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3 unusual facts about Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi


Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar got to know Acharya Kosambi during Indian's fight for independence, and Kosambi's influence on him played a part in Ambedkar's decision to convert to Buddhism when he decided to change his religion.

Woods invited Kosambi to Harvard, to complete the task of compiling a critical edition of Visuddhimagga, a book on Buddhist philosophy.

Meera Kosambi

She is the youngest daughter of a prominent Marxist historian and mathematician, D.D. Kosambi, and granddaughter of Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi, prominent Buddhist Schloar and a Pāli language expert.



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