Vincent Arthur Smith
Vincent Arthur Smith | |
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The Early History of India by Vincent Arthur Smith, 1914 | |
| Born | 3 June 1843 |
| Died | 6 February 1920 (aged 76) Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Indologist, art historian |
Vincent Arthur Smith CIE (3 June 1843 – 6 February 1920) was an Irish Indologist, historian, member of the Indian Civil Service, and curator. He was one of the prominent figures in Indian historiography during the British Raj.
In the 1890s, he was key to exposing the forgeries of Alois Anton Führer, then working for the Archaeological Survey of India, who Smith caught in the act of making fake inscriptions.