B. Lewis Rice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Archaelogist and epigraphist
Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1837
Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of Death: 10-Jul-1927
Profession: translator, archaeologist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About B. Lewis Rice
- Benjamin Lewis Rice (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, Telugu and Tamil 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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