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A Sanskrit treatise on Hindu astronomy.

Diploma of Honorary Fellowship for Mr Hirad C. Chaudhuri, dated 29 March 1985.

'The Historical Account of the Expedition of Sudasew Chimnajie commonly called Bhou or Sudoban to the North India or Hindostan And of his total Defeat of Death in the great Battle of Panniput'. This document relates the expedition of Sadashiv Chimanji Bhausaheb to Panipat in 1761. According to Kulkarni, this version of the bakhar or report was first written between July and December 1761 by Raghunath Yadev Chitragupt for his master the Prime Minister of Kolhapur state. The bakhar ends with the award of the robes of the Peshwa's office to Madhav Rao in 20 July 1761. It describes the battle of Panipat including those who died and were taken prisoner. It is believed to be the earliest version of this bakhar. The band has Arabic script containing the date November 1788.
The plan of Aurangabad is in colour with place names in Marathi and Arabic script, measuring 84 x 64 cm.

Four volumes by Hamilton and Haughton which are concerned with the Finances of Bengal and were compiled for the East India Company. Each consists of handwritten manuscripts bound into leather volumes which seem to have been produced consecutively. All were presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Sir Graves Haughton on 1 April 1837. The four volumes are:

• "Historical and Comparative Analysis of the Finances of Bengal chronologically arranged in different periods, from the Moghul Conquest to the Present time, extracted from a political survey of the British Dominions and tributary dependencies in India", beginning with an introduction and covering the first two periods
• Same title as above, but covering the third period. Preceding this manuscript in the same volume is an accompanying letter to the Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis in December 1786, and another letter to Edward Hay asking him to deliver the manuscripts to the EIC board, signed J. G., dated 8 December 1786
• "Historical & Comparative view of the Revenues of Bengal... A.D.1765-1784", which also includes a letter to the Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis to accompany the report, dated 28 February 1788
• "Supplement to the Historical and Comparative Analysis of the finances of Bengal...containing a similar disquisition on the revenue of the dependent Dominions of Soubah Behar, Chuckleh Midnapore in Orissa and the Zamindary of Benares in the Soubah of Allahabad, Calcutta, June 30th 1787".

"History of Ghazi al Deen Khan written by his Friend & Confidant Noor al Deen Hussun Khan". Document relating the life of Ghazi al-Din Khan by Nur al-Din Hasan Khan, possibly Nur al-din Hussein Khan, vakil (agent) at the Company Residency and assistant to Malet, the Resident.

This series consists of images collected by Allen for possible use in "The History of Georgian People" and some research notes. The book was published in 1932, so presumably the material was collated before this time.

A handwritten manuscript detailing the history of the Gujarat sultanate in India giving accounts of the reigns of Muzzafar Shah I, Muhammad Shah I, Ahmad Shah I, Muhammad Shah II, Ahmad Shah II, Daud Shah, Mahmud Shah, Muzaffar Shah II, Sikandar Shah, Mahmud Shah II, Bahadur Shah, Miran Muhammad Shah I, Mahmud Shah III, Ahmad Shah III, and Muzaffar Shah III. The author of the manuscript has not been traced.

Notes and correspondence regarding the history of 56 Queen Anne Street. These are:

• "The Royal Asiatic Society's House in Queen Anne Street" - a typed history of the building plus two further pages of typed and handwritten notes.
• Letter from Elliott, Son & Boyton, Surveyors, concerning former lease holders of the property, dated 23 May 1947.
• Correspondence with Howard de Walden Estates about former lease holders, 4 letters, 20 July 1967-29 August 1967.
• Letter from Brian Rawford concerning his memories of the house, dated 26 September 1968.
• Correspondence with the Embroiderers' Guild concerning their memories of the property, 2 letters, dated 25 January 1968 - 26 January 1968.
• Correspondence with the Librarian, University of Nottingham, and the County Archivist, Nottingham, concerning the Portland Papers, 12 items, dated 26 November 1969 - 25 February 1970.

Coursebook of Ministry of Education's History Textbook, for High School Level, books 4, 5 ,6. These books include sections concerning prominent historical figures around the world, such as, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang von Goeth, Chiang Kai-Shek, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Robert Darwin, etc.

A list of slides taken in Nepal in May 2000 and donated by D. M. Waterhouse to the Society. These have been cross-referenced to the slides of the original drawings held in the Society's collections.