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	The '''Royal India Society''' was a 20th-century British [[learned society]] concerned with [[British India]].		The '''Royal India Society''' was a 20th-century British [[learned society]] concerned with [[British India]].

	The Society has had several names:<ref>Review, by K.R. Norman, of ''Coomaraswamy'' by Roger Lipsey, in ''Modern Asian Studies'', Vol. 15, No. 2 (1981), pp. 339-341.</ref><ref>''South Asian Review'', The Royal Society for India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, 1969, page 374.</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef\|title = Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon papers}}</ref>		The Society has had several names:<ref>Review, by K. R. Norman, of ''Coomaraswamy'' by Roger Lipsey, in ''Modern Asian Studies'', Vol. 15, No. 2 (1981), pp. 339-341.</ref><ref>''South Asian Review'', The Royal Society for India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, 1969, page 374.</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef\|title = Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon papers}}</ref>
	* The India Society (founded 1910);		* The India Society (founded 1910);
	* The Royal India Society (from 1944);		* The Royal India Society (from 1944);
	* The Royal India and Pakistan Society (after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947);		* The Royal India and Pakistan Society (after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947);
	* The Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society (after ~~[[Sri Lankan independence movement\|Independence of Ceylon from British India]] in~~ 1948);		* The Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society (after 1948);
	* Finally it was merged with the [[East India Association]] in 1966.		* Finally it was merged with the [[East India Association]] in 1966.

	==~~The~~ India Society==		==India Society==
	The India Society was founded in 1910. The earliest members were [[T.W. Rolleston]] (Honorary Secretary), [[T.W. Arnold]], [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Alice_L._Cleather ~~Mrs~~ Leighton Cleather], [[Ananda Coomaraswamy]], [[Walter Crane]], [[E.B. Havell]], [[Christiana ~~Herringham\|Christina~~ Herringham]], [[Paira Mall]], and [[William Rothenstein]].<ref>''The Times'', 11 June 1919</ref><ref>S.V. Turner, "Crafting Connections: The India Society and the Formation of an Imperial Artistic Network in Early Twentieth-Century Britain", in S. Nasta (eds) ''India in Britain'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230392724_7</ref>		The India Society was founded in 1910. The earliest members were [[T. W. Rolleston]] (Honorary Secretary), [[Thomas Walker Arnold\|T. W. Arnold]], [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Alice_L._Cleather Leighton Cleather], [[Ananda Coomaraswamy\|A. K. Coomaraswamy]], [[Walter Crane]], [[Ernest Binfield Havell\|E. B. Havell]], [[Christiana Herringham]], [[Paira Mall]], and [[William Rothenstein]].<ref>''The Times'', 11 June 1919</ref><ref>S.V. Turner, "Crafting Connections: The India Society and the Formation of an Imperial Artistic Network in Early Twentieth-Century Britain", in S. Nasta (eds) ''India in Britain'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230392724_7</ref>

	"In 1910 he [Coomaraswamy] became involved in a very public controversy, played out in the correspondence columns of ''The Times'' and elsewhere, on the status of Indian art. This had started when Sir [[George Birdwood]], while chairing the Indian Section of the annual meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, had announced that there was no ~~“fine art”~~ in India and had somewhat unwisely responded to the suggestion that a particular statue of the Buddha was an example of fine art: ~~“This~~ senseless similitude, in its immemorial fixed pose, is nothing more than an uninspired brazen image. . . . A boiled suet pudding would serve equally well as a symbol of passionless purity and serenity of soul. This controversy culminated in the, foundation of the India Society, later the Royal India Society, to combat the views of the Birdwoods of this world." (Mark Sedgwick 2004)<ref>Mark Sedgwick, ''Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century'', Oxford University Press, 2004, page 52. {{ISBN\|978-0-19-515297-5}}.</ref>		"In 1910 he [Coomaraswamy] became involved in a very public controversy, played out in the correspondence columns of ''The Times'' and elsewhere, on the status of Indian art. This had started when Sir [[George Birdwood]], while chairing the Indian Section of the annual meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, had announced that there was no "fine art" in India and had somewhat unwisely responded to the suggestion that a particular statue of the Buddha was an example of fine art: "This senseless similitude, in its immemorial fixed pose, is nothing more than an uninspired brazen image. . . . A boiled suet pudding would serve equally well as a symbol of passionless purity and serenity of soul. This controversy culminated in the, foundation of the India Society, later the Royal India Society, to combat the views of the Birdwoods of this world." (Mark Sedgwick 2004)<ref>Mark Sedgwick, ''Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century'', Oxford University Press, 2004, page 52. {{ISBN\|978-0-19-515297-5}}.</ref>

	The Society's aims and plans were described in ''The Times'', 11 June 1910 as follows:<br>		The Society's aims and plans were described in ''The Times'', 11 June 1910 as follows:<br>
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	===Publications of the India Society===		===Publications of the India Society===
	The Society's publications included:<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/india-society\|title = India Society \| Making Britain}}</ref>		The Society's publications included:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/india-society\|title = India Society \| Making Britain}}</ref>
	* ''Indian Art and Letters'' - twice-yearly journal, issued from 1925		* ''Indian Art and Letters'' - twice-yearly journal, issued from 1925
	* ''Indian drawings'', ed. A.K. Coomaraswamy (1910)		* ''Indian drawings'', ed. A. K. Coomaraswamy (1910)
	* ''Examples of Indian sculpture at the British Museum: twelve collotype plates'' (1910)		* ''Examples of Indian sculpture at the British Museum: twelve collotype plates'' (1910)
	* ''Indian drawings II'', ed. A.K. Coomaraswamy (1911-12)		* ''Indian drawings II'', ed. A. K. Coomaraswamy (1911-12)
	* ''Eleven Plates. Representing Works of Indian Sculptures Chiefly in English Collections'', ed. E.B. Havell (1911)		* ''Eleven Plates. Representing Works of Indian Sculptures Chiefly in English Collections'', ed. [[E. B. Havell]] (1911)
	* ''Kapilar and a Tamil Saint'', by A.K. Coomaraswamy (1911)		* ''Kapilar and a Tamil Saint'', by A. K. Coomaraswamy (1911)
	* ''Gitanjali'' (~~‘Song~~-~~offering’~~), by Rabindranath Tagore (1912)		* ''[[Gitanjali]]'' ('Song-offering'), by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1912)
	* ''Chitra'', by Rabindranath Tagore (1913)		* ''[[Chitra (play)\|Chitra]]'', by Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
	* ''One hundred poems of Kabir'', tr. by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill (1914)		* ''One hundred poems of Kabir'', tr. by Rabindranath Tagore and [[Evelyn Underhill]] (1914)
	* ''The Music of Hindostan'', by A.H. Fox-Strangways (1914)		* ''The Music of Hindostan'', by [[A. H. Fox Strangways]] (1914)
	* ''Ajanta Frescoes: being reproductions in colour and monochrome of frescoes in some of the caves at Ajanta, after copies taken ... 1909-1911'', by Christiana Herringham and her assistants (1915)		* ''Ajanta Frescoes: being reproductions in colour and monochrome of frescoes in some of the caves at Ajanta, after copies taken ... 1909-1911'', by [[Christiana Herringham]] and her assistants (1915)
	* ''The Mirror of Gesture'' (1916)		* ''The Mirror of Gesture'' by A. K. Coomaraswamy (1916)
	* ''Handbook of Indian Art'', by E.B. Havell (1920)		* ''Handbook of Indian Art'', by E. B. Havell (1920)
	* ''Indian Art at the British Empire Exhibition'', with introduction by Lionel Heath (1924)		* ''Indian Art at the British Empire Exhibition'', with introduction by Lionel Heath (1924)
	* ''The Architectural Antiquities of Western India'', by Henry Cousens ([[Archaeological Survey of India\|ASI]]) (1926)		* ''The Architectural Antiquities of Western India'', by [[Henry Cousens]] ([[Archaeological Survey of India\|ASI]]) (1926)
	* ''The Bagh Caves in the Gwalior State'' (1927)		* ''The Bagh Caves in the Gwalior State'', by [[John Marshall (archaeologist)\|John Marshall]], M. B. Garde, [[J. Ph. Vogel]], E. B. Havell, and [[James Cousins]] (1927)
	* ''The Brothers'', by Taraknath Ganguli, tr. by Edward Thompson (1928)		* ''The Brothers'', by Taraknath Ganguli, tr. by Edward Thompson (1928)
	* ''Ancient Monuments of Kashmir'', by Ram Chandra Kak (1933)		* ''Ancient Monuments of Kashmir'', by [[Ram Chandra Kak]] (1933)
	* ''The Red Tortoise and Other Tales of Rural India'', by N. Gangulee (~~1941~~)		* ''[[iarchive:in.ernet.dli.2015.78462\|The Red Tortoise and Other Tales of Rural India]]'', by N. Gangulee (1940)
	* ''A Garland of Indian Poetry'', ed. by H.G. Rawlinson (1946)		* ''A Garland of Indian Poetry'', ed. by H. G. Rawlinson (1946)
	* ''The Tulip of Sinai'', by Muhammad Iqbal, tr. A.J. Arberry (1947)		* ''The Tulip of Sinai'', by [[Muhammad Iqbal]], tr. [[Arthur John Arberry\|A. J. Arberry]] (1947)
	* ''Indian Art and Letters'' (1947)		* ''Indian Art and Letters'' (1947)
	* a book on Mughal Painting, edited by ~~Sir~~ [[T.W. Arnold]] and [[Laurence Binyon]]		* a book on Mughal Painting, edited by [[T. W. Arnold]] and [[Laurence Binyon]]

	==~~The~~ Royal India Society==		==Royal India Society==
	In 1944 the Society was granted permission to become ~~The~~ Royal India Society under the patronage of the Dowager Queen [[Mary of Teck]].		In 1944 the Society was granted permission to become the Royal India Society under the patronage of the Dowager Queen [[Mary of Teck]].

	==Subsequent names==		==Subsequent names==
	After partition, its name was again changed to the Royal India and Pakistan Society, and then again to the Royal India, Pakistan, and Ceylon Society. In 1966 it merged with the [[East India Association]].		After partition, its name was again changed to the Royal India and Pakistan Society, and then again to the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society. In 1966 it merged with the [[East India Association]].

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef The Society's archives (held at the British Library)]		* [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef The Society's archives (held at the British Library)]

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

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The '''Royal India Society''' was a 20th-century British [[learned society]] concerned with [[British India]].

The Society has had several names:<ref>Review, by K.R. Norman, of ''Coomaraswamy'' by Roger Lipsey, in ''Modern Asian Studies'', Vol. 15, No. 2 (1981), pp. 339-341.</ref><ref>''South Asian Review'', The Royal Society for India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, 1969, page 374.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef|title = Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon papers}}</ref>
* The India Society (founded 1910);
* The Royal India Society (from 1944);
* The Royal India and Pakistan Society (after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947);
* The Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society (after [[Sri Lankan independence movement|Independence of Ceylon from British India]] in 1948);
* Finally it was merged with the [[East India Association]] in 1966.

==The India Society==
The India Society was founded in 1910. The earliest members were [[T.W. Rolleston]] (Honorary Secretary), [[T.W. Arnold]], [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Alice_L._Cleather Mrs Leighton Cleather], [[Ananda Coomaraswamy]], [[Walter Crane]], [[E.B. Havell]], [[Christiana Herringham|Christina Herringham]], [[Paira Mall]], and [[William Rothenstein]].<ref>''The Times'', 11 June 1919</ref><ref>S.V. Turner, "Crafting Connections: The India Society and the Formation of an Imperial Artistic Network in Early Twentieth-Century Britain", in S. Nasta (eds) ''India in Britain'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230392724_7</ref>

"In 1910 he [Coomaraswamy] became involved in a very public controversy, played out in the correspondence columns of ''The Times'' and elsewhere, on the status of Indian art. This had started when Sir [[George Birdwood]], while chairing the Indian Section of the annual meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, had announced that there was no “fine art” in India and had somewhat unwisely responded to the suggestion that a particular statue of the Buddha was an example of fine art: “This senseless similitude, in its immemorial fixed pose, is nothing more than an uninspired brazen image. . . . A boiled suet pudding would serve equally well as a symbol of passionless purity and serenity of soul. This controversy culminated in the, foundation of the India Society, later the Royal India Society, to combat the views of the Birdwoods of this world." (Mark Sedgwick 2004)<ref>Mark Sedgwick, ''Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century'', Oxford University Press, 2004, page 52. {{ISBN|978-0-19-515297-5}}.</ref>

The Society's aims and plans were described in ''The Times'', 11 June 1910 as follows:<br>
"The society desires to promote the study and appreciations of Indian culture in its aesthetic aspects, believing that in Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting, as well as in Indian literature and music, there is a vast unexplored field, the investigation of which will bring about a better understanding of Indian India. Everything will be done to promote the acquisition by the authorities of our national and provincial museums of works representing the best Indian art. The society proposes to publish works showing the best examples of Indian architecture, sculpture, and painting, and hopes to co-operate with all those who have it as their aim to keep alive the traditional arts and handicrafts still existing in India, and to assist in the development of Indian art education on native and traditional lines, and not in imitation of European ideals."

The India Society organised a conference on Indian Art at the [[British Empire Exhibition]], at Wembley, on 2 June 1924.<ref>''The India Society Conference on Indian Art'' https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.59212/2015.59212.The-India-Society-Conference-On-Indian-Art_djvu.txt. Retrieve 22 March 2021.</ref>

===Publications of the India Society===
The Society's publications included:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/india-society|title = India Society | Making Britain}}</ref>
* ''Indian Art and Letters'' - twice-yearly journal, issued from 1925
* ''Indian drawings'', ed. A.K. Coomaraswamy (1910)
* ''Examples of Indian sculpture at the British Museum: twelve collotype plates'' (1910)
* ''Indian drawings II'', ed. A.K. Coomaraswamy (1911-12)
* ''Eleven Plates. Representing Works of Indian Sculptures Chiefly in English Collections'', ed. E.B. Havell (1911)
* ''Kapilar and a Tamil Saint'', by A.K. Coomaraswamy (1911)
* ''Gitanjali'' (‘Song-offering’), by Rabindranath Tagore (1912)
* ''Chitra'', by Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
* ''One hundred poems of Kabir'', tr. by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill (1914)
* ''The Music of Hindostan'', by A.H. Fox-Strangways (1914)
* ''Ajanta Frescoes: being reproductions in colour and monochrome of frescoes in some of the caves at Ajanta, after copies taken ... 1909-1911'', by Christiana Herringham and her assistants (1915)
* ''The Mirror of Gesture'' (1916)
* ''Handbook of Indian Art'', by E.B. Havell (1920)
* ''Indian Art at the British Empire Exhibition'', with introduction by Lionel Heath (1924)
* ''The Architectural Antiquities of Western India'', by Henry Cousens ([[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]) (1926)
* ''The Bagh Caves in the Gwalior State'' (1927)
* ''The Brothers'', by Taraknath Ganguli, tr. by Edward Thompson (1928)
* ''Ancient Monuments of Kashmir'', by Ram Chandra Kak (1933)
* ''The Red Tortoise and Other Tales of Rural India'', by N. Gangulee (1941)
* ''A Garland of Indian Poetry'', ed. by H.G. Rawlinson (1946)
* ''The Tulip of Sinai'', by Muhammad Iqbal, tr. A.J. Arberry (1947)
* ''Indian Art and Letters'' (1947)
* a book on Mughal Painting, edited by Sir [[T.W. Arnold]] and [[Laurence Binyon]]

==The Royal India Society==
In 1944 the Society was granted permission to become The Royal India Society under the patronage of the Dowager Queen [[Mary of Teck]].

==Subsequent names==
After partition, its name was again changed to the Royal India and Pakistan Society, and then again to the Royal India, Pakistan, and Ceylon Society. In 1966 it merged with the [[East India Association]].

==External links==
* [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b3b15478-47b3-4b71-ac51-a7aae64896ef The Society's archives (held at the British Library)]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{authority control}}

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