Asiatic Society of Bengal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:address	1 Park Street, Kolkata
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Royal_Asiatic_Society
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Asiatic_Society_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:buildingType	gptkb:historic_building
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:focus	gptkb:literature archaeology history linguistics Asian studies Indology
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Sir_William_Jones
gptkbp:foundedIn	1784
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Council_of_the_Asiatic_Society
gptkbp:hasCollection	gptkb:artifacts gptkb:sculpture manuscripts paintings rare books coins
gptkbp:hasLibrary	gptkb:Asiatic_Society_Library
gptkbp:hasMuseum	gptkb:Asiatic_Society_Museum
gptkbp:historicalEvent	translation of Sanskrit texts decipherment of Brahmi script discovery of the Edicts of Ashoka study of Indian antiquities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Asiatic Society of Bengal
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Bengali English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Kolkata
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar gptkb:Rajendralal_Mitra gptkb:Rabindranath_Tagore gptkb:Henry_Thomas_Colebrooke gptkb:Alexander_Cunningham gptkb:Brian_Houghton_Hodgson gptkb:James_Prinsep gptkb:Ramakrishna_Gopal_Bhandarkar gptkb:Haraprasad_Shastri
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Asiatic_Researches gptkb:Journal_of_the_Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal
gptkbp:originalName	gptkb:Asiatick_Society
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Ministry_of_Culture,_Government_of_India
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Asia gptkb:India gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:status	gptkb:public_university
gptkbp:website	https://asiaticsocietykolkata.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Indian_Museum gptkb:Indian_Museum,_Kolkata
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5