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Two small pages of sketched ornamentation from Caves No. 35, No. 42 and No. 45 mounted onto a A4 sheet.

Drawings of the Pilaster, Columns and Parapet of the Verandah, Cave No.26

Articles and Notes about Pilgrimage collated by Roff:

• 'The Center Out There: Pilgrim's Goal' by Victor Turner, from History of Religion XII, (1972/73), 191-230, photocopy of article with one page of handwritten notes.
• 'Ritual: The Dhikr' by Michael Gilseman, from Saint and Sufi in Modern Egypt: An essay in the sociology of religion, Oxford University Press, 1973, photocopy.
• 'Islamization, "Communitas", Symbols, and Institutional Structures: A Summary' by William R. Roff, from Islam in Southern Asia: A Survey of Current Research, Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1975, photocopy.
• 'The Ideology of Maraboutism' by Dale F. Eickelman, from Moroccan Islam: tradition and society in a pilgrimage center, Austin & Lander, University of Texas press, 1976, photocopy.
• 'Quest and the Meaning of Pilgrimage', draft article by Barbara Nimri Aziz, presented at the Pilgrimage and the Concept of the Holy, Tenth ICAES Congress, New Delhi, 10-12 December, 1978, typed.
• 'New Perspectives on Pilgrimage: Mapping Pilgrimage in the Himalayas' by Barbara Nimri Aziz, typed.
• Index and front pages for 'Contesting the sacred: The anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage', edited by John Eade and Michael J. Sallnow, Routledge, 1991, photocopy.
• Research notes, handwritten and photocopy.

Four pencil and ink drawings of pillars and pilasters and their ornamentation from Caves No. 50, No. 67, No. 72 and No. 86, with some annotations. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

'Piprahwa: A Three-Pipe Problem' by T.A. Phelps, a copy of Phelps' monograph, 1995.

Placard sent by Premier Pushkar Shah of Nepal to Brian Houghton Hodgson. This takes the form of an open appeal addressed to the eldest prince (jethāsāhebjyū), prepared and distributed on the streets of Kathmandu in the name of an army battalion stationed in the capital by the anti-British and anti-Hodgson group of courtiers of Nepal; details the historical conflict and conspiracy between Bhimsen Thapa and Ranajang pande (Thapa-Pande conflict); the climax of this conspiracy in the court of Nepal; a list of 18 courtiers belonging to a so-called British supporter group known as an anti-national element and whom it says should be punished by the death penalty; accusation of the destruction of Nepal, the siphoning off of national wealth to British India and making Nepal a puppet of the British rulers in India; suggestion that there should be a mass execution of that so-called group of British supporters. Mentions Hodgson's Muslim mistress's nickname 'MusĪ dwāre' and her spying activities for Hodgson and the group of British lobbyists in the court of Nepal. Hodgson is addressed derogatively as "Harcanyā thāru musalmān phirangī " translated as 'stupid Hodgson, a Tarian or Indian of low class, a Muslim or untouchable or anti Hindu, an European traveller come with greed'. Names of royal relatives including high ranking Coutariyās (collateral brothers of the ruling monarch) namely Phatyajang Shah, Guruprasad Shah, Pushkar Shah, Badriban Shahi and ministers and courtiers including Ranajor Thapa, Singhabir Pande, Ranagambhir Pande, Birkeshar Pande, Kalu kaji, Abhiman Rana, Balanarshing Kunwar, Kirtibir Karki, Juddhabir Bohara, Gagansingh Khabas, Dalamardan Thapa, Kanaksingh Basnyat are included in the list of so-called British supporters and anti-nationals. Hodgson's title description in English on top and back side of the placard read as "Placard of February 41 received from Choutara Pushkar Shah on 14 Feb. 1842" (top) and as "Placard of Feb. 42 given me by the Premier." (back). Handwritten in Nepali on hand-made paper, 1 piece, dated 14 February 1842

"Plan for discarding material in preparation for move" - a note concerning material that could be disposed of in preparation for the move of premises by the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed note.

A drawing in pencil of a plan of the courtyard and temple by A.A. West. Scale is 40 feet to an inch.

Pencil drawing of N.M.Gregory Medical Departments,Sime Road, Singapore, showing position of the buildings and roads. On pink paper in two pieces which have been sewn together.

Hand drawn pencil, ink and ink wash plan of some of the Kanheri topes located near Caves No. 38 and 39, including some annotations. Scale is 60 ft. to an inch. This drawing was presented to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in October 1861 and was later published in their journal.