Bishweshwar Nath Reu


Bisheshwar Nath Reu was an Indian historian. He started his career as an assistant to Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, and learned the ancient Dingal language from him. Later, he was appointed as the head of the Department of History, Department of Archaeology, the Sardar Museum, the Pustak Prakash and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile princely state of Jodhpur. Mahamahopadhyaya He made his mark as a historian, epigraphist, numismatist and Sanskritist, he is best known for his history of Marwar.

Authorship

Reu published Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh with the three volumes being released in 1920, 1921 and 1935 respectively. Raja Bhoja was published in 1932, these books were written in Hindi. In 1933, a revised and enlarged version of material from volume 3 of Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh was published as History of the Rashtrakutas. The two volumes of Marwar ka Itihas reached the public in 1938 and 1940. Coins of Marwar was published in 1946 and a biography of Rathod Durgadas was released in 1948.