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"Sketch Map to illustrate the physical Geography of Himalaya and Tibet (the Essay in No XXVII of Selections from Records of Govt)". Printed map with handwritten annotations including title "My Map", 1 piece, dated November 1857.

A sketch of Lena Hill. On the reserve are sketches and notes concerning the mounds near Nasik.

This is a sketchbook of botanical drawings consisting of sheets of paper sewn together. One is signed AMJ (Anna Maria Jones), Others have inscriptions by William Jones. The specimens were drawn at Krishnagar, October 1789, September - October 1791, September - October, 1792; Harishnagar May - July, 1791, March - May 1792; and Calcutta, March 1793. Most of the sketches are in pencil with some watercolour additions.

Also within the sketchbook are some herbarium specimens.

This material has been divided into 5 files:

• Six sketches in cards, 7.8cm x 12 cm, in pencil and watercolour. Inscribed by Lady Jones.
• A sketchbook of botanical drawings with some specimens inserted. Compiled by William and Anna Maria Jones.
• A further sketchbook of botanical drawings.
• Loose botanical drawings and notes by William and Anna Maria Jones.
• 3 larger drawings with some notes, probably by Anna Maria Jones.

Small handwritten catalogue of the Books of Thomas Manning that were in the Chinese Collection of the RAS Library. Each item has an individual sheet which names, describes and dates the publication. It is unknown when this catalogue was made but before the Chinese Collection was donated to the Brotherton Library in 1963.

Small glazed blue and white ceramic bowl, white background with blue feather design. The bowl has a lip on its rim suggesting that it may have had a lid. It is 2cm high and 5.6cm in diameter. Its provenance is unknown.

Small glazed earthenware lid, the glaze is of a dark brown color. It has a diameter of 5.5cm and height of 4cm. There are some chips to the lid. Its provenance is unknown.

The Society possesses two versions of the Indian game of snakes and ladders, RAS Cat.051.001 by a Maharashtra artist reflecting a Hindu interpretation, c.1800, and RAS Cat. 064.001, by an Ajmer artist, c.1810 reflecting a Sufi interpretation. The material concerning these is:

• Correspondence from Henry Beveridge to Oliver Codrington, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, concerning the 'serpents and ladders' diagrams in the Society's collections, the interpretation of the Persian inscription on the Sufi version, 'Gyan Chauser', and an equivalent work in the British Museum. Handwritten, 5 pieces, dated 23-31 July 1915.
• 'Miscellaneous Communications' - offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, July 1916 with F.E. Pargiter's articles, 'Map of the Earth' concerning the Jambudvipa, Jain map of the universe (see RAS COLL5/7/3) and 'An Indian Game: Heaven of Hell' concerning RAS Cat.051.001. Also a later photocopy of the chart of the game.
• A copy of two pages from 'The Indian Game of Snakes and Ladders' by Andrew Topsfield, Artibus Asiae, 1985, relating to the Muslim (Sufi) game in the Society's collection.
• 'The Indian Game of Snakes and Ladders, and What Happened to it, Part I' by Irving L. Finkel which quotes from both Pargiter and Topsfield, undated.
• 'Cobras and ladders...game that was all the rage in the Raj' by Christ Hastings concerning the launch of the Digital Library of the Society on which the Snakes and Ladders game is featured. The Mail on Sunday, 18 February 2018.

So Called 'Modal Ch'i' in Classical Chinese by David S. Nivison, Stanford University, paper for the Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Berkeley California, 19 March 1968.

Material concerned with the interaction of the Société Asiatique and the Royal Asiatic Society.