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G.C. Pande, thinker, scholar, historian, regarded internationally as an authority on Buddhism and ancient Indian culture, joined the University of Allahabad, his alma mater, as Lecturer in History after receiving his D.Phil in 1947. Later he became Professor and Head of the Department of History at three universities – Gorakhpur, Rajasthan and Allahabad. At present, he is Chairman, Allahabad Museum Society, Allahabad; Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Chairman, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath. Recipient of many honorary degrees (Vidya Varidhi, Sahitya Vacaspati, Vakpati, Mahamahopadhyaya) and awards (Sankara Sammana, Manisha Sammana, etc.), he has also been honoured with D.Litt from the Banaras Hindu University in 2000, and is recipient of the first Darshan Vigyan Sammana, (2001) and Naresh Mehta Sammana, (2001). He has authored and edited several books and contributed over seventy articles to encyclopedias, anthologies and journals. His Studies in the Origins of Buddhism, Life and Thought of Sankaracarya, Studies in Mahayana, Foundations of Indian Culture, Bharatiya Parampara ke Mool Swara, Vaidika Sanskriti and other books brought him encomiums from scholars such as Gopinath Kaviraj, Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Kshetresh Chandra Chattopadhyaya, I.B. Horner, H. Nakamura, Louis Renou, Bhikku Pasadika and others.