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Supplement Charter from Elizabeth the Second to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, to remove some of the wording from the original Charter of 1824. The Charter measures 46cm by 32 cm and the seal has a diameter of 16cm. The charter is housed within a presentation box.

Drawings of small sculptures and an inscription.

A folder containing eight documents relating to the Caves at Salsette. These include: No.1: A sketch of a Cave at Kandar, scale 20 feet to an inch, with description, September 1854. No.2: A sketch, scale 20 feet to an inch, and description, of a quarry near Marob, November 1854. No.3: A description and drawings of copper coins, found 19 January 1855, near the village of Syee, now under the Vihar Lake. No.4: A list of names, probably from a native report. No.5: A sketch map of Kondati Hill, and a list of places taken from a native report. No.6: A tablet block near the summit of Vehar Khind showing the inscription and with its translation. No.7: A sketch of an old deserted Parsi Temple of Silence, with description, July 1856 No.8: A sketch and description of a Parsi 'Dakhma' under the hill north of Aurungabad.

A folder entitled 'Sundries'. This includes: drawings, tracings, notes and inscriptions. Please note that the first item on the West's listing, a 7 page narrative of West's researches in 1847 to 1866 and 1875, is not with the material.

Bibliography titled: "Wordage estimated from printed Turkish edition. Summary of contents in French by Professor Awirl Decei of Istanbul". List of volumes of Evliya Celebi's work including dates of volumes, estimates of page number and word count of each volume in Allen's handwriting. Typed manuscript, undated.

Summary by Jitmohan Khardar in English of the same letter in the form of a report addressed to Hodgson. Handwritten in English, dated 9 March 1855

Summary by Brian Houghton Hodgson of Jung Bahadur's letter of VE 1912 Vaiśākah śudi 15 (CE April 1855), Hodgson's title description reads "Letter brought by Gajraj from Jung Feb 1855". Handwritten, 3 sides.

Urdu and Hindi sheets of sujaq (Urdu) numerals for weights and small coins, and their nagari (Hindi) equivalents.

Letter from Succaram Bapoo (Sakharam Bapu). This has been identified as such by Simon Digby, the signature being identifiable at the bottom of the sheet. But it has no English title.

Subscriptions Volumes - bound volumes containing the names of subscribers with dates of payment and when they were issued with the Journal. Includes individuals, exchanges and book sellers. 12 volumes all handwritten, covering the periods of 1925-1927, 1928-1930, 1931-1933, 1937-1939, 1940-1942, 1943-1945, 1946-1948, 1952-1954, 1955-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963, 1965-1966.