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Notes on Sculpture
GB 891 WST-WST/3-WST/3/1-WST/3/1/9 · Item
Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

A descriptive list of the the sculptural programmes within 21 of the caves, with the addition of a very detailed description of Cave No. 35 on smaller inserted pages.

Alongside Cave No. 35, included are the following caves: No. 2-5, 10, 11, 14, 21, 29, 35, 45, 51, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 75, 78, 79, and 84.

These are pages 18 - 22 on the folder list, with the addition of inserted pages.

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 BHH-BHH/7-BHH/7/7 · File · [1820 - 1880]
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"Notes on Rural Annals Chapter 3 & 4." Hodgson's notes concerning the aborigines of plains of India and those of Himalaya, from chapter 3 of Hunter's book Annals of rural Bengal (1868). Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides, undated.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist
Notes on route to Kathmandu
GB 891 BHH-BHH/7-BHH/7/2 · File · [1820 - 1843]
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"Notes on route to Kathmandu." A small leather bound pocket book with original pencil containing notes on the route to Kathmandu in Hodgson's hand. Handwritten, 1 item, undated.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/70 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Thin black hardbound notebook with unruled white pages, handwritten in ink. Some inserts.

Contents:

  • "Headings of Sections of Shanamah from Macan's edition, Calcutta 1829"
  • Pahlavi-transliterated-Persian words where some have folio and MS. numbers; short unorganized notes on Pahlavi and Persian grammar
  • summary of article by Professor Terrein de Lacouperie in the "Academy" from 10 Oct. 1885, p.243-4 #
  • notes on inscriptions and their locations in libraries
  • notes on printing and correcting proofs calculations relating to the sun, moon, and the earth
  • notes on different coins
  • "Period of Gestation in Various animals, in days"
  • short note and summary of different eras in different cultures according to different theories of creation
  • notes from reading a "Review of History of India as told by its own historians" from 'Academy' 11 Sep 1886.

Inserts:

  • Scraps of paper with a short glossary with word meanings in English and a note on the population of Parsis in different parts of the world
  • transliteration of a Pahlavi excerpt
  • Reading room request form
West Edward William 1824-1905