Indian historian, scholar and poet (1915–1995)

Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially *am, besides being an *amese-language scholar and poet. He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in *am through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of *am.

An editorial in The *am Tribune called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range." He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Gauhati University and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at Punjabi University.

He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974, also in the same year he remained the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha (*am Literary Society). In 1994, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Bibliography

• Maheswar Neog (1953). Śaṅkaradeva and His Predecessors. Lawyer's Book Stall.
• Maheswar Neog (1959). The Art of Painting in *am. Gauhati.
• Maheswar Neog; Yadupati; Keshav Changkakati (1962). Rhythm in the Vaishnava music of *am. Bargīt Research Committee, Asam Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1972). Lakshminath Bezbaroa: the Sāhityarathī of *am. Dept. of Publication; Gauhati University.
• Maheswar Neog (1975). *amese Drama and Theatre: A Series of Two Lectures(Delivered at the Indian School of Drama and Asian Theatre Centre, New Delhi, April 1962). Neog.
• Maheswar Neog (1975). Sattrīyā dances.
• Maheswar Neog (1976). Annals of Asam Sahitya-Sabha, 1917–1975. Asam Sahitya-Sabha.
• Maheswar Neog (1980). Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in *am: Śaṅkaradeva and His Times. Motilal Banarsid* Pub. ISBN:978-81-208-0007-6.
• Maheswar Neog (1980). Anandaram Dhekiyal *an. Sahitya Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1982). Socio-political Events in *am Leading to the Militancy of the Māyāmariyā Vaiṣṇavas. Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
• Sankaradeva; Maheswar Neog (1982). The Bhakti-ratnākara of Śaṅkaradeva. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
• Maheswar Neog (1983). Bhaona: the ritual play of *am. Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1983). Lachit Bar*an: The Victor of the Battle of Saraighat. Publications Division, Ministry of I &B, Govt. of India.
• Maheswar Neog (1984). Religions of the North-east: Studies in the Formal Religions of North-eastern India. Munshiram Manoharlal.
• Maheswar Neog (1985). Nidhi Levi Farwell. Sahitya Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1986). Gīta-Govinda in the *am School of Painting. Publication Board, *am.
• Maheswar Neog (1990). Professor Maheswar Neog Felicitation Volume: Volume on Art and Culture of India with Particular Reference to *am. Bani Prokash Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Maheswar Neog Publication Trust; Maheswar Neog (1995). "Maheswar Neog" on His Eighty First Birthday. Maheswar Neog Publ. Trust.
• Maheswar Neog (1998). The Contribution of the Śaṅkaradeva Movement to the Culture and Civilisation of India. Forum for Śaṅkaradeva Studies.
• Maheswar Neog (2004). Cultural Heritage of *am. Omsons Publications. ISBN:978-81-7117-212-2.
• Maheswar Neog (2004). Essays on *amese Literatures. Omsons Publications. ISBN:978-81-7117-213-9.
• Maheshwar Neog (2005). Sankaradeva. National Book Trust, India. ISBN:978-81-237-2758-5.
• Maheswar Neog (2008). Aesthetic Continuum: Essays on *amese Music, Drama, Dance and Paintings. Omsons Publications.
• Maheshwar Neog (2010). Religions of the North-East: Studies In The Formal Religions Of North-Eastern India. Munshiram Manoharlal Pub. ISBN:978-81-215-0125-5.
• Maheswar Neog (2011). The Creative Force Behind the Śaṅkaradeva Renaissance: Bhakti and Other Aspects (i.e. Aspects of the Neo-Vaiṣṇava Movement in *am). Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash. ISBN:978-81-244-0161-3.
• Maheswar Neog (2011). Tradition and Style: A Few Studies on *amese Culture. Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash. ISBN:978-81-244-0160-6.
• Mukunda Madhava Sharma; Satyanarayana Ratha (1974). Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography. Lawyer's Book Stall.

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