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Correspondence and administrative documents concerned with the planning of the Prince of Wales' visit to the Society and invitation of guests. These include:

• Internal emails between members of the Society regarding the organisation of the day.
• Agendas for planning meetings.
• Emails and letters to invite guests to the occasion..
• Emails and letters of acceptance and apologies for the event.
• Draft programmes for the event.
• Correspondence with suppliers.
• Operation Notice for the Visit.
• Display Plans.

Article about modern Mongolia from the Sunday Times Magazine, undated.

Pencilled plan of the stupa site, 34 x 21.5 cm, on brown paper. Writing and numerals are in nagari script. Handwritten, 1 side, undated [1898].

Hand drawn pencil, ink and ink wash plan of some of the Kanheri topes located near Caves No. 38 and 39, including some annotations. Scale is 60 ft. to an inch. This drawing was presented to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in October 1861 and was later published in their journal.

Pencil drawing of N.M.Gregory Medical Departments,Sime Road, Singapore, showing position of the buildings and roads. On pink paper in two pieces which have been sewn together.

A drawing in pencil of a plan of the courtyard and temple by A.A. West. Scale is 40 feet to an inch.

"Plan for discarding material in preparation for move" - a note concerning material that could be disposed of in preparation for the move of premises by the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed note.

Placard sent by Premier Pushkar Shah of Nepal to Brian Houghton Hodgson. This takes the form of an open appeal addressed to the eldest prince (jethāsāhebjyū), prepared and distributed on the streets of Kathmandu in the name of an army battalion stationed in the capital by the anti-British and anti-Hodgson group of courtiers of Nepal; details the historical conflict and conspiracy between Bhimsen Thapa and Ranajang pande (Thapa-Pande conflict); the climax of this conspiracy in the court of Nepal; a list of 18 courtiers belonging to a so-called British supporter group known as an anti-national element and whom it says should be punished by the death penalty; accusation of the destruction of Nepal, the siphoning off of national wealth to British India and making Nepal a puppet of the British rulers in India; suggestion that there should be a mass execution of that so-called group of British supporters. Mentions Hodgson's Muslim mistress's nickname 'MusĪ dwāre' and her spying activities for Hodgson and the group of British lobbyists in the court of Nepal. Hodgson is addressed derogatively as "Harcanyā thāru musalmān phirangī " translated as 'stupid Hodgson, a Tarian or Indian of low class, a Muslim or untouchable or anti Hindu, an European traveller come with greed'. Names of royal relatives including high ranking Coutariyās (collateral brothers of the ruling monarch) namely Phatyajang Shah, Guruprasad Shah, Pushkar Shah, Badriban Shahi and ministers and courtiers including Ranajor Thapa, Singhabir Pande, Ranagambhir Pande, Birkeshar Pande, Kalu kaji, Abhiman Rana, Balanarshing Kunwar, Kirtibir Karki, Juddhabir Bohara, Gagansingh Khabas, Dalamardan Thapa, Kanaksingh Basnyat are included in the list of so-called British supporters and anti-nationals. Hodgson's title description in English on top and back side of the placard read as "Placard of February 41 received from Choutara Pushkar Shah on 14 Feb. 1842" (top) and as "Placard of Feb. 42 given me by the Premier." (back). Handwritten in Nepali on hand-made paper, 1 piece, dated 14 February 1842

'Piprahwa: A Three-Pipe Problem' by T.A. Phelps, a copy of Phelps' monograph, 1995.

Four pencil and ink drawings of pillars and pilasters and their ornamentation from Caves No. 50, No. 67, No. 72 and No. 86, with some annotations. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.