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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/447
Title
Letter from Edwin Norris to James Cosmo Melvill, Assistant Secretary, Council of India
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- 22nd Nov 1858 (Creation)
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(1823-)
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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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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Assistant Secretary, Council of India, to ask for the 200 guineas which used to be paid by 'late East India Company' to promote the objects of the Society. (Found on page 263)
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- English