Hara Prasad Shastri

Born: 6 December 1853

Died: 17 November 1931

He also known as Hara Prasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature.
He is most known for discovering the Charyapada, the earliest known examples of Bengali literature.
He held numerous positions.
He became a professor at the Sanskrit College in 1883.
At the same time, he worked as an Assistant Translator with the Bengal government.
Between 1886 and 1894, besides teaching at the Sanskrit College, he was the Librarian of the Bengal Library.
In 1895 he headed the Sanskrit department at Presidency College.
He became Principal of Sanskrit College in 1900, leaving in 1908 to join the government’s Bureau of Information.
Also, from 1921–1924, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Bengali and Sanskrit at Dhaka University.