File RAS COLL3/6/2/6 - Letter from James Burgess

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GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/6-RAS COLL3/6/2-RAS COLL3/6/2/6

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Letter from James Burgess

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  • 3 November 1910 (Creation)

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Handwritten, 1 piece.

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Burgess James 1832-1916 Orientalist, archaeologist

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Letter from James Burgess to Miss Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the key to a box he has sent via rail. The box includes the Asoka Edicts, Shahbazgarhi Edicts, Mansahra Edicts and Cave inscriptions.

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