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Five notebooks labelled "Hindu and Early Indian" containing notes regarding the Hindu religion and Indian culture. It would seem that this was at some time a larger collection as Volume II is absent. They are:

• Hindu and Early Indian Vol I - containing notes on royalty and the law taken from sources such as Elliot's History of India, Tod's Annals, Hearn
• Hindu and Early Indian Vol III - notes taken from sources such as Hopkins, Fick and Senart
• Hindu and Early Indian Vol IV - notes taken from sources such as Senart and Formichi
• Hindu and Early Indian Vol V - notes taken from sources such as Fry, Jolly, Hunter, Uyavahav, Mayutha
• Hindu and Early Indian Vol VI - notes taken from sources such as Jolly, Weber, Baden Powell, Lyall, Zimmer, McGrindle and Yule's Marco Polo

Cutting from The Academy with an article entitled, "Literary Work in Java", by A. Burnell in which he writes concerning the elucidation of Hindu and Buddhist remains in Java and of the scholars who are working on them. Hodgson has added his own titles. Dated 2 September 1876.

Second volume - Java Antiquities Craufu[rd]

• First section - 'On the Ruins of Prambana in Java', May 1st 1816, 49 pages of handwritten text by John Crawfurd with notes by G. P. Baker and T. S. Raffles.
• Second section - 'On the Ruins of Boro Budor in Java', March 10th 1817, 26 pages of handwritten text by John Crawfurd with notes by G. P. Baker and T. S. Raffles.

First Volume - Java Antiquities

• First section - Lists and corrrespondence regarding the possible second publication of Sir T. S. Raffles' book, History of Java, with notes by Mr Hammond, Sir T. S. Raffles and the Duke of Somerset.
• Second section - Handwritten descriptions of four Javanese temples; Cobon Dalum, Sewu, Jonggrangan and Loro Jongran, likely written by T. S. Raffles.
• Third section - 'Memorandum made on a visit to the ancient Hindu Remains on Gunung Prau in the Island of Java, during the month of September 1815, illustrated with Plans & sketches taken on the spot', likely written by T. S. Raffles.
• Fourth section - 'Extracts from the private Journals of Captain G. P. Baker, 19th Regt Bengal Infantry, of all memories made on the spot relative to the Collection of antiquarians Drawing [etc] made by him in a tour thro' the interior of Java in the years 1815/16'. Handwritten with accompanying drawings.

An unlabelled notebook whose notes seem to principally be on Buddhism taken from sources such as Max Muller, Kern, Dr Sridhar V. Ketkan, Pramathanath Banerjee. Inserted in the back of the notebook are 4 printed pamphlets. These are:

• India's Early Religious History by Robert Ernest Hume, Outlines of a course of lectures at the University of Panjab, December 1923
• Lecture II: The Priestly Hinduism of the Brahmanas (-800 B.C.)
• Lecture III: The First Off-shoots of Hinduism: Jainism
• Lecture IV: Legalistic Hinduism

The 'Index to the Mythological Box of Hindu Paintings' is a manuscript index intended to accompany images collected into a "mythological box" to educate about the deities of the Hindu pantheon. The text covers 203 pages and gives descriptions and comments on the various deities. The images are not with the book and it is unsigned. One copy has been attributed to Reverend Charles Lacey, but it unknown if this copy also belonged to him.

Three volumes concerned with British involvement in Java:

• Java Antiquities, a bound volume composed of four sections including lists, correspondence, a memorandum and private journals.
• Java Antiquities Craufurd, a bound volume containing two sections, both on the ruins of Javanese temples.
• British in Java 1811-1812 Contemporary Documents, a bound volume containing multiple manuscripts including letters, contracts, instructions, memoirs, minutes, treaties, notes and reports.

These volumes provide information and a valuable insight into British involvement in Java during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Additionally, they offer accounts of the architecture (particularly of temples), culture, history, traditions and practices of Java and its people, prior to and during British Rule.