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- 16 October 1936 (Creation)
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1 item, typed with handwritten annotations
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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 subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
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The original trust document between Doctor Bimala Churn Law and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning his donation to the Society, the income arising from the Fund to be used in publishing a monograph or thesis which shall be part of the Dr B.C. Law Trust Series and should be on Buddhism, Jainism or the Hostory or Geography of Ancient India up to the end of the thirteenth century. The document is signed by Council Members of the RAS and by Bimala Churn Law and bears the Society's seal. It is dated 16 October 1936.