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The original trust document between Doctor Bimala Churn Law and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning his donation to the Society, the income arising from the Fund to be used in publishing a monograph or thesis which shall be part of the Dr B.C. Law Trust Series and should be on Buddhism, Jainism or the Hostory or Geography of Ancient India up to the end of the thirteenth century. The document is signed by Council Members of the RAS and by Bimala Churn Law and bears the Society's seal. It is dated 16 October 1936.

Documents concerning the Bedsa Caves which are situated about 8 miles southeast of Karla.. These are:

• No.1: A general description of the caves, dated 13 March 1862.
• No.2: A plan of the Caves, scale 15 feet to an inch.
• No.3: Drawings of some of the emblems and paintings in the Chaitya Cave, scale 2 inches to a foot.
• No.4: More drawings of emblems with notes.
• No.5: A drawing of a window and pilasters in Cave No.5, scale 1 inch to a foot.
• No.6: A printed description of The Caves of Bedsa.
• No.7: A draft description of the caves and inscriptions, dated August 1864.

Documents from the Bedsa, Shailarwadi, Bâmachandra and Poona Caves.

Copies of Behistun Inscriptions for Columns I -IV, Supplementary Half Column and Detached Tablets, as printed in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1847.

Letter from [Charles] to Angus Graham to give his critique of Graham's article Being in Chinese for non-sinologists.

Notes and article drafts on 'Being' in English Chinese and Japanese, includes Arthur Waley's handwritten letter to Graham, handwritten comments by [GN], and D.C. Lau's handwritten comments,

'Being' in philosophy and linguistics in The Verb 'Be' and its Synonyms, edited by John W.M. Verhaar, 1972. Two items in connection with this article: ' Being' in Linguistics and Philosophy: a preliminary Inquiry by A.C. Graham - article draft. Notes on ontology and ontological terms in connection with being.

Rough pencil frontal and profile sketch of a bench from Cave No. 48, as well as a pilaster from the same cave and Cave No. 49. Scale is half an inch to a foot.

"Benjamin Schwartz: The World of Thought in Ancient China, Harvard University Press, 1985". Graham's review of the book and a letter from Herbert Fingarette concerning it.

List of Books that were acquired by the Royal Asiatic Society as a bequest from Lady Holmwood in 1943. This is an electronic document first created in 2004 and converted to an archival document in 2018.