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Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales, giving further information regarding the identification and dating of the inscription on the fragments mentioned in his previous letter (QW/6/1/9). Typed letter, 2 sides, dated 16 May 1938.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum to Quaritch Wales concerning an unclear inscription which Allan cannot decipher. Typed letter, one side, dated 17 March 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales suggesting the marks on the stone which Wales brought are not mason's marks. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 18 November 1938.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, London, to Quaritch Wales, concerning the inscription on photographs that Quaritch Wales had sent which contain Buddhist text, dated roughly in the 6th century. Typed letter with handwritten mathematical annotations, 1 side, dated 25 February 1938.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales,concerning the receipt of photographs of the inscription and the details of Chakravarti's identification. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 25 July 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales, containing the full translation of the Buddhist inscription, dated to 500-600 A.D., which might relate to the fragmentary inscription from Kedah published by Kern. Typed letter, 2 sides, dated 25 March 1938.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales concerning the inscription Wales had brought to him and that it contains the common Buddhist formula 'Ye dharmā hetuprabhava etc'. He has not identified the first line yet. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 4 March 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales, to clarify the first line of the inscription which contains the Buddhist creed 'ye dharmā hetuprabhava' in that the engraver omitted three words. The date of this inscription is the 4th century. The alphabet is Pallava rather than Gupta. Typed letter, 2 sides, dated 7 March 1939.

Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to David Downs, T.L. Wislon & Co., to thank for his letter and his assurance concerning the Rules changes, dated 14 July 1966.

Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to Professor E.J.W. Simon to enclose an entry for the Prize Essay Competition on "The Chinese Literary Revolution - its aims and achievements" by "Cogito, ergo sum". Typed, 1 side, dated 28 September 1964.