Who among the following founded the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal?

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A. William Jones
B. Lord Cornwallis John
C. Shore
D. Warren Hastings

Explanation:

The correct answer isĀ William Jones. Sir William Jones was an Anglo-Welsh philologist, a judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India. The Asiatic Society was founded in 1784 by Sir.