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GB 891 WJ-WJ/3-WJ/3/1/2
Title
Ramlochan Cantaberna (1)
Date(s)
- 15th October 1785 (Creation)
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1 card
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This is one of two watercolour portraits of Ramlochan who was William Jones' Sanskrit teacher. In this picture the teacher or pundit is sat in a chair with a pen in his right hand and a manuscript across his lap. The inscription above the picture reads "Ramlochan Cantaberna of the Vaidya or Medical tribe, a teacher of Sanscrit Grammar in the HIndu Seminary at Nadiya. Aged 65 years. 15 Oct. 1785"
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- English