The Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute is a research institution located in Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. It is dedicated to historical, archaeological and Indological research, and is named in memory of the historian and jurist Kashi Prasad Jayaswal (1881–1937), who is remembered for his pioneering studies on ancient Indian polity, history and epigraphy.
| Name | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute |
|---|---|
| Type | Research institute |
| Field | History, archaeology, Indology |
| Location | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Named after | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal |
The institute is named after Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, a scholar associated with the early twentieth-century revival of research on ancient Indian history, especially the political institutions of early India. The institute carries forward this tradition of scholarship by hosting researchers, publishing studies, and maintaining a library and collections useful to historians of Bihar and the wider eastern Indian region.
The institute's work typically encompasses:
As one of the principal historical research institutions in Patna, the institute contributes to scholarship on the long historical record of Bihar, a region that includes Pataliputra, Nalanda, Vikramashila and other major sites of ancient and early medieval Indian history. It serves as a resource for scholars, university researchers and students working in Indology and South Asian history.