Banarsi Prasad Saksena) was an Indian historian associated with Allahabad University.
Saxena was awarded a PhD by University of London, School of Oriental Studies in 1931.
is regarded as the most authoritative text of that period and has run to several editions.
Tripathi he was noted as one of the major historians of the 'Allahabad School'.
[9][10] The idea of a "composite culture" in India, emphasizing mutual interactions between Hindu and Muslim communities in Indian history rather than treating the two communities as competitors with each other, was a particular contribution of this school.