Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL7-RAS COLL7/8-RAS COLL7/8/3
Title
Grant inscriptions
Date(s)
- 1967-2016 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
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
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Since the 1960s the Society had deposited on indefinite loan some copper-plate grants and other inscriptions with the British Museum. The material in this subseries consist of correspondence and documentation concerning this loan.
- Correspondence between … read more
Description control area
Description identifier
gb 891 ras coll7/8/3