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Road Map of India
GB 891 QW-QW/12-QW/12/3 · File · 1928
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

A road map of India, including Assam and Burma
Scale: 50 miles to the inch
Size: 80x100 cm
Creator: Survey of India
Publisher: Survey of India
Place of printing: Calcutta

The map bears the note that it is the First Motoring Map of India published by the Survey of India.

Survey of India
Robert Irwin
GB 891 RASM-RASM/8 · Series · 2021-2023
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Medal

Robert Irwin was initially nominated for the Society's Richard Burton Medal but it was decided to honour him with the Royal Asiatic Society Medal in 2023, the Society's bicentenary year. The archival material associated with this award is:

  • Letters in support of the nomination of Robert Irwin, typed, 4 pieces, dated 22 September 2021.
  • Publicity poster for the award of the medal and Irwin's lecture Tales from the Mamluk Crypt: Predecessors of Modern Horror, held on 4 May 2023.
  • Six photographs from the award presentation, 4 May 2023.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823-
Robert Spence Hardy's Letter
GB 891 DJG-DJG/15-DJG/15/1 · File · 11th Sep 1863
Part of Papers of Daniel John Gogerly

This is a letter from a Rev R. Spence Hardy writing to J W Redhouse, Secretary of the RAS, in which he informs the RAS of Gogerly's death and writes; "It is not certain yet what will be dome with Gogerly's collections towards a Pali Dictionary. If I live to return home, I may send it to prepare with additions from other quarters". Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 11 September 1863

Hardy Robert Spence 1803-1868