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Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for Pollock to see if there are any articles on Indo-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins in publications listed as new acquisitions of the Society. The letter has been typed on the reverse of the top half of 'Notice to All Fellows: List of Fellows 2001'.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if the Society has the book Cave Temples of India by J. Fergusson and J. Burgess and whether the Librarian would xerox a passage. He also ask for a xerox from Buddha-Legends by R. Seydel and an article from East and West, 1967.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to express his continuing concern about the Christian sculptures, for although he has sent off the proofs for his forthcoming book, he may be able to make an addition if more information could be found. He therefore asks Pollock to look for The Gandhara Sculptures by J. Burgess in the Journal of Indian Art and Industry, 1900, H.C. Ackermann's Narrative Stone Reliefs and anything more he can find on these scenes.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the copy of M.L. Carter's article on coins and to ask for the research paper by Amiteshwar Jha on Coins of Menander which he hopes will further the research done by A.D.H. Bivar on the topic. He also discusses other articles and about sending an article for potential publication in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for the loan of Kings and Coins in India by R. Morton Smith. He comments on the author and his relationship with Harold Bailey. On the reverse is a misprinted copy from Kings and Coins in India.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for sending the 'D'Alviella so promptly' and the xeroxes which are very suitable for his research. He is thinking of sending an article to the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he had found passages of interest in Kern's translation of the Saddharmapundarika and to ask him to xerox the passages in the original manuscript.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask Pollock to send a copy of part of the original of the Saddharmapundarika rather than Kern's translation.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for the material from the Warburg Institute. Derrett comments on what he has learnt from the Fergusson and Burgess book concerning sculptures found in the village of Jamālgarhi including three distinctly Christian scenes. The sculptures had been on display in London in 1880 but have since disappeared. He also comments upon his theory of Christ being recognised as a Bodhisattva, and in a postscript mentions how Turner, Director of SOAS, had doubts about Derrett's 'powers'.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Kathy Lazenbatt, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for her letter and the material and to inform her of a sceptical letter from a leading German Buddhologist he received in the same post. He also writes that he cannot identify the man in the portrait which Lazenbatt had sent.