B. Lewis Rice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

B. Lewis Rice

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


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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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