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RAS Catalogue Illustrations - list of the illustrations to be included in the Catalogue.

"RAS byelaws: disposal of assets" - paper by Professor A.J. Stockwell concerning the interpretation of the RAS byelaws regarding disposal of collection material. Electronic document.

Copy of the address given by Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to welcome guests to the Reception and to provide some history of the Society, dated 14 June 1998. With the speech is a note from Francis Robinson to Noel Guina, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the address, dated 15 July 1998.

"Ranz des Vaches" A poem/song written in French about friends and family. Ranz des Vaches was a folk tune for calling cows home in French Switzerland. At the bottom of the sheet is a sketch of a woman's profile. Handwritten in French, 1 piece, 2 sides

This is one of two watercolour pictures of Ramlochan Cantaberna. In this picture he is seated in a chair at a desk with pen in one hand and a manuscript in the other. The inscription above states "Ramlochan Cantaberna of the Vaidya Cast, a physician and schoolmaster at Nediya, aged 65 yrs." Below the inscription reads "Crishna-nagar, 15 Oct. 1785".

This is one of two watercolour portraits of Ramlochan who was William Jones' Sanskrit teacher. In this picture the teacher or pundit is sat in a chair with a pen in his right hand and a manuscript across his lap. The inscription above the picture reads "Ramlochan Cantaberna of the Vaidya or Medical tribe, a teacher of Sanscrit Grammar in the HIndu Seminary at Nadiya. Aged 65 years. 15 Oct. 1785"

Ralph Pinder-Wilson and Afghanistan - abstract of the lecture to be given by Warwick Ball about Ralph Pinder-Wilson.

"A popular song": Rádhá téré ángan mén phulan kό bahár kai… With translation… O Rádhá, in thy courtyard is 9 spring of flowers… With postscript: "Told by Chirágh Muhammad, Saháranpur District. Unsigned. With accompanying note in different hand "A good song, perhaps belonging to the Holi". Handwritten, 1 side, undated.

Quote from Cambridge University Press for printing the Society's Charter and Bye-laws booklet plus notes and cover paper sample.

"Quotations in Proof of his Sketch of Buddhism by Brian Houghton Hodgson". This article first appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Vol II, 1830. Printed material in English and Sanskrit with some annotations, dated [1830].