Nalini Kanta Bhattasali
Nalini Kanta Bhattasali was a Bengali Indian historian, archaeologist, numismatist, epigraphist and antiquarian.Career
Bhattasali completed his master's degree in 1912. He then joined the Comilla Victoria College as a teacher in history. After that he joined Balurghat High School as its headmaster. In July 1914, he joined Dhaka Museum as its curator, a position he held until his death in 1947. He wrote reports and research papers on the contribution of important objects to the history and chronology of ancient Bengal. East Bengal was his special field of study.
Bhattasali wrote a few books on Bangla literature. A collection of his short stories, "Hashi o Asru" was published in 1915. He taught Bengali literature, paleography, and history at the University of Dhaka.
