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GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/3 · File · 28th Sep 1846 - 21st Nov 1846
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume Two

'Extract from a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by District Surgeon Elijah Impey, dated Ahmednuggur (Ahmednagar), 28 September 1846 on the discovery of a Colossal Buddhist Figure on the face of a hill in the Satpoorah (Satpura) range.' He describes his discovery of Buddhist remains and the finding of the figure.

Impey Elijah
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/25 · File · 10th Jun 1849
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume Two

'Copy of a letter addressed to Col. Sykes, East India House, by Dr. Impey, dated Indore, 10 June 1849' in which Impey writes that in the same mail he has sent Sykes a paper on the colossal Jain figure on the 'Satpoonah Range'. He is unable to decide which of the Jain figures it represents. The inscriptions to be found are in Sanskrit. He compares his discovery to that of Captain Vodel's written about in the Transactions of the Society. He also writes of visiting the caves at Awkya Tankye.

Impey Elijah