Dr. Pratapaditya Pal completed his doctoral studies in Art at Cambridge University, England, and succeeded Coomaraswamy as the Keeper of the Indian Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1967 two decades after his death and for the next half a century has played a dominant role as the leading authority on the arts of the Indian subcontinent and Himalayan cultures. Author of over 60 acclaimed books, Dr. Pal is also noted as a teacher and an engaging public speaker.