# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dineshchandra-sircar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:07.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dineshchandra-sircar"
name: "Dineshchandra Sircar"
slug: "dineshchandra-sircar"
description: "Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1985), also known as D. C. Sircar or D. C. Sarkar, was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly in India and Bangladesh for his work deciphering inscriptions. He was the Chief Epigraphist of the Archaeological Survey of India (1949–1962), Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the University of Calcutta (1962–1972) and the General President of the Indian History Congress. In 1972, Sircar was awarded the Sir William Jones Memorial Plaque."
tagline: "Indian epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist (1907–1985)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1907-06-08"
deathDate: "1985-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.21753302453251
  historical:           5.543521333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "دينيششاندرا سيركار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "தினேஷ்சந்திர சர்கார்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump