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Dr. Chittaranjan Patra did his M.A. (Gold Medallist), Ph.D, B.Lib.Sc from Calcutta University. He is the recipient of Griffith Memorial Prize from the same Universoty for his book 'Present Buddhist Tribals and Viharas in West Bengal' He was engaged as a guest lecturer in the Department of languages (Pali), Calcutta University. Presently he is the Assistant Library & Information officer, of the Indian Museum, Kolkata. Dr. Patra has to his credit four books and number of articles on various aspects of buddhism, Library and Information Science published in various research journals in Indian and abroad. As a research he has attended and read his research papers in various seminars, conferences held in different parts of India. He is right now writtig a book titled 'Images of the Buddha in the collection of the Indian Museum'. The Indian Museum, in accordance with The Goverment of Indian deputed him to China for organizing an exhibitions on 'Buddhist Art in India.'