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Three items, two of which consist of multiple, loosely tied papers and the other appearing to be a label, all in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu. Caste and community census information on local Zamindars from the Varanasi (Benares) District.

Manuscripts containing census information on the castes of Zamindars (local hereditary lords and land holders) in the Azamgarh (Azangurh) Pargana. Letters, notes and tables written in Urdu, with one printed page in English, on the reverse of which is written 'Persian'.

Largely comprised of tables, although one item appears to be a letter, the contents of this file are handwritten in Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu. All items have what appears to be an official stamp, and are the caste and community census for Jaunpur (Jounpoor) District, Uttar Pradesh.

Various tables and notes in an undeciphered Indic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, concerning information on the castes and communities of the Agra district.

The broken cast of an inscribed seal-stone sent to West by E. Drouin in June 1896. Please note that this cast is in fragments. With the seal-stone are tracings and rubbings of it with tentative transcriptions, and an alphabet. Also a photograph and a rubbing of an eighteen-line Pahlavi inscription. Also the original cardboard package in which the cast was sent. Identified as West 57F in de Menasce handlist.

Plaster cast of an inscribed clay tablet found at Kedah Site 2 with three faces bearing two lines of Sanskrit inscription. Further information can be found in the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1940, pp. 8-10 and Plate 8.

Carte-postale from Richard Burton to A.G. Ellis concerning the publication of the "Perfumed Garden". Handwritten from Trieste, dated 8 May, 1887. With annotated transcription.

"Carte de Royume de Siam, de la Cochinchine Francaise et du Royume de Cambodge d'apres les documents les plus recents par Va Malte Brun" Scale: 1:5,000,000 Size: 35 x 60 cm Creator: V.A. Malte-Brun Publisher: Challamel Libraire Place of printing: Paris

The Royal Asiatic Society Medal was awarded to both Carole and Robert Hillenbrand in 2019. However due to the covid-19 pandemic their presentation did not take place until 2022. The material associated with their award is:

• Letters and copies of emails written in support of the nominations of Professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand. Six items, typed, dated 2-4 February 2019.
• Publicity poster for the presentation of the awards to Carole and Robert Hillenbrand on 10 November 2022.
• Five digital photographs of the presentation event held on 10 November 2022.

This is an index for Gogerly's translation of the Cariyā-piṭaka. The index is writen on a single A4 sheet with the list of verses given on the first page. Author, date and place unknown. The Cariyā-piṭaka is a Theravāda Buddhist scripture incorporated in the Sutta Piṭaka's Khuḍḍaka Nikāya, as the last of fifteen books. It is a short verse work including thirty-five accounts of the Buddha's former lives (similar to Jātaka tales).