His work serves as a vital resource for scholars and enthusiasts interested in the intersection of Buddhism and South Asian history.
Born at the close of the last century, he entered the Bengal Civil Service as a writer on April 30, 1818. According to the rules of the Service at the time, he had, on his arrival at Calcutta, on August following, to attend for a year the College of Fort William, and pass through the usual course of training there. His career at the College was a highly satisfactory one, and he distinguished himself greatly by his zeal, assiduity and successful study of the Persian language. On August 20, 1819, he was appointed Assistant to the Commissioner of Kumaon, which office he exchanged, on the following year, for that of Assistant to the Resident of Kathmandu. His services in these two offices were well-spoken of, and in two years (November 23, 1822) he was promoted to the Foreign Office, as Officiating Deputy Secretary in the Persian Department. At the be-ginning of 1824 he returned to Kathmandu to assume charge of the Post Office there; but he did not hold it long.
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