Mukerji published his first children’s book, Kari, the Elephant, in 1922. He married American Ethel Ray Dugan in 1918, and they had a son. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley for three years and earned a degree in metaphysics from Stanford University in 1914. He attended the University of Calcutta and Tokyo University before emigrating to the United States in 1910. As a teenager he completed a two-year pilgrimage of begging through India to become a priest, but unhappiness in the role led him to give it up.
His family belonged to the Brahmins, the priest caste of India, and operated the village’s temple. Mukerji was born near Calcutta, India, on July 6, 1890, and grew up in a small village near the edge of a jungle. Unfamiliar with colloquial terms, he used formal English, which many readers and critics found pleasing and effective. He also wrote numerous stories based on the people, animals, and events encountered during his boyhood.
Indian author Dhan Gopal Mukerji devoted much of his life to interpreting Hindu folklore, philosophy, and scripture for English-speaking children and adults.
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