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Kisari Mohan Ganguli

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Indian translator

JournalistsLived 1848 to 1908 · aged 59
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Kisari Mohan Ganguli was an Indian translator known for being the first to provide a complete translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata in English.

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Kisari Mohan Ganguli was an Indian translator known for being the first to provide a complete translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata in English. His translation was published as The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose between 1883 and 1896, by Pratap Chandra Roy (1842-1895), a Calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project.

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deceased
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Lived 1848 to 1908 · aged 59
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