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GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/14-RAS BMM/14/1-RAS BMM/14/1/2
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Letter from Royal Asiatic Society to Professor Mary Boyce, 3/03/1972
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- 3rd Mar 1972 (Creation)
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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 the President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Mary Boyce to inform her that she has been awarded the Burton Memorial Medal for her work among the Zorbastrians of Yazd and Kirman in 1963-4.
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- English