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122: 130: 25: 325:, was a well-regarded example of his scholarship. Meanwhile, his civil service career progressed. He was appointed the Senior Collector in 1889, Commissioner of the Southern divisions in 1891, and also Central Divisions in 1892. He was made the Commissioner of Customs in 1893. 278:
Meanwhile, he continued with his interest in Sanskrit and the inscriptions that were abundant on stone and copper plate in the Bombay Presidency. He began publishing articles about the inscriptions in the mid-1860s. His studies soon led him to study another language,
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in 1878. Fleet became the first epigraphist of the Government of India when such a post was created in 1883. After three years as the epigraphist, he was appointed as the Collector and Magistrate of Sholapur in 1886.
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Fleet was soon establishing a reputation through his papers on the epigraphy and history of Southern India in fora such as the
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The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of The Bombay Presidency from the earliest historical times to the Musalman Conquest
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The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of The Bombay Presidency from the earliest historical times to the Musalman Conquest
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The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of The Bombay Presidency from the earliest historical times to the Musalman Conquest
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operas, and actor Duncan Fleet (born 1860, date of death unknown). He also had two sisters. His aunt
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Fleet was born to John George Fleet, a London wholesale sugar dealer and Esther Faithfull of
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Fleet, J. F. "'The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency" (1894),
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and the Southern Maratha Country (1875), and Collector and Magistrate (1882).
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Fleet retired from the ICS in 1897 and returned to England to settle in
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The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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Hon' Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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The Inscriptions of The Early Gupta Kings and their Successors
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The Inscriptions of The Early Gupta Kings and their Successors
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over a thirty-year period, is published in books including
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Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
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One of his greatest works was on the hitherto uncharted
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British historian, epigraphist and linguist (1847–1917)
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languages and on the history of dynasties such as the
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Before his death in 1917 at age 69, he published the
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Member, Bombay Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society.
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His five brothers included 137:, by John Faithfull Fleet, circa 1888. 45:Please improve this article by adding 247:was an activist and dramatic reader. 135:Allahabad inscription of Samudragupta 7: 321:(1889), forming third volume of the 235:Henry Louis Fleet (born 1851-1923), 644:Alumni of University College London 555:Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency 335:Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency 14: 531:Fleet (1894), p. 6 and pp. 511–32 151:and became known as a historian, 328:In 1895, the best of his works, 23: 155:and linguist. His research in 323:Corpus Inscriptionarum Indicum 1: 513:The Times, June 7, 1922, p. 9 47:secondary or tertiary sources 575:Biographical sketch of Fleet 267:. In 1867, he moved to the 557:(Vol-1, Part-II, Book-III) 255:Fleet was appointed to the 133:English translation of the 660: 251:Early career and interests 418:Asiatic Society of Bengal 265:University College London 125:John Faithfull Fleet 1912 432:The University of Bombay 423:Corresponding Member of 393:Ballads of the Peasantry 229:Merchant Taylors' School 445:Tosham rock inscription 332:, was published in the 581:(1922, reprinted 1991) 522:Fleet (1894), pp. i-ii 395:with its music in the 293:Bombay Asiatic Society 239:(1853–1922) a star in 138: 126: 58:"John Faithfull Fleet" 34:relies excessively on 540:Fleet (1894), pp. 4–5 504:, June 2, 1922, p. 16 132: 124: 370:Retirement and death 298:The Indian Antiquary 257:Indian Civil Service 241:Gilbert and Sullivan 149:Indian Civil Service 142:John Faithfull Fleet 450:Sondani inscription 237:Rutland Barrington 139: 127: 385:Epigraphia Indica 269:Bombay Presidency 119: 118: 111: 93: 651: 607:Indian Epigraphy 541: 538: 532: 529: 523: 520: 514: 511: 505: 499: 493: 481: 398:Indian Antiquary 157:Indian epigraphy 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 659: 658: 654: 653: 652: 650: 649: 648: 614: 613: 571: 550: 545: 544: 539: 535: 530: 526: 521: 517: 512: 508: 500: 496: 483:Barnett, L. 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