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Abstracts for some of the Papers delivered at the Symposium. These are:

• "The state of the study of Proto-Elamite" by Professor Piero Meriggi
• "The Linguistic Situation of the 2nd Millennium B.C. in Ancient Anatolia" by Annelies Kammenhuber
• "Hieroglyphic Hittite: Some new readings and their consequences" by J.D. Hawkins and A. Morpurgo-Davies
• "The Study of Lydian" by Professor R. Gusmani.
• "Minoan Linear A" by John Chadwick
• "The Decipherment of Minoan and Eteocretan" by Cyrus H. Gordon
• "The Present State of Research on the Cypro-Minoan Syllabic Scripts - some attempts at interpretation" By Mme Emilia Masson
• "Problems and Deceipherment of Linear A" by J.T. Hooker
• "Archaeological Evidence for the Indus Script" by Professor B.B. Lal

In 1973 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Sesquicentenary (150 years). The archival material includes Planning committee administration; material connected with the various events held, exhibitions put on and publications produced in celebration of the occasion; and material concerned with fundraising for the Society.

The Royal Asiatic Society from 23-27 July 1973 entitled "The Undeciphered Languages". The material in this series covers the administration, correspondence and advertising of this Symposium.