Abstract:
The Royal Asiatic Society (Bombay branch) started publishing its Journal from the year 1841. In July
1841 the first issue was out and the publication continued almost regularly till today. There was
some period in between when the issues were either delayedly published or dropped. The total
number of pages, if all the published issues combined together, are more than 20,000. All these
pages carry more than 1000 articles by distinguished writers and researchers.
The period 1841 to 1924 has been classified as Old Series, and subsequently the issues published
from 1925 till today have been labeled as New Series. This collection has two separate DVDs (each
one for the Old and the New series. On one side these issues offer the great references of history,
social sciences and many other subjects which range from medicine to geography and philosophy to
geology.
The writers who wrote for the Journal include great names like Dr. RG Bhandarkar, Justice MG
Ranade, Bharatratna Dr. PV Kane, Dr. DD Kosambi, J. Gerson Da Cunha, Durga Bhagwat, Prof.
Vaijanathshastri Rajwade and many more.
