File RAS FIN/4/3 - Investigation into governmental support for other Asiatic societies in Europe

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS FIN-RAS FIN/4-RAS FIN/4/3

Title

Investigation into governmental support for other Asiatic societies in Europe

Date(s)

  • 1938 -1939 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

63 pieces, typed and handwritten

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 ofread more

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Scope and content

Investigation into governmental support for other Asiatic societies in Europe. Correspondence to ascertain levels of government support for Asiatic Societies. Correspondents within the Royal Asiatic Society include Colonel Hoysted, Sir E. Denison Ross, L.read more

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gb 891-rasfin/4/3