This is a Declaration of Trust Document for the Public School Prizes and Gold Medal; and Prize Publications for the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated to 1907 it includes the First, Second and third Schedules. Handwritten, signed, parchment document, bound with simple tape binding. Dated 17 December 1907.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandA red canvas and board folder with tape ties in which the material was originally contained. Label: "Popular religion: Songs and Sayings".
Crooke William 1848-1923 FolkloristThis series contains all the papers donated to the Royal Asiatic Society by Neil Peppé. There is correspondence with William Claxton Peppé, lists of the excavation finds, some site plans, and a draft of Peppé's article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Peppé William Claxton 1852-1936 Estate managerTwo manuscript pages from the puya Takhel Ngamba (Conqueror of Trippera) about the early 18th century King, Garib Niwaz. The pages can probably also be dated to the 18th century.
With these page are a photocopy of a letter in Manipuri script sent by Maharaj Chandrakirti Singh to the Viceroy of India in May 1868.
There is also a copy of an email from John Parratt explaining these documents, dated 27 June 2022.
Parratt John b 1938A small field notebook containing Edward William West's original copes of inscriptions from the Kanheri Caves, as well as two inscriptions from caves at Kenesy dated October 27th 1848 and an inscription from an enclosure wall 'at Mahakal' (most likely the Mahakali or Kondivite Caves) dated October 28th 1848.
Pasted on the back cover is small scrap piece of paper with an inscription copied by Henry West.
This is number 6 on the folder list.
"Original paper in the handwriting of Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) and Rughoba Dada (Raghunath Rao)" In the label created by Simon Digby he suggests this may be either the instrument of treaty between the two parties dated 25 September 1767, or that of 6 August 1768. Paper in Marathi with title in English in a different hand.
Nana Fadnavis 1742-1800Offprint from the Alpine Journal Vol. LXV, No. 300, May 1960, pp.62-79 of the article "Oscar Eckenstein, 1859-1921" by David Dean. With supplementary articles on "Eckenstein: The Man" and "Eckenstein: The Climber" by T.S. Blakeney and D.F.O. Dangar. Printed material with green soft cover.
Dean DavidMinutes and Agendas from Committees of the Society:
- List of Committees, undated.
Finance Committee
- Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Finance Committee Agenda, undated [2006]'
- Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 19 April 2007.
- Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 31 May 2007.
Library Committee
- Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, North China Branch RAS Library Report, 2 June 2007.
Membership Committee
- Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Membership Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].
Scholarship Committee
- Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Scholarship Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].
This Series contains further correspondence between Duncanson and others.
Duncanson Dennis J. b 1917Correspondence from Max Müller and J. Bühler concerning the Oriental Translation Fund.
Müller Friedrich Max 1823-1900