File BHH/8/1 - Buddhist Explanation of the symbols found on the coins & inscriptions of various ruins in the plains of India

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/8-BHH/8/1

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Buddhist Explanation of the symbols found on the coins & inscriptions of various ruins in the plains of India

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  • 1847 (Creation)

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Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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"Buddhist Explanation of the symbols found on the coins & inscriptions of various ruins in the plains of India." Rough copy of List and explanation of symbols by Hodgson. Note on back: To Col Sykes Jan 21 1847, to Roy Asi Socy Sept 28/60. Handwritten with pencil diagrams, 1 piece, 4 sides, dated 1847.

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