James Prinsep FRS (20 August 1799 – 22 April 1840) was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the...
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architect James Prinsep. A partial listing of Prinsep family members: Augustus Prinsep (1803–1830), eighth and youngest son of John Prinsep, sketcher...
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porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843. Located between...
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river by James Prinsep, 1832. Tarakeshwar temple on the left. . A Brahmin placing a garland on the holiest spot in the sacred city by James Prinsep 1832....
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letters seem distinct enough. The character is rather round than square. James Prinsep (1799–1840), an Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary who started the Journal...
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These edicts were deciphered by British archaeologist and historian James Prinsep. The inscriptions revolve around a few recurring themes: Ashoka's conversion...
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the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta. Brahmi was deciphered by James Prinsep, the secretary of the Society, in a series of scholarly articles in...
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James Prinsep Beadle (22 September 1863 – 13 August 1947) was an English painter of historical and military scenes. Born in Calcutta on 22 September 1863...
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James Frederick McLeod Prinsep (27 July 1861 – 22 November 1895) was an English footballer who held two 'youngest player' records for almost 125 years...
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in the 19th century James Prinsep contributed in the revelation of historical sources. After deciphering the Brahmi script, Prinsep had originally identified...
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep RA (14 February 1838 – 4 November 1904) was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school. Born in Calcutta, India, he was...
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Prinsep Ghat railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station adjacent to James Prinsep Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local...
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The inscription was successfully translated to English in 1837 by James Prinsep. This and other ancient lats (pillars, obelisk) have earned Firoz Shah...
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(1447–1458) or Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517).[citation needed] Sketches by James Prinsep Raja Man Singh started rebuilding the temple during Akbar's reign. Raja...
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later, the Edicts of Ashoka, which were first read in the modern era by James Prinsep after he had deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts in 1838, and...
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Illustration Eve Of The Eclipse Of The Moon 25 November 1825, Litograph by James Prinsep Picturesque India. A handbook for European travellers, J. Pedder (1850-1929)...
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1788 and settling at the Priory. His brothers were James Prinsep and the barrister Charles Robert Prinsep. He was educated by a private tutor, and at the...
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made a facsimile of the inscription. Based on this facsimile, in 1834, James Prinsep published a lithograph in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of...
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final but lost 1–0 to Old Etonians. In this match, Clapham Rovers' James Prinsep set a record for being the youngest player in an FA Cup Final, at 17...
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society's achievements was the decipherment of the Brahmi script by James Prinsep in 1837. This successful decipherment inaugurated the asset. Armed with...
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1830s, typically referring to the Hui people of Xinjiang. For example, James Prinsep in 1835 mentioned Muslim "Túngánis" in "Chinese Tartary". In 1839, Karl...
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February 2009 at the Wayback Machine University of Washington James Prinsep and Henry Thoby Prinsep, Essays on Indian Antiquities, p. 107, at Google Books,...
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met James Prinsep. He was in daily communication with Prinsep during 1837 and 1838 and became his intimate friend, confidant and pupil. Prinsep passed...
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correctly identify several Brahmi letters. The task was then completed by James Prinsep, who was able to identify the rest of the Brahmi characters, with the...
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small and mention donations, they are of great historical significance. James Prinsep in 1837, noted that most of them ended with the same two Brahmi characters...
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ISBN 978-1408703885. Prinsep, James (1834). "Note on Inscription on the Allahabad Column". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 3: 114–123. Prinsep, James (1832)...
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added later. The inscription was successfully translated in 1837 by James Prinsep. This and other ancient lats (pillars, obelisk) have earned Feroz Shah...
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महामेघवाहन). Early readings of that inscription by scholars such as James Prinsep and R. L. Mitra interpreted Aira as the name of the king in the Hathigumpha...
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(1767–1845) James Mill (1773–1836) Horace Hayman Wilson (1786–1860) Franz Bopp (1791–1867) Duncan Forbes (linguist) (1798–1868) James Prinsep (1799–1840)...
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Young Demotic script Manuel Gómez-Moreno Northeastern Iberian script James Prinsep Brahmi, Kharosthi Edward Hincks Mesopotamian Cuneiform Bedřich Hrozný...
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