page_title: Sachchidanand Sahai
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Sachchidanand Sahai / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Preah Vihear Temple
context_page_description: Sachchidanand Sahai is an Indian epigraphist, writer and the scientific advisor to the Government of Cambodia for restoration of Angkor Wat and the Temple of Preah Vihear, known for his knowledge on Khmer civilization. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
context_section_description: Sachchidanand Sahai was born on 6 March 1941 in the Indian state of Bihar. He secured the post graduate degree (MA) from Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, in 1962, in ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology and did research under the guidance of George Coedes in the University of Paris, Sorbonne on Les Institutions Politiques et l'organization administration du Cambode ancien to secure a doctoral degree. Afterwards, he went to Laos in 1970 as the visiting professor of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and worked till 1972. A 1981 Fulbright fellow of the Cornell University of Ithaca, New York, Sahai has worked as a research professor at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts from 1988 to 1990 when he joined the Department of Ancient Indian and Asian Studies, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya as its pro vice chancellor and stayed with the university till 2010. He is also a former national professor of epigraphy, Institute of Archaeology, a Government of India funded institution.
  Sachchidanand Sahai lives in Cambodia attending to his duties as the scientific advisor to the Government of Cambodia.
caption: Preah Vihear
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