Ramaprasad Chanda
Ramaprasad Chanda (15 August 1873 – 28 May 1942) was an Indian anthropologist, historian and archaeologist from Bengal. A pioneer in his field in
South Asia, Chanda's lasting legacy is the
Varendra Research Museum, he established in Rajshahi (located in present-day
Bangladesh), a leading institute for research on the history of
Bengal. He was the first head of the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Calcutta from 1920- 1921. He was also a professional archaeologist and worked in the
Archaeological Survey of India. Chanda was one of the founders the Indian Anthropological Institute and was its president during 1938–1942. He represented India in the first International Congress of Anthropology held in London in 1934. He had done original research on the somatic characters of Indian populations by using ancient Indian literature and challenged
Herbert Hope Risley's theory of Indian races.
Riley was the first Census Commissioner of India.
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