Professor B. N. Banerjee Professor of Sanskrit, Visva Bharati, 1967-1991, passed away on 25 january at Kolkata. He worked with Professor Helmut Hoffmann in the sixties on the Kaalacakrayaana (later published, A.S., Kolkata) and was the current President of the Asiatic Society. His work on the Mricchakatika and the history of the Prakrit literature (Bengali)too are known.

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