B. Lewis Rice
Benjamin Lewis Rice CIE (17 July 1837 – 10 July 1927), popularly known as B. L. Rice, was a British historian, archaeologist and educationist. He is known for his pioneering work in deciphering inscriptions, especially in Kannada, and in Sanskrit inscriptions in the Kingdom of Mysore. Rice's researches were published as the voluminous Epigraphia Carnatica which contains translations of about 9000 inscriptions he found in the Old Mysore area. Rice also compiled the much acclaimed Mysore Gazetteer which still remains the primary source of information for most places in Mysore and neighbouring Coorg. Rice served with distinction in the Mysore civil service and as first Director of the Mysore State Archaeology Department.
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1884 Birthday Honours1891 in archaeologyAmarasimhaArthashastraB. L. RiceBenjamin L. RiceBenjamin Lewis RiceBowring InstituteC. Hayavadana RaoChandragupta MauryaCubbon_ParkDravidian studiesEpigraphia CarnaticaGroup of temples at Magadi, KarnatakaKadamba dynastyKannada inscriptionsKannada literatureKarnataka State Department of ArchaeologyKingdom of CoorgKolar_Gold_FieldsKolar_districtLewin Bentham BowringLewis RiceList of people associated with the study of Kannada inscriptionsList of people from KarnatakaMahishmatiMysore literature in KannadaOld KannadaOrigin of Vijayanagara EmpirePolitical history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760)Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1761–1799)Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1800–1947)
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B. Lewis Rice
Benjamin Lewis Rice CIE (17 July 1837 – 10 July 1927), popularly known as B. L. Rice, was a British historian, archaeologist and educationist. He is known for his pioneering work in deciphering inscriptions, especially in Kannada, and in Sanskrit inscriptions in the Kingdom of Mysore. Rice's researches were published as the voluminous Epigraphia Carnatica which contains translations of about 9000 inscriptions he found in the Old Mysore area. Rice also compiled the much acclaimed Mysore Gazetteer which still remains the primary source of information for most places in Mysore and neighbouring Coorg. Rice served with distinction in the Mysore civil service and as first Director of the Mysore State Archaeology Department.
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