File RAS GOV7/3 - Extract from a letter by District Surgeon Elijah Impey on the discovery of a Colossal Buddhist Figure

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GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/3

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Extract from a letter by District Surgeon Elijah Impey on the discovery of a Colossal Buddhist Figure

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  • 28th Sep 1846 - 21st Nov 1846 (Creation)

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2 pages handwritten

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Impey Elijah

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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'Extract from a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by District Surgeon Elijah Impey, dated Ahmednuggur (Ahmednagar), 28 September 1846 on the discovery of a Colossal Buddhist Figure on the face of a hill in the Satpoorah (Satpura) range.' He describes his discovery of Buddhist remains and the finding of the figure.

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