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Dasgupta occupies an important position in Indian modern philosophy history. After publishing his book *History of Indian Philosophy*, he received praises from scholars both in domestic and foreign countries, thus Dasgupta's name became wellknown. *History of Indian Philosophy* was written in English, divided in five volumes, with total 38 chapters. It was first published in 1922, and was later constantly reprinted. Till 2009, the 7th edition had been published. He advocated digging raw data of India in depth, systematically sorted out national cultural heritages in order to study the development history of Indian philosophy from the nationalist point of view. Thus, in his book, *History of Indian Philosophy*, he collected and collated a lot of original data in Sanskrit, Pali and local dialects, used these data systematically to discuss the germination, emergence and development of Indian philosophy. This philosophy history covered a large time span, from the Vedic era of 15th century BCE till 16th century CE, about 3,000 years of history. This book not only described the philosophy in Vedas and Sanskrit books, Upanishad philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, Jainadharma philosophy, the six schools of Hinduism philosophy: - Samkhya, yoga theory, Vaisesika, Nyāya, Mimamsa theory, Vedanta theory - but also discussed the philosophy of Bhagavad Gita, and a variety of reformist philosophy emerging during the medieval pietistic reform movement, such as Vallabha school, Chanitaniya school, brave Shiva school (also known as Lingayat), Agama and so on. It not only discussed the theories and doctrines of the various philosophical schools in India, but also discussed the ideological differences and struggles between the various schools. *History of Indian Philosophy* has important academic value for the study of ancient Indian philosophy and its research methods also had a profound impact on later philosophers. In addition, his other important book, *Indian Idealism* reflected his own philosophical thoughts and perspectives.