The Department of Sanskrit, originally named as Sanskritic Studies and Sanskrit & Bengali, was established in 1921. Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri was the first Head of the Department. In 1931 the name of the Department became Sanskrit and Bengali. In 1937 it became the Department of Sanskrit and in 1950 it became Bengali and Sanskrit. In 1970 Sanskrit became separated form Bengali and the Department was renamed as the Department of Sanskrit and Pali. In 2007 the Department of Sanskrit got...

Dr. Md. Abul Kalam Sarker Chairman, Department of Sanskrit

The Sanskrit department is one of the renowned departments among the 11 (eleven) departments of the Faculty of Arts which was started in 1921 with the establishment of Dhaka University. In the beginning it’s name was “Department of Sanskritic Studies and Sanskrit & Bengali”. There were six teachers among those ...