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The Asiatic Society was established in the year 1784.

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To exercise authority, the British had to understand Indian society. To this end, they began to study India's traditions, history, literature, music, and flora and fauna. Sir William Jones founded the Asia Society in January 1784 to improve and advance the cause of Oriental studies. Jones sent a circular letter to some British residents of Calcutta to establish the Asian Studies Society. The society's library has a collection of 117,000 books and 79,000 magazines currently in print in most of the world's major languages. It also has a collection of about 293 maps, 387,003-page microfilm, novels by 48,000 workers, 2,500 brochures, 2,150 photographs, and 182 paintings. There is also a museum about this society, founded in 1814 under the direction of Nathaniel Wallich.

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