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Professor Jean Philippe Vogel, a renowned Dutch indologist and scholar of Indian archaeology, passed away at age 88. Over his long career, Vogel made immense contributions to the study of Indian antiquities, languages, art, architecture, and history through his work in the Archaeological Survey of India, as Professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University, and as founder and honorary president of the Kern Institute. He authored numerous works and papers, and mentored many students from India who went on to prominent careers in Indian academia and archaeology. Vogel received high honors from the governments of India and the Netherlands in recognition of his scholarly achievements.

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Professor Jean Philippe Vogel, a renowned Dutch indologist and scholar of Indian archaeology, passed away at age 88. Over his long career, Vogel made immense contributions to the study of Indian antiquities, languages, art, architecture, and history through his work in the Archaeological Survey of India, as Professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University, and as founder and honorary president of the Kern Institute. He authored numerous works and papers, and mentored many students from India who went on to prominent careers in Indian academia and archaeology. Vogel received high honors from the governments of India and the Netherlands in recognition of his scholarly achievements.

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Professor Jean phiiippe Vogel

\\rith the 111ljnC a\,vay,_on_Aprii ro, rg58, in trris eighty_eighth year, of Jean Plrilippe Vogel, this Society has lost or-,e 6f its irost respected Honor-arv lfembers and Indolog5r one of its most clevoted ancl inclefaiigable .nlorkers. Rorn on Januarf'g, r87r, -|ean philippe \rogel rc' c.ived. his earll educalion at .\lkrnaar and Haailern antl 1,1,,1-,,p,j",1 to ttrre f]niversity of Amsterclam *.]rere he receivctl his Docto'r,s degree in_ rE97 on a Dutch translation of the *.e]l-knou,n Sanslirit drama,''the Mrcckahatilta (' thc Little Clay Cart '). Afier spenclir:rg thr.ee 1...i, .s a privaat-docerrt. he came to India in ri,lor, having bein appirinted a ''His irrst Superintcnclent of the Archaeologiciil Survev oi Inclia. station 'ovas Lahore and cluring his periocl of thir:teen \:cars' service in the Archaeologicai Survey, paiticularlv ri'hen he ofhciatecl as Dji:ector{ieneral . in. rgro-rr, he gained a first-hand knou'leclgc of I'clian antirluities in every part of that sub-continent, inclucling thosc regions 11'[ich are nou'in Fakistan. lri rr;r.1, he left the Ar-chacological Sr.rrrre\- of Iuclia, lia'iirc been il.pPoinied to the chair of -Sanskrit at the Llnive'sit1- uf Lejtlcn. 'while l;eing Professor of Sa'skrit, \rogel contin*ed to take thc keenest interest in Inclian Arctracology in all its aspects and n-as instrumental in {o_unding ttre l(ern Institute (in merlorl, of another- great Dutcir Indologist) and arranged for ttrre p*blication of an A t t t,r r E i U i o g r a pky of Incl'ian, Archaeology lr.hich, in listing and revierr-ing alt irlblifations l;ea-ring.on tire su'bject, in numerous European and I',liait languagcs 'irnd nnticirrgnet discovelies in tntliaasuellas FulLhel lrr,lia, lni,,rr".ia 'and ccntral Asia, has rendered an in'aluable- serr.ice in irceping scholars acquainted r'i-itir progress in researclr. vogel retirecl trom tli"e University in rg3g, but continuecl his connectiotr rvith the Kern Institute of u,hich he r,r.as made Honorary President.
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Vogel's - the conferment of hono'rs from various sorlr:ces. r-ecognised -contributi-ol to Indologica.l Studies has been bv The inclian

covernment macle him a companion of the }fost Erai'ert orcler of the Brit-ish Empire 1nd i1 his orvn_conntry,.he r,r'as creatccl a I{night of the Order of the l)utch Lion In rgr5, he rvas elected a l{ember .f the Ro\ral Academy oI the Nr:thcrleuds, in rg3.5 an Ho*'iar1, l,fember of the Societe Asiatique, Paris, in 1937 an fIonor-ary }fember of the Itoyal Asiatic Society of Grea.t Britain ancl lreiand, irr rg-rg an Ho'orarv Mernbel oI ihe -\m,'r'iran Oliental So,.icty'arrd in rq5rr, [,,r-eig1 nrorlber of the -A.caclemie cles Inscriptions et Bclles-Lettrcs, Faris. oL.Lr o\r,rr Socieiy made him an Honorary n[ember in r94g.

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authority on Indian inscriptions, Sanskrit as u'ell as Pralirit, Art, architectrire and a.ncient Inclian geography. He has also made important contributions to the study of Indonesian histor:y and art. Hc could r,r'rite u'ith equal facility in his orvn J)utch language as weil as in English, French and Gennan. He u-as quite conscious ol the irnportant place u'hich the language, history and the monuments of []evlon occupies in a study of Indian civilisation, and kept himself rvell-informed of the progress of research in this Island rvhich he visited in 19z6. Vogel has contributed many learned papers to the DirectorOriental journals. Among his books may be mentioned 'Antiquities of Chamba State ' (r9rr), 'Tile-Mosaics of the Lahore Fort' (r9rr), 'La Sculpture de Mathure' (rg3o), 'Buddhist Art in India, Ceylon and fava'in Dutch (1932) and Engiish (rqS6), Tr:rnslation oI' Mud.rd,ri,hsasa

The field of his studies r,vas verv wicle. Besides specialising in the Sanskrit language ancl its literature, he r'vas quite at home in Pali ancl the Prakrits and a number of Inclian vernacula.rs, and. could rvrite l,vitir

(ieneral's Annual Report, the Epigraphi,a Indica and a number of other

continued to rvrite learned articles and papers rin a variety of subjects ainrost to the end. Vogel rvas always ready to welcome scholars and students from India, Ceylon and Indonesia., and his great reputation as an authority on Indian archaeology attracted a number of students from India to the flniversity of Leiden. Some of these lndian pupils of Vogel came to occupy important positions in Indian Universities and in the Archaeological Sur-vey, e.g. Dr. B. Ch. Chabra {or many years the Government Epigraphist for India, at present Joint Director-General of Archaeology, and Dr. Nihar Ranjan Ray, Vagisvari Professor of Fine Art at the Llniversity of Calcutta" and for some time Cultural Adviser to the Government of Burma. The present r'r'riter owes an immense clebt of gratitude to the late Professor Vogel and if he has made any contribution to Ceylon archaeology, it rvas in great measure due to his aicl and the inspiration derived from hirn. The last tu'o years of Professor Vogel's life rvas full o{ anxiety causecl b1' the ill-health of Mrs. Vogel who was became an invalid as the result of an accictrent. l\frs. \rogei rvas a great help to her husbancl and ma.ny a visitor tcr Leiden {rom India anci Ceylon rvili remember u'ith gratitude the u'arnr rvelcome ancl hospitaiity she used to extentl along lr'ith her husband fo thcm in their housc in Noordeind-qplein, Leiden and latcr at Oogst_ geest, near Leiclen. She ciicl not long survivc her husband and the many pupils ancl friends of Professor Vogel n'ere grieved to hcar o{ her passlng a\ray on th.e rTth of July, 1959.
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Hindi work Sapt Saroj (rS+8). In spite of his advanced age,

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(a Sanskrit Dra"rna) (1946) and Translation of Prern Chand's he

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