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Dr Elizabeth Driver – A Bicentenary Tour of the Royal Asiatic Society (Part 2)

Two important Rajput forts Tod was greatly moved by the great Rajput forts of Kumbalgarh and Chittorgarh, which he visited under very different circumstances. Kumbalgarh Kumbalgarh had been…

6 July 2023

About the Society, Recent
The Approach of the Royal Asiatic Society’s Anniversary

Often when I, Nancy Charley, write the blog post I include information of some anniversary – either commemorating the birth or death of a person who has been involved with the Royal…

29 July 2022

About the Society, Chinese dictionaries, RAS Collections
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
Dr. Norbert Peabody receives the Colonel James Tod Award

On 1st March 2020, Dr Norbert Peabody was bestowed with the Colonel James Tod Award by the Udaipur-based Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF). This award was instituted in 1996-97 as part…

13 March 2020

India, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series