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Asiatic Society on Park Street, Chowringhee, Calcutta, c1833

October 7, 2013UncategorizedAsiatic Society, calcutta streets, chowringhee, chowringhee road, institutions, lithograph, old calcutta, park street, Warren Hastings, William Jonesঅযান্ত্রিক

পার্ক স্ট্রিট, চৌরঙ্গী রোডের মোড়ে এশিয়া সোসাইটির গৃহ , c১৮৩৩
The view shows the Asiatic Society buildings at the junction with Park Street. Founded in 1784, the society acquired this land from the government in 1805 and had constructed these buildings by 1808. Warren Hastings was its first patron and Sir William Jones its first president.
This lithograph derives from plate 15 of the ‘Views of Calcutta’, an album of paintings by William Wood

Calcutta : Map with references to institutions, 1893

June 29, 2013Uncategorized1893, কলকাতা মানচিত্র, কলিকাতা মানচিত্র, calcutta, calcutta maps, Churches, institutions, monuments, offices, theatresঅযান্ত্রিক

কলকাতা, প্রতিষ্ঠান-নির্দেশক সহ মানচিত্র, ১৮৯৩
This Calcutta map, prepared by The Edinburgh Geographic Institute, and appeared in 1893 as a Constable’s Hand Atlas of India.