Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS LEC7-RAS LEC7/5
Title
1991-2000
Date(s)
- 1991 - 2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-present)
Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material from events in the 1991-2000:
1998-1999
Visit of the Chinese Ambassador to the Society's premises on 10 July 1998 to see some of the Society's treasures. This was followed by the Ambassador giving a lecture at the Society on 11 November 1999.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English