Tag / British India
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Visual Depiction of Indian Forts and Fortifications
Some of you may have read the recent news that in the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting this month, the Maratha military landscapes of India have been inscribed as one of the…
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Placing Udaipur: the James Tod Collection at the RAS
The Society’s library recently received a kind donation from the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) in Udaipur (Rajasthan, India) of its beautiful exhibition catalogue Picturing Place: Painted and Printed Maps at…Adventurers in Siam
This week, I have turned some of my attention to a different task. Over the preceding few weeks, one of our volunteers, Ian Scholey, has been identifying some print blocks that are…
A Short Reflection: Archive, E.W. West, Knowledge
This week, the blog post is provided by Aaditya Sathish, an undergraduate student from the College of the Atlantic, Maine, USA, who has just completed an internship with the Society. During his…
Collections Open Evening
Do you know how to repair an Indian painting? Or mend a Persian manuscript? Do you know the story of Nana Fadnavis and the Maratha Peshwa, Madhu Rao Narayan, or the how…
The BBC and India
On Thursday 13th October, Dr Chandrika Kaul from the University of St Andrews presented a lecture, detailing some of her current research, as part of the RAS Lecture Series for 2016-2017. She…
Preparing the Papers of Henry Miers Elliot (1808-1853)
We are really pleased to announce that catalogue for the Papers of Henry Miers Elliot are now online with Archives Hub. The catalogue can be found here. I am very grateful to…
