This is about a man who lived for just 55 years but whose contribution for Rashtra or Dharma cannot be gauged in few lines or with few awards.
And Yes, Olatagaras…He Is A Brahmin & He Was The One Who Insisted KUVEMPU To Leave English Fantasy & Concentrate On Kannada.
And also

he found Uttara Bharat’s Mauryan City of Isila located near Bramhagiri, Chitradurga….
#MysoreHattiKrishnaIyengar & his introduction starts with his work…
An examiner for various courses in the Bangalore & Mysore Universities, Civil Service exams, and at the Universities of

Allahabad and Bombay.
This #PancheProfessor as he was fondly called nurtured many future scholars under his wings which included S. Srikanta Sastri, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Dinakara Desai, M. N. Srinivas, S. R. Rao, B. Sheikh Ali, A. V. Venkatarathnam, D. Javaregowda

G. Venka-tasubbiah, S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta and Chaduranga.
(And Brahmins are Casteists for some)

Some of the inscriptions discovered by M. H. Krishna are:
1 Then Oldest Kannada Inscription #Halmidi (C.E. 450)
2 Mayura Verma’s Chandravalli Inscription.
3 #Rashtrakuta

Pandurangapalli’ Inscription.
4 #Gangarasa II Madhavana Keregelur Shashana
5 Vijayanagara Narasimha Copper Plates
6 #Kadamba Ravivarma Koramangala Plates
7 #Nandana Hosuru Copper Inscriptions.
He was known to work close to 14 hours a day, endlessly churning out one academic work

after another. His incessant toil saw him succumb eventually to a heart attack on 23rd December, 1947 at the age of 55. Even though Alexander Cunningham and others pioneered the Archaeology movement in Bharat, Krishna was among the first of native Bharatiya archaeologists to

take up the mantle and make giant strides. He was undoubtedly among the founding fathers of true Archaeological field work in the old Mysore State.
Krishna was born on 19th August 1892 in Mysore to Ranga Iyengar, Lakshmamma. Ranga Iyengar was a Sanskrit scholar and a teacher

to Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar during the Maharaja's childhood. He was also Chief Treasurer of the Mysore Palace.
Krishna studied till Bachelors at Mysore & in 1917, finished Masters at Madras University .
For the next two years, he worked as Lecturer in History at the Maharaja

College, Mysore. In 1919, Krishna was made a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. The then Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore Brajendranath Seal and Head of the Department of History, Maharaja College - Radha Kumud Mukherjee were impressed with M. H. Krishna's

aptitude in Numismatics and Epigraphy and deputed him to Bangalore, Archaeology Office for the cataloguing of close to 6000 coins in their archives. Here, he was well-trained in the art of administration by Directors — R. Narasimhacharya and Chincholi Venkannacharya,

an accomplished Epigraphist, also known as “Akshara Brahma.”
Krishna was sponsored for further studies in 1924 to University College, London. Here, his guide was eminent British Archaeologist Ernest Arthur Gardner. Krishna studied extensively ‘Epigraphy’, ‘Study of Sculptures’,

‘Architecture’, ‘Numismatics’ and mastered the scientific method behind excavations.
He submitted his work ‘Deccan Numismatics’ for his Thesis to the Royal Institute at this time. He was made a Fellow of ‘Royal Numismatics Society’ in 1921 & of ‘Royal Anthropological Institute’

in 1925. A Doctorate in Literature (D. Litt) was awarded to him from London University in 1926.
Krishna came back to Mysore in late 1926. In addition to his position in the University, he held additional brief at the Department of Archaeology till 1944. He became a full-time

Director at the Department of Archaeology from 1944 onwards. Krishna became the HoD of History at UoM in 1932. Next year, he was made a member of the Uni Senate. In 1939, he was made Dean of Faculty of Arts.
He was the first to apply ‘Stratigraphy’ for excavations in Bharat.

At Chandravalli, he was able to unearth Roman coins — from the time of Emperor Augustus, pottery with beautiful illustrations and more. But his excavation here is best remembered for his successful identification of ‘Isila’ city (near Brahmagiri).
He identified five different

cultural strata called Microlithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Mauryan and Chalukya-Hoysala strata. He designated the first one (the Microlithic) as the ‘Roppa Culture’ because it was found in the vicinity of that village. He identified Shivaji’s father’s (Shahaji’s) burial site.

Krishna wrote ‘Monumenta Karnataka’ and ‘Hoysala Vastushilpa’. Sadly, both were never published.

The 10 Images are from Mysore Archaelogy Reports of 1936 & link attached for reference.
The book itself is available in PDF under Ministry Of Culture, GOI.
https://indianculture.gov.in/flipbook/14614 

In 1924, he married Rajamma. She passed away after giving birth to a boy and a girl. In 1933, Krishna married Jayamma. The couple had four children. He was a devout follower of the Ramakrishna Mission. He shared a keen interest in and was adept at the art of wrestling.

In fact, he was coordinator of Maharaja College gym for nearly a decade.
Krishna’s legacy continues in the successive discoveries of lost inscriptions, coins and buried cities that abound today in present day Karnataka.

Maharaja College Group Photo (sitting on chairs from left): Sathyagirinathan, V. Raghavendra Rao, S. Srikanta Sastri, Na. Kasturi, M. H. Krishna, Prince Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Principal J. C. Rollo, C. S. Seshadri, H. Muddaraje Urs, A. Sharadamma and Y. Venkamma.

Maharaja College Group Photo (standing from left): Vasudevarao, D.L. Narasimhachar, Narayan Murthy, Ti. Nam. Shri, Narayan Sharma, Rajashekaraiah, G. Venkatasubbiah; Sitting on chairs from left: C.R. Narasimha Sastri, M.R.Vardachar, D.Sreenivasachar, T.S.Venkannaiah,

B.M.Srikantaiah, M.H.Krishna, S.Srikanta Sastri and Ralapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma.

#VandeMataram