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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/78
Title
Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 16 February 1852
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- 16th Feb 1852 (Creation)
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Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.
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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges Hodgson's letter sent from Darjeeling, discusses Buddhism, and his progress in reading of the Saddharmapundarika and work by Alexander Cunningham on Ancient Doctrine of… read more
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- French
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- Burnouf Eugène 1801-1852 Orientalist (Subject)