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This item contains four sheets of rubbings, each featuring Buddhist verses written in Chinese and Siddham characters, including such as the Breaking Hell mantra and the Nectar mantra. Based on the Chinese text, the inscription appears to be located in Tiankai Temple (天開寺), a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China and date to AD 1106 (the sixth year of the Liao dynasty).

An accompanying note identifies the item as ‘inscriptions at a temple 5 miles N. E. of Peking. A Dharani’ and records it as a donation by William W. Rockhill on 28 November 1893.

Each sheet measures approximately 33cm (w) x 90cm (h).

Review from New Statesman, 'Tell Me Truths About Vietnam' by Nicholas Tomalin.

Telepresence, virtual reality, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

Newspaper cutting with the article, Telegrams in Brief outlining that Freya Stark, who had been taken ill in Hadramaut had been brought by aeroplane to Aden. Her condition was stated as not serious. From the The Times newspaper.

Telegram from Paul Ngô-Trọng-Hiếu to Dennis J. Duncanson. Ngô-Trọng-Hiếu sends his thanks to Duncanson and Trần Kim Tuyến for providing a list and recommendations of Indonesian and other foreign potential supporters of Swiss-American agricultural development projects. Ngô-Trọng-Hiếu closes his telegram with his address in America.

Telegram from Miss E.W.J. Campbell to W.E.D. Allen to announce that Skelton had died in a car accident the previous Friday. Dated: 8 December 1970.

Telegram from École Francaises Associe to send greetings on the Royal Asiatic Society Centenary. Sent from Hanoi, stamped 5 & 7 July 1923.

Telegram from Aurel Stein to Royal Asiatic Society to say he would be happy to receive the medal on 16th June. Dated 1 June 1932.

Telegram sent from Abraham Poliak to the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society apologising for the delay in sending material due to his illness and discovery of more that needs to be included.

Taoist spontaneity and the dichotomy of 'is' and 'ought' was published in Experimental essays on Chuang Tzu, edited by Victor H. Mair, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1983. This material consists of drafts of the essay and correspondence concerning its publication.