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Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss B.M. Unwin concerning the potential donation of Burmese watercolours. Typed letter with printed letterhead, 1 piece, 1 side, dated 18 January 1968.

Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Simon to state that the medal had been ordered and to check the inscription. She also writes that the title of his lecture is acceptable. Typed, dated 23 March 1977.

Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to G.M. Meredith-Owens to ask his opinion, on behalf of Sir Harold Bailey, concerning an enclosed article. She also encloses an entry for the Prize Essay Competition on Seventeenth Century Travellers in Persia by "Vagabond". Typed, one side, dated 28 September 1964.

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.

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 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 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, 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 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, 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.