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James Tod and the ‘Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han’

This Thursday (18th November) marked the anniversary of the death of the Oriental Scholar, Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 - 18 November 1835). Painting of Lt. Col James Tod from,…

19 November 2021

2021-2022 lecture series, anniversary, book launch, Collections, James Tod, Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings
Studying the Sanskrit Language

Friedrich Max Müller: This Thursday (28th October) marked the anniversary of the death of the philologist and Orientalist, Friedrich Max Müller (6th December 1823-28th October 1900). Friedrich Max Müller by…

29 October 2021

2021-2022 lecture series, anniversary, awards, book launch, Events, India, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund, RAS Collections, religion, Sanskrit
Oscar Eckenstein and the Richard Burton Collection

This Thursday marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the mountaineer, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 8th April 1921). Portrait of Oscar Eckenstein held in the Society’s collections…

10 September 2021

anniversary, Archives, book launch, Collections, Oscar Eckenstein, Richard Burton, Uzbekistan