S. Srikanta Sastri

Sondekoppa Srikanta Sastri (Kannada: ಎಸ್. ಶ್ರೀಕ೦ಠ-ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ) (5 November 1904 - 10 May 1974) was an eminent Indian historian, Indologist, epigraphist and polyglot who worked as Professor of History and Indology at the University of Mysore. He was fluent in over 14 languages spanning Latin, Greek, Hittite, Assyrian, Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit among others. Among the early pioneers in the field of deciphering and interpreting Indus Valley Scripts, he published numerous articles, monographs and reviews putting forth his views on the …