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'''Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti''' (The Assam Research Society) is a research society established in 1912 by scholars and researchers to shed light on the history, civilization and culture of ancient [[Assam]].<ref>{{Citation| surname= Kalita, R.D. Choudhury | given= Naren, R.D | title= Manuscript Paintings from Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti | publisher=The Assam Research Society (The Kamarupa Anusadhan Samiti) | year= 2001}}</ref><br />
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==Establishment==<br />
The historian [[Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod]] mooted the idea of establishing an antiquarian society comprising the geographical territory of erstwhile [[Pragjyotisha Kingdom|Pragjyotisha]]-[[Kamarupa]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} This ancient kingdom included parts of present-day [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]], besides Assam.<br />
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The concept attracted a group of enthusiasts trying to preserve materials related to art, history, literature and culture of the province. The idea crystallized at the [[Kamakhya, Guwahati|Kamakhya]] conference of the Uttar Bangiya Sahitya Parishad in April, 1912. It was resolved to set up an organization to preserve and promote research on matters related to [[archaeology]], [[ethnography]], [[language]], [[literature]], [[history]], and [[culture]] of the region that formed the ancient kingdom of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa. The Kamarupa Anusandhana Samiti, which was also to be known by a secondary title, the Assam Research Society, was then formed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Studies in Indian history and culture |last=Barua |first=Kanaklal |author2=Rabin Dev Choudhury |author3=Bhagavāna Siṃha |page=xii |year=1990 |publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan |isbn=978-81-85205-49-6 }}</ref><br />
A number of prominent personalities were associated with the samiti: [[Kanak Lal Barua]], was the Founder President, Chandra Nath Sarma was the founder secretary, and patrons included Maharaja Jitendranarayan Bhup Bahadur of [[Cooch Behar]], lieutenant-governor of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and [[Bihar]] [[Edward Albert Gait]], Commissioner of Assam Valley Lt Col P.R.T. Gordon, chief commissioner of Assam Sir [[Archdale Earle]], Raja Prabhat Chandra Barooah Bahadur of [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]], and many other scholars.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}<br />
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==Early works==<br />
The samiti started its work with a missionary zeal and began to collect [[inscription]]s, [[puthi]]s, [[Ethnography|ethnographical]] objects, relics, and [[manuscript]]s from the Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa region. The preservation of these collections necessitated the construction of a building. When all early efforts to persuade the government to immediately establish a museum to store these objects failed, the samiti decided to construct its own building. The estimated cost of construction, ₹ 20,000, was raised with contributions from various donors, the principal contributor being Raibahadur Naupat Rai Kedia of [[Dibrugarh]]. When Lt Col P.R.T. Gordon, then the commissioner of the [[Brahmaputra Valley|Assam Valley]] and honorary provincial director of Ethnography, Assam formally inaugurated the samiti’s building on November 19, 1917.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}<br />
The samiti’s activities attracted the attention of [[Indology|Indologists]] throughout [[East India|eastern India]]. A branch of the Kamarupa Anusandhana Samiti was established at [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]] (now in Bangladesh) with Babu Surendra Chandra Roychoudhury as its secretary. The [[Asiatic Society of Calcutta]] organized exhibitions of the samiti’s collections and kept a close link with it until 1950. Assam did not have any museum until 1940, but the purpose of a museum was being served by Kamarupa Anusandhana Samiti.<ref>{{Citation| surname=Sarma | given=Chandra Nath | title=The Work of the Kamrup Anusandhan Samiti | year=1920 }}</ref><br />
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Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti retains its exclusive identity and continues its activities from the same old Assam-type building which is situated on the western bank of [[Dighlipukhri]] in the centre of [[Guwahati]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Prachin Kamrupi Nritya Sangha]]<br />
* [[Kamrup (disambiguation)|Kamrup]]<br />
* [[Kamrupi (disambiguation)|Kamrupi]]<br />
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