Background
He was born in Nadia (now in West Bengal) to Mathuranath Maitreya.
He was born in Nadia (now in West Bengal) to Mathuranath Maitreya.
Much of his education was in Kolkata and Rajshahi (in Bangladesh). He passed his Bachelor of Laws examination from Rajshahi College. Maitreya, being a historian, called for historical correctitude, while Tagore declared that an artist has freedom to bend historical facts.
Maitreya was instrumental in creating the Varendra Research Museum, Rajshahi.
He was also credited for disproving the Black Hole of Calcutta theory used by the colonial British to discr Siraj Ud Daulah in a seminar organized by the Calcutta Historical Society on 24 March 1916. His most significant work is Gaudalekhamala.
lieutenant consists the Sanskrit texts (along with their translations in Bengali) of a number of stone and copper-plate inscriptions issued by the Pala emperors.