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↑ Up one levelLetter from Edwin Norris to Brian Houghton Hodgson
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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/395
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- 23rd Jan 1857 (Creation)
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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(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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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, Darjeeling, in response to Hodgson's letter to the Society deploring the use of European names for localities already provided with native names. He is informed that the Society's members unanimously concur with this view and details of this have been sent to the Athenaeum and the Literary Gazette. (Found on page 232)
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