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Indian Antiquary AT A TIME when each Society had its own medium of propagation of its researches, deliberations etc., in the form of Transaction, Proceedings, Journal etc., a need was strongly felt for bringing out a journal devoted exclusively to the study and advancement of Indian Culture in all its aspects. The endeavour boosted by public demand, encouraged Jas Burgess to launch the Indian Antiquary in 1872. The scope as enunciated by its founder editor was, in his own words, "as wide as possible" incorporating Manners and Customs, Arts, Mythology, Feasts, Festivals and Rites, Antiquities and History of India. The journal carried also a correspondence column to elicit the information and initiate discussion on matters of interest. Another laudable aim was to present the readers abstracts of the most recent researches of scholars in India and the West by Translating them from German, French and other foreign tongues, besides drawing the attention of researchers by publication of articles, notes, etc. of interest from the other Asiatic Society which would not have been otherwise published in this journal. Indian Antiquary also dealt with locallegends, folklore, proverbs etc. In short Indian Antiquary, as envisaged by the visionary Burgess was journal entirely devoted to the study of MAN-The Indian-in all the spheres of activities of his day to day life, past and present. In fact it covered the broad spectrum of subjects what we today study in archaeology, anthropolagy, ethnology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics etc. Thus Indian Antiquary formed a cultural bridge as it were between the East and West.
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| SR No. | 032493 |
| Book Title | Indian Antiquary Vol 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jas Burgess |
| Publisher | Swati Publications |
| Publication Year | 1984 |
| Total Pages | 430 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 22 MB |