Sarkar’s Piercing Analysis of European Teaching Methods in India

Jadunath Sarkar’s Piercing Analysis of European Teaching Methods in India

In this important essay, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar offers a brilliant critique of the inapplicability of European teaching methods to Indian students. His insights are truly timeless.

Jadunath Sarkar’s Confessions as a History Teacher

Jadunath Sarkar’s Confessions as a History Teacher

A brilliant essay by Jadunath Sarkar, the doyen of Indian history, on the problems teaching history in college more than a century ago

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Built his Personal Library

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Built his Personal Library

Here are some delightful and hugely inspiring excerpts from the reminisces in which Acharya Jadunath Sarkar tells us how he built his personal library.

From Dusshera to Ugadi: How the Hindu Military Tradition Obeys Bharata’s Geography

From Dusshera to Ugadi: How the Hindu Military Tradition Obeys Bharata’s Geography

Indian military history shows how climate and season were inextricably woven with the dictates of Bharatavarsha's geography.

The Military Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: An Introduction

The Military Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: An Introduction

The first part of an expository series on the military history of India set in the backdrop of the geography of ancient and medieval India.

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar as a Rishi of Indian History: His Asceticism and Indifference to Fame

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar as a Rishi of Indian History: His Asceticism and Indifference to Fame

In the concluding episode of this series, G.S. Sardesai gives us a vivid, moving, and stirring portrait of Acharya Jadunath Sarkar as a man, his routine, habits, his sense of duty, his unflinching patriotism, and his ascetic devotion to the sacred pursuit of Indian History.

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