Background
He was born in Rupaheli, Mewad near Udaipur on 27 January 1888 to Vriddhisinh and Rajkumari.
He was born in Rupaheli, Mewad near Udaipur on 27 January 1888 to Vriddhisinh and Rajkumari.
His birth name was Kishansinh Parmar. Being bored of conventional life of ascetic, he renounced monkhood and decided to live as a professor He joined Gujarat Vidyapith as a principal of archeology department for few years on invitation of Gandhiji.
He went to Germany in 1928 to study Indology.
He returned to India in 1929. He participated in Salt March of Indian independence movement in 1930 and was imprisoned at Nasik Jail where he met K. M. Munshi.
He headed archeology department of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1939. He became honorary director of Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute in 1950.
He served as a head of history and archeology department of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.
He retired in 1967. He died following lung cancer on 3 June 1976 at Ahmedabad. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 1961 for his contributions in field of literature and education.