Journal, hardcover, blue, titled, "The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book 2 (Kedah)", containing pencil notes and drawings. The continuation of the archaeological records of Kedah, Malaysia, including the drawing of the brick monuments in Tikam Batu, Bukit [Meruane], Bukit Choras, Bukit [Peutiya].
Wales Horace Geoffrey Quaritch 1900-1981 ArchaeologistKedah Malaysia
9 Archival description results for Kedah Malaysia
Journal, hardcover, blue, titled "The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book 1 (Kedah)" containing pencil notes and drawings. Notes from the archaeological survey of Kedah, Malaysia, including the drawing of the brick monuments in Sungai Buta, Bukit Penjera, the drawing of Ganesh, etc.
Wales Horace Geoffrey Quaritch 1900-1981 Archaeologist"Note. Gold Found while fishing at Batu Lintang River in Mukim Simpor In the Distrct of Kuala Muda" Typed letter, from Mohamed Sheriff bin Osman, Secretary to the State Council, date: 16/06/1914. The letter concerns a boy who found an ancient gold belt and sold it to the goldsmith. Unfortunately, the belt should have become Government property to be kept in the State treasury, but it had already been melted.
Mohamed Sheriff bin OsmanLetter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales congratulating him on receipt of a grant and hoping for success in his excavations, suggesting Kedah might be the most likely place. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 6 June 1937.
Winstedt Richard Olaf 1878-1966Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales concerning Quaritch Wales' excavation at Kedah. Handwritten letter, 2 sides, dated 24 February 1938.
Winstedt Richard Olaf 1878-1966Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, London, to Quaritch Wales, concerning the inscription on photographs that Quaritch Wales had sent which contain Buddhist text, dated roughly in the 6th century. Typed letter with handwritten mathematical annotations, 1 side, dated 25 February 1938.
British Museum Department of Coins and Medals London, EnglandCorrespondence regarding the excavation undertaken by Quaritch Wales in Kedah, Malaysia. 44 handwritten and typed letters.
Wales Horace Geoffrey Quaritch 1900-1981 ArchaeologistFive sets of correspondence concerning:
- Correspondence related to Quaritch Wales' time in Kedah
- Correspondence with Leonard J. Robbins
- Correspondence concerning the publication of Siamese State Ceremonies
- Correspondence concerning some photographs and a replica of a Siamese lion
- Correspondence with the Department of Fine Arts
Plaster cast of an inscribed clay tablet found at Kedah Site 2 with three faces bearing two lines of Sanskrit inscription. Further information can be found in the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1940, pp. 8-10 and Plate 8.