Richardson. The next contribution came from William Marsden, who donated his book The History of Sumatra (1783) on 10 November 1784. Robert Home, the first Library-in-Charge (1804) donated his small but valuable collection of works on art. The first accession of importance was a gift from the Seringapatam Committee on 3 February 1808 consisting of a collection from the Palace Library of Tipu Sultan. The library received the Surveyor-General Colonel Mackenzie's collection of manuscripts and drawings in December 1822. Since 1849, the Society has printed Bibliotheca Indica, a collection of rare and unpublished works belonging to or treating of Oriental literature and containing original text-editions as well as translations into English, and also grammars, dictionaries, bibliographies, and studies. Museum The museum of the Society was founded in 1814 under the superintendence of Nathaniel Wallich. The rapid growth of its collection is evident from its first catalogue, published in 1849. By 1849, the Society had its own museum consisting of inscriptions in stone and metal, icons, old coins, and Sanskrit manuscripts etc. When the Indian Museum of Calcutta was established in 1814, the Society handed over most of its valuable collections to it. The Society, however, still has a museum of its own which possesses a rock edict of Asoka (c. 250 BCE) and a significant collection of copper plate inscriptions, coins, sculptures, manuscripts, and archival records. Some masterpieces, like Joshua Reynolds’ Cupid asleep on Cloud, Guido Cagnacci's Cleopatra, Thomas Daniell's A Ghat at Benares, and Peter Paul Rubens’ Infant Christ are also in the possession of this museum. Journal of the Asiatic Society The Society's journal has had several changes of name, sometimes reflecting changes in the Society. It is currently called the Journal of the Asiatic Society.Journal of the Asiatic Society https://www.asiaticsocietykolkata.org/history 1788-1842 Asiatick Researches, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences and Literature, of Asia 1832 The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - James Prinsep was the founding editor 1953 The Journal of the Asiatic SocietyList of presidents See also Asiatic Society of Bombay Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Société Asiatique South Asian Studies Works References and sources References Sources Mitra, S.K. (1974). The Asiatic Society'', Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. External links "Asiatic Society", Banglapedia. On Line. "Asiatic Society of Bengal", Scholarly Societies Project. Scanned volumes of the Journal of the Asiatic Society Asian studies Research institutes