Hariprasad Shastri

Hariprasad Gangashankar Shastri (17 October 1919 – 9 August 2014) was an Indian scholar, historian, epigraphist, Indologist and editor primarily known for his work on the political and cultural history of Gujarat state.

His elder brother, Shankarlal Shastri, was a professor of Sanskrit at the Bahauddin College, Junagadh and a Gujarati literary critic.

[3] His grandfather, Vrajlal Kalidas Shastri (1825–1892) was a scholar of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages as well as a pioneer philologist of Gujarati and the youngest brother of the saint-poet, Chhotam (1812–1885).

[4] As he pursued higher studies, his PhD guide, Rasiklal Parikh served as a key source of inspiration.

[1] He received BA in 1940 and MA with Sanskrit (Epigraphy) and Ardhamagadhi language as his major subjects in 1942 from the University of Bombay.

[5] Later, he joined the Gujarat Vernacular Society, Ahmedabad, as a lecturer, and started his research under the guidance of Rasiklal Parikh.