Fondo SC40 - Copies, transcripts and translations of stone and copperplate inscriptions, Gujarat, India.

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

GB 891 SC40

Título

Copies, transcripts and translations of stone and copperplate inscriptions, Gujarat, India.

Fecha(s)

  • [1840 - 1858] (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

1 bound volume handwritten

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1805-1881)

Historia biográfica

Major General George Le Grand Jacob (24 April 1805-1881) was an army officer in the East India Company. At the age of fifteen he began learning languages under Dr John Borthwick Gilchrist. He became fluent in Hindi, Persian, Marathi and Sanksrit. He wasread more

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

The inscriptions were recorded by Legrand Jacob.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

It is unknown how this volume came to be part of the Society's Collections. It is likely that it could have been given by Legrand Jacob.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

Copies, transcripts and translations of Indian stone and copperplate inscriptions made by George Legrand Jacob. Each inscription is labelled as to its location. These include: Edicts of Ashoka, and other inscriptions, Junagadh, Girnar Hills. Inscriptionread more

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment isread more

Condiciones

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Idioma del material

  • inglés
  • sánscrito
  • pli

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

The collections hold Aja'ib al Tabaqat by Muhammad Tahir b. Abul Qasim in a version translated by George Legrand Jacob. The collections also contain two books authored by Jacob. Details can be found https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=Legrand+Jacob&weight_search=1.

Puntos de acceso

Puntos de acceso por materia

Área de control de la descripción

Identificador de la descripción

gb891-sc40

Nota del archivista

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.