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Bound copy of Devi of the Tigers, from scans of the final draft created by the Royal Asiatic Society and bound at the request of her son, John Ingham, Dorchester-on-Thames, in 2016.

Five bound volumes of mainly handwritten manuscripts which Henry Miers Elliot collected, copied or wrote in the course of his duties of extracts, reports and correspondence,

An unfinished, hand stitched manuscript draft of descriptive accounts of Caves No. 1 - No. 44.
These are 'Fol' pages 34-46 on the folder list.

Bound volume of the topography and statistics of the Delhi territory, largely handwritten with various printed pages inserted, and one printed map. Includes information on the various Pergunnahs (Parganas), or administrative units, within the region.

Bound volume of the topography and statistics of the Rohilcund division, handwritten and containing one printed map. Also contains a letter from P. ('Pilgrim', his pseudonym) Barron, a sugar merchant and supposed founder of Nainital, dated 1842.

Bound, handwritten volume of the topography and statistics of the Saugor and Nerbudda territory (located in present-day Madhya Pradesh). Includes information on the various Pergunnahs (Parganas), or administrative units, within the region.

Three bound, handwritten volumes concerning the topography and statistics of the Dehli, Rohilcund, and Saugor and Nerbudda territories.

A hand bound cover-less booklet comprised of various thematically arranged notes on the Kanheri Caves. Included are notes on the process of compiling all of the information and omissions; catalogued lists of paintings, inscriptions, dagobas (stupas),'types of cave', and sculpture, which is accompanied by a loose piece of writing card listing the contractions used in the descriptions.

These are 'Fol' pages 47 to 62 on the folder list.

Correspondence and administration concerned with contacting the Branch and Allied Societies of the Royal Asiatic Society regarding the Society's Sesquicentenary celebrations.

A list of items presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Richard Clarke, undated, handwritten 6 sides. The list contains not only "Brass utensils in use among the Hindus" but also "Earthenwares in use among the Hindus", "Earthenewares in use among the Musselmans", "Furniture and necessaries of a Hindu family, Implements of husbandry and manufactures etc.", and "Sundries". The date at which these items were given is unknown but Richard Clarke made several donations to the Society during the time of his membership including a large number of objects on 17 November 1855.