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{{Short description|Indian historian (1890–1947)}}
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'''Bisheshwar Nath Reu''' (2 July 1890 – 1947) was an Indian historian. He started his career as an assistant to [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]], and learned the ancient [[Dingal]] language from him.<ref name=hjain>''Rajasthan History and Culture:An Encyclopaedia'', Fourth Edition, Jain Prakashan Mandir, Jaipur, 2013, p. 422</ref> Later, he was appointed as the head of the Department of History (by Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur),<ref name=hjain /> Department of Archaeology (by Maharaja Ummed Singh of Jodhpur),<ref name=hjain /> the Sardar Museum, the ''Pustak Prakash'' (Manuscript Library) and Sumer Public Library of the erstwhile [[princely state]] of [[Jodhpur]].<ref>Srivastava, V.S., Editor (1981), Cultural contours of India p38, Abhinav Publications [[Delhi]] {{ISBN|0-391-02358-6}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&dq=%27being+a+sanskritist+and+well+versed+in+epigraphy%27&pg=PA38]</ref> ''[[Mahamahopadhyaya]]'' He made his mark as a historian, [[epigraphist]], [[numismatist]] and [[Sanskrit]]ist, he is best known for his history of [[Marwar]].<ref>[[Dasharatha Sharma|Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970), Lectures on Rajput History and Culture p1, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi</ref>

==Authorship==

Reu published ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' with the three volumes being released in 1920, 1921 and 1935 respectively. Raja [[Bhoja]] was published in 1932, these books were written in [[Hindi]].<ref>Cultural contours of India p38</ref> In 1933, a revised and enlarged version of material from volume 3 of ''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' was published (in English) as History of the [[Rashtrakutas]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20121203045228/http://lccn.loc.gov/75321237 Library of Congress catalog]</ref> The two volumes of ''Marwar ka Itihas'' (in Hindi) reached the public in 1938 and 1940. Coins of Marwar was published in 1946 and a biography of ''[[Durgadas Rathore|Rathod Durgadas]]'' was released in 1948.

== Bibliography ==
*''Bharat ke Prachin Rajvansh'' (Kingdoms of Ancient India) Editor: Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit, Publisher: [[Jaipur]] Publication Scheme 2000.
*''Raja Bhoja'' Publisher: Hindustan Akademi 1932.
*History of the Rashtrakutas from the beginning to the migration of Rao Sihaji towards Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1933.
*''Rashtrakuton ka itihasa: prarambha se lekar Rao Sihaji ke marwar mein ane tak'' (Hindi translation of above). Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1934.
*''Marwar ka Itihasa'' (History of Marwar) Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1938.
*Glories of Marwar and the glorious Rathors. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1943.
*Coins of Marwar: from 400 B.C. to 1945 A.D. Published 1946.
*Rathod Durgadas: a well known hero of Marwar. Publisher: Archaeological Department, Jodhpur 1948.
*''Rigveda ka samajika sanskritaka aur aitihasika sara'' (Social, cultural and historical material in the [[Rigveda]]) in Hindi. Publisher: Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi, 1964.
*''Rigveda para eka aitihasika drishti'' (Historical perspective on the Rigveda) in Hindi. Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1967.

==References==
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==External links==
*Bisheshwar Nath Reu at google books [https://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&lr=&as_vt=&as_auth=Bisheshwar+Nath+Reu&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_isbn=&as_issn=]

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