Burgess, James, 1832-1916 (Director General, Archaeological Survey of India; Curator, University of Edinburgh Library)
Biography
Burgess was Head of the Archaeological Survey, Western India, 1873, and of South India, 1881. From 1886-89 he was Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. In 1881 the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (LLD). He retired to Edinburgh around 1892 and was appointed a curator librarian at Edinburgh University Library. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1894, won its Keith Medal for 1897-99, and served as their Vice President 1908 to 1914. He died on 3 October 1916, at 22 Seton Place, Edinburgh.
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وقائع سورتهه Waqāʼi‘ Sūrath, 1287 A.H., 1870 C.E.
A history of Surat (ancient Sūrāshtara) in Gujarat, compiled by the author, Ranchūrjī, son of Amarjī, Dīwān of Junagadh (the largest state in Kathiawar), for his son Sunkar-Parshād, from official sources and his own observations.
It is also known as the Taʼrīkh-i Sūrath. All the dates given are in the Samwat Era.
The manuscript was copied at the request of the donor from a manuscript belonging to one of the descendants of the author.