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The Kingdoms of the Deccan - an incomplete manuscript with annotated heading Chapter XXII Part I, and "By H.G. Rawlinson". It has 110 numbered pages and has further inserted pages. Typed with handwritten annotations, undated.

Report from The Times newspaper "The King's Reception" concerning the reception at Buckingham Palace as part of the Centenary celebrations.

"The Languages of the Indian Archipelago by J.R. Logan, Esq.: A System of Classification and Orthography for Comparative Vocabularies". Soft cover offprint from the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 1848. The author has written on the cover "To B.H. Hodgson, Esq. with the author's respects." Printed material, 32 pages plus 1 table, 1848.

The left hand from a Buddha statue in Abhaya Mudra position. The hand is cut at wrist level. The hand is made of metal, length 20cm, width 6cm, and shows traces of gold gilding. The cut of the hand reveals that is was made by the lost-wax technique. Its provenance is unknown.

"Royal Asiatic Society: The Library" - rules for researchers using the Library and hours of opening. Dates from time period when the RAS was housed at 60 Queen's Gardens. Typed document, undated.

"The Literature and Religion of the Buddhists by Brian H. Hodgson, Esq., late B.C.S." Single sheet on "The Languages, Literature and Religion of Nepaul and Tibet". Incomplete chapter. Printed material, annotated by Hodgson. Part of his annotations bear the date, 1857.

Partial draft of several chapters, the first of which is entitled "The Logic of the Mohist Hsiao-Ch'u".

Two drafts of a manuscript exploring The Lord's Prayer

This is an early draft of the manuscript. it can be dated to the period around 1895-1898 because Bate created his own notebooks by cutting up pieces of paper, including "The Statesman Weekly".

This is a neater draft of the manuscript, possibly dating to around 1915 - an envelope used as a label is postmarked for 1915.