The Asiatic Society
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title:
The Asiatic Society
text:
The Asiatic Society is a Government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research". It was founded by the philologist William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Justice Robert Chambers in Calcutta, the then-capital of the Presidency of Fort William. At the time of its foundation, this Society was named as "Asiatick Society". In 1825, the society was renamed as "The Asiatic Society". In 1832 the name was c
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description:
Group dedicated to the academic study of the Indian subcontinent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asiatic_Society
date created:
2004-10-21T19:19:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T22:19:49Z
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