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Date(s)
- 1825 - 1835 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 files handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ram Raz was born in Tanjore in 1790. He mastered English while working as a clerk with the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Madras Native Infantry Regiment. He then became a vakil. Around 1815 he was a clerk in the office of the English Military Auditor General.… read more
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Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
The papers were written by Ram Raz and given to Richard Clarke who sent them to the Royal Asiatic Society.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Essay was received by the Society in July 1832 and the 'Translation of a Hukamnamah' was received on 26 May 1834.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Papers of Ram Raz contain an incomplete draft of his Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus with an associated letter from H.H. Wilson to Captain Harkness, Royal Asiatic Society. The papers also contain a 'Translation of a Hukamnamah or a Code of… read more
System of arrangement
The material was divided into two files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is… read more
Conditions governing reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The drawings commissioned by Ram Raz, to go alongside his Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus, form part of the Collections (Head. Cat. No. 034). These also include further drawings related to the fifty-two columns of Tirumal Nayak's palace at Madura.
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Subject access points
Name access points
- Ram Raz 1790-1833 (Subject)
- Horace Hayman Wilson 1786-1860 (Subject)
- Clarke Richard (Subject)
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Archivist's note
These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.