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Ma-wang-tui Lao-tzu : Partial draft of text and annotated translation of chapters 50 and 76, including also notes on other chapters.

Thomas Manning was admitted to Cambridge University to study mathematics. He was very able and though did not graduate, he continued in teaching position at Cambridge for some time beforel he travelled to France to study Chinese. He was keen to develop new theorems. He published a mathematical text and corresponded with other mathematicians.

His interest in mathematics was lifelong - this subseries contains notes made on the back of letters postmarked as late as 1837.

There are both notebooks, one of which appears to be a manuscript for a book, and assorted loose notes and calculations.

Correspondence, insurance quotes, and indemnity certificates concerning the permanent loan of material to the British Museum. This material consists of:

• The commemorative inscription of the Ananta-Vasudeva temple at Bhuvanesvar, dated 1278 A.D.
• Three Ujjain copper-plate grants of the rulers of Malwa
  *. The Taxila Plate of Patika.
• Other stone inscriptions

These items were already at the British Museum before the first letter dated 6 June 1967 and have remained there. The correspondence includes some to confirm that the material is still with the British Museum. Much of the correspondence are photocopies of original letters. 67 items.

"A religious song - recorded by M. Dwarká Prasád, teacher of Chi village school, Dahaká (illegible totally) of Mainpuri": Mast hain puré sadhu faqír… With translation: The saints are really perfect madmen… Unsigned but in Rámgharíb Chaubé's hand. Handwritten, 3 sides, undated.

A series of four maps of Thailand. They cover: Chiangmai (Jienghmai) Nagorn Sridharmaraj (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Bangkok Songkhla (Songala)

Collection of maps of India used by Barbara Ingham on her travels

Scale: 1:1,000,000 and 1:25000
Size: 50x80 cm
Area: Thailand and Bangkok

These are complimentary maps from a magazine - two sided and covered in plastic.

Catalogues and handlists for the maps in the Society's collections. The digital documents were created as archival documents in 2024.

• Card catalogue - handwritten descriptions of the maps on index cards.

Electronic Documents

• 'Maps list with dimensions highlighted' - first created in 2019 and modified in 2021. Excel document.
• 'Philip Jagessar map List' - first created in 2021. Philip Jagessar, as a postdoctoral researcher, researched and listed the Society's map collection. Excel document.
• 'Maps of Arabia in the Royal Asiatic Society collections' - first created in 2021, pdf document.

Maps of Thailand, Burma, Malay Peninsular, India, Pacific Ocean and related areas.

A series of three hand-drawn maps showing the routes taken by Fleming Mackenzie.