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@bituarpProfessor Jean phiiippe Vogel

\\rith the 111ljnC a\,vay,_on_Aprii ro, rg58, in trris eighty_eighthyear, of Jean Plrilippe Vogel, this Society has lost or-,e 6f its irostrespected Honor-arv lfembers and Indolog5r one of its most clevoted anclinclefaiigable .nlorkers. Rorn on Januarf'g, r87r, -|ean philippe \rogelrc' c.ived. his earll educalion at .\lkrnaar and Haailern antl 1,1,,1-,,p,j",1to ttrre f]niversity of Amsterclam *.]rere he receivctl his Docto'r,s degreein_ rE97 on a Dutch translation of the *.e]l-knou,n Sanslirit drama,''theMrcckahatilta (' thc Little Clay Cart '). Afier spenclir:rg thr.ee 1...i, .sa privaat-docerrt. he came to India in ri,lor, having bein appirinted aSuperintcnclent of the Archaeologiciil Survev oi Inclia. ''His irrststation 'ovas Lahore and cluring his periocl of thir:teen \:cars' service inthe 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 regions11'[ich are nou'in Fakistan.

lri rr;r.1, he left the Ar-chacological Sr.rrrre\- of Iuclia, lia'iirc beenil.pPoinied to the chair of -Sanskrit at the Llnive'sit1- uf Lejtlcn. 'whilel;eing Professor of Sa'skrit, \rogel contin*ed to take thc keenestinterest in Inclian Arctracology in all its aspects and n-as instrumentalin {o_unding ttre l(ern Institute (in merlorl, of another- great DutcirIndologist) and arranged for ttrre p*blication of an A t t t t t t,r r E i U i o g r a pkyof Incl'ian, Archaeology lr.hich, in listing and revierr-ing alt irlblifationsl;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 ircepingscholars acquainted r'i-itir progress in researclr. vogel retirecl trom tli"eUniversity in rg3g, but continuecl his connectiotr rvith the KernInstitute of u,hich he r,r.as made Honorary President.

- Vogel's -contributi-ol to Indologica.l Studies has been r-ecognisedbv the conferment of hono'rs from various sorlr:ces. The incliancovernment macle him a companion of the }fost Erai'ert orcler ofthe Brit-ish Empire 1nd i1 his orvn_conntry,.he r,r'as creatccl a I{nightof 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,femberof the Societe Asiatique, Paris, in 1937 an fIonor-ary }fember of theItoyal Asiatic Society of Grea.t Britain ancl lreiand, irr rg-rg an Ho'orarvMernbel oI ihe -\m,'r'iran Oliental So,.icty'arrd in rq5rr, [,,r-eig1 nrorlberof the -A.caclemie cles Inscriptions et Bclles-Lettrcs, Faris. oL.Lr o\r,rrSocieiy made him an Honorary n[ember in r94g.

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The field of his studies r,vas verv wicle. Besides specialising in theSanskrit language ancl its literature, he r'vas quite at home in Pali anclthe Prakrits and a number of Inclian vernacula.rs, and. could rvrite l,vitirauthority on Indian inscriptions, Sanskrit as u'ell as Pralirit, Art,architectrire and a.ncient Inclian geography. He has also madeimportant 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 asin English, French and Gennan. He u-as quite conscious ol theirnportant place u'hich the language, history and the monuments of[]evlon occupies in a study of Indian civilisation, and kept himselfrvell-informed of the progress of research in this Island rvhich he visitedin 19z6.

Vogel has contributed many learned papers to the Director-(ieneral's Annual Report, the Epigraphi,a Indica and a number of otherOriental journals. Among his books may be mentioned 'Antiquitiesof Chamba State ' (r9rr), 'Tile-Mosaics of the Lahore Fort' (r9rr),'La Sculpture de Mathure' (rg3o), 'Buddhist Art in India, Ceylonand fava'in Dutch (1932) and Engiish (rqS6), Tr:rnslation oI' Mud.rd,-ri,hsasa ' (a Sanskrit Dra"rna) (1946) and Translation of Prern Chand'sHindi work Sapt Saroj (rS+8). In spite of his advanced age, hecontinued to rvrite learned articles and papers rin a variety of subjectsainrost to the end.

Vogel rvas always ready to welcome scholars and students fromIndia, Ceylon and Indonesia., and his great reputation as an authorityon Indian archaeology attracted a number of students from India tothe flniversity of Leiden. Some of these lndian pupils of Vogel cameto occupy important positions in Indian Universities and in theArchaeological Sur-vey, e.g. Dr. B. Ch. Chabra {or many years theGovernment Epigraphist for India, at present Joint Director-General ofArchaeology, and Dr. Nihar Ranjan Ray, Vagisvari Professor of FineArt at the Llniversity of Calcutta" and for some time Cultural Adviserto the Government of Burma. The present r'r'riter owes an immenseclebt of gratitude to the late Professor Vogel and if he has made anycontribution to Ceylon archaeology, it rvas in great measure due tohis aicl and the inspiration derived from hirn.

The last tu'o years of Professor Vogel's life rvas full o{ anxietycausecl b1' the ill-health of Mrs. Vogel who was became an invalid asthe result of an accictrent.

l\frs. \rogei rvas a great help to her husbancl and ma.ny a visitor tcrLeiden {rom India anci Ceylon rvili remember u'ith gratitude the u'arnrrvelcome ancl hospitaiity she used to extentl along lr'ith her husbandfo thcm in their housc in Noordeind-qplein, Leiden and latcr at Oogst_geest, near Leiclen. She ciicl not long survivc her husband and themany pupils ancl friends of Professor Vogel n'ere grieved to hcar o{ herpasslng a\ray on th.e rTth of July, 1959.

S. PARAN.\\IITANA