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Sheet of blue card with the dedication: "To the Right Honorable C.W.W.Wynne, President, and to the Members of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, This Representation of a Magnificent Indian Golden Medal or Coin (of 70 oz wt), Taken from a richly Gilt Copper Facsimile of the Original is most respectfully Inscribed by their obedient servant Wm Yule, Major E.I.C." The card measures 56cm by 44cm and is dated Edinburgh, 1st May, 1834. Besides the dedication the card bears details of the inscriptions on both observe and reverse sides of the coin, with equivalent English translation and Romanised Arabic. The coin was cast in the reign of Shah Jahan I, A.H. 1064 (1653).

Please note, the card has suffered water damage and is in a fragile condition.

Personal papers of William Pettigrew connected with the Manipuri language and other local dialects.

The papers of Bhagwan Lal Indraji consist of a large leather-bound notebook bequeathed by Bhagwan Lal to the Royal Asiatic Society. Though the book bears a title of "Flora of the North West Provinces and the Kuyaub by the author", the majority of the notes seem to be more concerned with Bhagwan Lal's archaeological and historical interests including dynastic information, translations of inscriptions on slabs and coins, and notes concerning archaeological sites. The book contains writing in both Hindi (Kaithi script) and English. There is evidence that some of the information has been copied from articles made available to Bhagwan Lal.

The book is in poor condition. The spine is no longer present. The boards are only loosely attached to the binding and their layers are disintegrating. Several pages are also loose from the binding. Several sheets of paper are inserted into the book which bear additional notes.

Description: Loose pages, mainly handwritten with ink + a printed sketch. Identified as West 57E in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Notes from the Parsi Prakash of Bomanjee Byaramjee Patel, vol. I; Bombay, 1888". Also several fragments of notes including,

• Timeline from between 1531 to 1689
• 3 folios with calculation in AY years
• "Pedigree of Bharuch Dasturs
• Crossed out text from Dk. VIII and "Nidderdale ", "The garden of the Nidd., by J Speight"
• Several blue folios containing "Les Parsis" by D. Menant and "List of Plates. . . Separate from text . . . [and] . . . In the Text"
• scrap of paper with calculations
• "Pp. No. of events recorded"
• Illustration of "Parsi Dakhma or Tomb"
• "Parsee Prakash," A summary and description of the 1888 text