ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA AND TS WORK:
This
society was founded on 15th of January 1784 for the purpose of
inquiring into history & iniquities, the Arts, Sciences & Literature of
Asia. Its founder President was Sir William John who breathed his last on 27th
of April 1794, hence Sir John Shore became its Second President. John Herbert
Harringtion was its founder Secretary. Governor-General of India was its
Patron. The Society was instituted in Calcutta when Warren Hesting was the
Governor-General. on 22nd of January 1884 he was approached and
requested for accepting the position as patron but, he regret. However, later
on other Governor-Generals remained its Patrons. Following were its founder
members:
John
Hyde, John Carnac, David Anderson;
William Chambers; Francis Gladwin; Jonathan Duncan; Thomas Law; Charles
Wilkins; John David Parterson; Charles Chapman, Charles Hamilton and Charles
Hilaro Barlow.
This
Society was following the plan of the Royal Society of London. Its annual
meetings were held regularly. Its Journal known as ‘Asiatick Researches’ was
founded very soon that became so popular that
four to five editions of its every issue were to be published regularly.
Its first volume was published in 1806. That contains the material as under;
1. Thography of
Asiatic Words in Roman Letters.
By. Sir William Jones 2. Astrnomical Obsercations in Fort William By. Colonel Thomas D. Pearse.
3. Ruins at Mongueer
4. Inscription on a pillar near Buddal.
5. Some Account of the Sculptures and Ruins. By.William Chambers.
6. Hints related to Friction in Mechanics.
7. An Account to a Journey to Tibet.
8. On the Gods of Greece, Italy and India. By. Samuel Turner
9. Translation of Sanscrit Inscription. By. Wilmot
10. A description of Mahwath Tree.
11. Of method of Distilling.
12. A Method of Calculating the Moon’s Parallaxes By Mr. Reuben Burrow.
13. Remarks on the City of Tagara.
14. Inscription on the Staff of Firuz Shah. By Radhacanta Sartman.
The contents of the fourth volume are:
I.
Discourse the Tenth – on Asiatic History, civil and
natural
II.
On three natural productions of Sumatra p.
III.
On the plant Morinda, and its uses.
IV.
On the inhabitants of the hills near Rajamahall.
V.
Additional remarks on the Spikenard of the Ancients.
VI.
On the Dhanesa, or India Buceros.
VII.
On the Islands Nancowry and Comarty.
VIII.
On the Loris, or slow-paced Lemur.
IX.
Astronomical observations made in the upper part of
Hindostan, and on a journey thence to Oujein.
X.
Questions and remarks on the astronomy of the Hindus.
XI.
Discourse Eleventh – On the philosophy of the Asiatics.
XII.
Discourse
delivered by Sir John Shore, Bart. President.
XIII.
Treatise on the Barometer.
XIV.
On the duties of a faithful Hindu Window.
XV.
On the traces of the Hindu language and literature
extant amongst the Malays.
XVI.
A catalogues of Indian plants.
XVII. Botanical
observations on select Indian plants.
XVIII. A description
of the Cuttub Minor.
XIX.
Astronomical observations made on a coyage to the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
XX.
Astronomical
observations made on a survey through the Carnatic and Mysore country.
XXI.
Table of latitudes and longitudes of some principal of
the Hindu.
XXII. On-some
extraordinary facts, customs, and practices of the Hindus.
XXIII. Description of
the Yak of Tartary.
XXIV. A description
of the Jonesia.
XXV. Astronomical
observations in Hindostan .
XXVI. A dissertation on Semiramis, &c. from the
Hindu sacred book.
XXVII. On the Awdaman Islands.
XXVIII. On Barren
Island, and its Volcano.
XXIX. Extract from a
diary of a journey over the Great Desert from Aleppo to Bussora.
XXX. On the Tshamic
of the Hindus.
XXXI. Some account of
the Cave in the Island of Elephanta.
XXXII. An account of
the present state of Delhi.
XXXIII.
Botanical observations on the Spikenard of the
Ancients.
I am
working on making a comprehensive contents of the material published in various
issues of this Journal. It will be Subject –wise and Topic –wise and
writer-wise.
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