Indian Prabodh Chandra Bagchi was both a Sinologist and Indologist, having studied Chinese and Indian studies.
Sinologist, Indologist Although he showed promise in Mathematics, he took Sanskrit, the classical language of India, because of his desire to study ancient Indian history. With this lofty dream in mind, he started learning Chinese and Japanese from Professor Kimura and Professor Masuda of Calcutta University and German from Professor Taraporewala. Indian 
