Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Born	(1918-11-19)19 November 1918 Calcutta, British India
Died	8 May 1993(1993-05-08) (aged 74) Calcutta, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Notable work	Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Indian philosophy, Continental philosophy
School	Lokayata Materialism Empiricism Atheism Marxism
Doctoral advisor	Surendranath Dasgupta
Main interests	History of Indian Materialism and Science Political philosophy
Notable ideas	Irreligiosity of Early Vedism[1]

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (19 November 1918 – 8 May 1993) was an Indian Marxist philosopher. He made contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian philosophy.^[5] He is known for Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism, which is his exposition of the philosophy of Lokayata. He is also known for work on history of science and scientific method in ancient India, especially his 1977 book Science and Society in Ancient India on the ancient physicians Charaka and Sushruta. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, posthumously, in 1998.