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Royal Asiatic Society

Based in London, the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland dates back to 1823, when it was founded to assist scholarly investigation into the history, cultures, religions and languages of Asia. The society has a large library, including an extensive manuscript collection, organises seminars and lectures, and publishes a journal three times a year.

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Henry Colebrooke biography

The life and career of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765—1837), a British administrator in India, is summed up in volume 11 of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885—1900. An accomplished scholar of Sanskrit and of Hindu literature, Colebrooke was one of the founders of the Royal Asiatic Society. His intellectual interests were extremely wide, covering mathematics, science, law, languages and religion.

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