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