Proceedings of The Asiatic Society: 1784 - 1841 An Old and Rare Book (6 Books in Set of 4 Volumes)

DETAILS: 

• Publisher: THE ASIATIC SOCIETY
  
• Compiled By P. Thankappan Nair, Sibadas Chaudhuri
  
• Language: English
  
• Hardcover : 6459 Pages
  
• Weight 7.83 kg
  
• Edition: 2000

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Proceedings of the Asiatic Society: 1784–1841, compiled across a rare six-book set bound into four volumes, is a monumental text-critical archival collection documenting the foundational era of modern Orientalism, South Asian historiography, and comparative linguistics. Published by the Asiatic Society (Kolkata), this exhaustive academic compendium brings together the rare, early meeting minutes, research monographs, and structural dispatches of the Society from its inception under Sir William Jones in 1784 up to the mid-19th century. The core philosophy of this collection centers on the systematic preservation of primary colonial-scholarly interactions—demonstrating how early European scholars, collaborating with traditional Indian Pundits and Persian Maulvis, constructed the modern fields of Indology, archaeology, numismatics, and paleography.

The volumes are structured as a continuous chronological archive, moving away from retrospective historical summaries to present the actual unedited papers and field reports as they were read before the Society. The text features early research from legendary scholars such as Sir William Jones, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, H. H. Wilson, and James Prinsep. The narrative tracks the historic breakthroughs of the era, from the initial discovery of the common linguistic roots of Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, to the physical decipherment of the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts on ancient pillars and coins. It covers a vast array of topics, including early translations of classical legal texts like the Manusmriti, geological surveys of the Himalayas, astronomical evaluations of Indian calendars, and detailed botanical classifications of tropical flora.

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