File RAS BHA/1/3/3 - Letter from Arnold Kunst to C.F. Beckingham

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS BHA-RAS BHA/1-RAS BHA/1/3-RAS BHA/1/3/3

Title

Letter from Arnold Kunst to C.F. Beckingham

Date(s)

  • 25/4/1977 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

Typewritten, 1 piece.

Context area

Name of creator

(1903-1981)

Biographical history

Born in Poland in 1903, Kunst studied at the University of Lwow, in Vienna and in Warsaw. his doctoral thesis was on Sántaraksita's treatise on Indian philosophy. He moved to England before the war and continued in the study and translation of Indianread more

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 ofread more

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Scope and content

Letter from Arnold Kunst to C.F. Beckingham raising some issues about the administration on the proposed award.

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gb 891 ras bha/1/3/3