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The Tombs of the Amalekites
GB 891 TJN-TJN/2-TJN/2/3 · File · 21st Apr 1849
Part of Papers of Thomas John Newbold

"The Tombs of the Amalekites by Capt. Newbold" containing information as to the description and the purpose of the tombs which he visited in April 1846. Note informs the paper was read at the Society on 21 April 1849.

Newbold Thomas John 1807-1850
GB 891 DJG-DJG/3-DJG/3/3 · File · 1830 - 1860
Part of Papers of Daniel John Gogerly

The notebook includes the complete translation of the Jāliya sutta and the incomplete translation of the Kassapa sutta. The text is written in Gogerly's hand and covers 45 pages. One sheet is loose. Translated from Sinhalese to English. The Jāliya sutta addresses the question of whether body and soul are one and the same, whereas the Kassapa sutta contains the thoughts that came to Kassapa Buddha, before his Enlightenment, on the nature of becoming, of cessation, etc. 20.3cmX16.4cm.

Gogerly Daniel John 1792-1862 Reverend, Missionary, Pali and Sinhalese translator
The Turanians in the Aveste
GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/28-RAS UPE/28/2-RAS UPE/28/2/2 · File · 1967
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Universities Prize Essay Fund

"The Turanians in the Aveste" - essay submitted by Peter Khoroche. Handwritten, 19 pages. With it is an identifying note countersigned by I.B. Broadbent, Tutor, King's College Cambridge, dated 24 July 1967.

Khoroche Peter Art historian
The Turning Point
GB 891 ACG-ACG/15-ACG/15/1-ACG/15/1/10 · File
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Turning Point, draft translation and notes concerning a poem about asagao (morning glory) in a haiku.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991