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ESSAYS ON INDIAN ANTIQUITIES, HISTORIC, NUMISMATIC, AND PALAEOGRAPHIC
TO WHICH ARE ADDED TABLES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF INDIAN HISTORY, CHRONOLOGY, MODERN COINAGES, WEIGHTS, MEASURES, ETC. |
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James Prinsep, Edward Thomas (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108055931 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108055932 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 2013 |
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Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Pages: |
542 |
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A two-volume collection of essays (1858) by a great antiquary, artist, orientalist and key figure in the history of Benares (Varanasi). |
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A key figure in the history of Benares (Varanasi), James Prinsep (1799-1840) was instrumental in expanding Western knowledge of Indian civilisation. After briefly studying under Pugin, he became an assay master in Calcutta in 1819, and soon moved to Benares. His talents were many, and within a few years he had completed a detailed map of the city, designed a new mint, engineered a system to improve sanitation and begun studying the inscriptions and coins that helped him to decipher two ancient scripts and to establish the dates of Indian dynasties. Collected in 1858 and edited by the numismatist Edward Thomas (1813-86), these essays are generously illustrated, often in Prinsep's hand, and display the enormous breadth of his knowledge. Volume 1 includes a short biography by his brother, along with articles on coins, relics and archaeological discoveries. |
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52 b/w illus. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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