PAGE, James Alfred. 1887 — 19??. British Archaeologist in India. In 1910-15 studied at Royal Academy. Worked in Delhi at least from 1918. Superintendent of A.S.I. (1926). Publications:Six short reports of Nalanda excavations in ASIAR from 1922-23 to 1928-29; “Nalanda Excavations”, JBORS 9, 1923, 1-22. – A Historical memoir on…
PAES (Pais), Domingo. 14?? — 15??. Portuguese Merchant in India. In a group of merchants from Goa he went to Vijayanagara c. 1520 and then wrote his account, characterized by reliable and exact observations and including important information about the Hindu state. The manuscript came to Portugal and was used…
PACKARD, William Alfred. Brunswick, Maine 26.8.1830 — Princeton 2.12.1909. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Son of Rev. Alpheus Spring Packard Sr. (1798–1884), a minister and educator, and Elizabeth Frances Appleton (1804–1839). Educated at Bowdoin College (A.B. 1851, A.M. 1854), tutor at the same 1853-54. Graduated from Andover Theological Seminar…
Arunachala Sadasivam PILLAI, a Sri Lankan Christian Tamil scholar.