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'''Banarsi Prasad Saxena''' (aka '''Banarsi Prasad Saksena''') was a [[historian]] associated with [[Allahabad University]].

Saksena was awarded a PhD by University of London, [[School of Oriental and African Studies|School of Oriental Studies]] in 1931.<ref>{{citation|last=Sarker|first=Sunil Kumar|year=1994|title=Himu, the Hindu "Hero" of medieval India: against the background of Afghan-Mughal conflicts|page=3|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-7156-483-5}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-shahjahan-of-dihli/oclc/657666360&referer=brief_results History of Shahjahan of Dihli], [[WorldCat]], retrieved 2011-01-06.</ref> He later became head of the departments of history in both the University of Allahabad<ref>Srivastava, Ashok Kumar (1981) Hindu society in the sixteenth century: with special reference to northern India, Milind</ref><ref>Avasthy, Rama Shanker (1967) The Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (See page i "Dr Banarsi Prasad Saksena Former Prof. & Head of the Department of History at the University of Allahabad, Allahabad")</ref> and University of Jodhpur.<ref>National Council of Educational Research and Training (1964) Annual Report, India</ref>

He was an expert on Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], and his magnum opus ''Shah Jahan of Dilli'' (The subject of his PhD.) is regarded as the most authoritative text of that period and has run to several editions.<ref>Gale Encyclopedia of Biography (2006) Shah Jahan</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Williams|first=Joanna Gottfried|year=1981|title=Kalādarśana: American studies in the art of India|series=Studies in South Asian Culture|volume=ix|location=Leiden|publisher=E.J. Brill|page=5|quote=The Standard history in English is B.P. Saksena}}.</ref><ref>Asher, Catherine B (1992) Architecture of Mughal India, Part 1, Volume 4 - (See page 346, "The best secondary source remains Banarsi Prasad Saksena, History of Shahjahan")</ref> Along with R.P. Tripathi he was noted as one of the major historians of the '[[Allahabad School]]'.<ref>{{citation|last=Hasan|first=Farhat|year=1995|title=Book review: The New Cambridge History of India, 1.5- The Mughal Empire|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=29|issue=2|pages=441–447|jstor=312822|doi=10.1017/s0026749x00012816}}.</ref><ref>Chaturvedi, Heramb (2008) Emergence of Nationalist Historiography and the historians of Allahabad</ref> The idea of a "composite culture" in India, emphasizing mutual interactions between Hindu and Muslim communities in Indian history rather than treating the two communities as competitors with each other, was a particular contribution of this school.<ref>{{citation|title=Communalism and the Writing of Medieval Indian History: A Reappraisal|first=Harbans|last=Mukhia|journal=Social Scientist|volume=11|issue=8|year=1983|pages=58–65|doi=10.2307/3517050|jstor=3517050}}.</ref>

==Selected publications==
*{{citation|last=Saksena|first=B. P.|year=1932|title=History of Shah Jahan of Dihli}}. (Reprinted several times including 1962, 1968, and 1975.)
*{{citation|last=Saksena|first=B. P.|year=1941|title=A Few Unnoticed Facts about the Early Life of Malik Amber|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=5}}.
*{{citation|last=Saksena|first=B. P.|year=1956|title=Historical Papers Relating to Kumaon 1809–1842|location=Allahabad}}.
*{{citation|last=Saksena|first=B. P.|year=1970|contribution=Firuz Shah Tughluq|title=Comprehensive History of India|volume=5|editor1-first=Mohammad|editor1-last=Habib|editor2-first=K. A.|editor2-last=Nizami}}.

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