He has also written over 60 books and catalogs, and over 250 articles on the subject, taught at several universities, and served as the editor of the Indian art magazine, Marg.
[1] In 2009 he was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions to the study of Indian art.
[2] Pal was born in Bengal, British India and received his early schooling in Shillong, Darjeeling and Calcutta.
[1] In 1967 Pal was appointed the curator of the Indian art collection at Boston Museum, a position that had previously been held by Ananda Coomaraswamy.
Los Angeles Times art writer Suzanne Muchnic described his legacy as building the museum's collection from "a handful of items to about 4,000 pieces, giving LACMA one of the nation's preeminent holdings of Indian and Southeast Asian art.