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Royal Asiatic Society Library collections added to Copac
We are very happy to have added our library catalogue records to Copac. Copac is what librarians call a ‘union catalogue’, which is a type of mega-catalogue unifying holdings information for a number...
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Work Experience with the Royal Asiatic Society
At the age of seven I began my study of the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit. Ten years later I have completed my Sanskrit GCSE and AS level, and my love of the subject has grown immensely. Before I...
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Commemorating Frederick Marryat and his generosity to the Royal Asiatic Society
August 9th will mark one hundred and sixty-seven years since the death of Captain Frederick Marryat, a Royal Navy man who gained a reputation for jumping into the sea to save men who had fallen...
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Vishnu, ascetics and fakirs from the Doyle Collection
It has been an interesting week in the RAS Archives. I have been busy cataloguing the personal papers of Sir William and Lady Anna Maria Jones. Soon their descriptions will be available to read online...
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