Pandit Radhakrishna of Lahore

Person
ID: 113230
Full name: Pandit Radhakrishna of Lahore
Gender: Male
Year of birth: 1840 c.
Year of death: 1900 c.
Social identifiers: Paṇḍita
Alternative names: Pandit Radhakrishna, Pt. Rādhākṛṣṇa
More facts:
  • A manuscript specialist and collector.
  • Corresponded with Gough, initiating the 1868 government program to collect and document manuscripts across all three Presidencies.
  • His manuscript collection is no longer traceable.
  • A handlist of his collection is mentioned as source no. 24 in volume 1 of Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum
  • Aufrecht said that he was "famous not only for his enlightened views, but also for his great knowledge of Sanskrit lore."
Resources:
Last update: 02.05.2023 - 02:59
Relates to Sites
Been to: Lahore
Suggested citation: Wujastyk D. "Pandit Radhakrishna of Lahore." Pandit. <panditproject.org/entity/113230/person>. Updated on May 02, 2023 02:59 am IST.
Contributors: Dominik Wujastyk