Fonds RR - Papers of Ram Raz

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RR

Title

Papers of Ram Raz

Date(s)

  • 1825 - 1835 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

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

Name of creator

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 ofread 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 isread 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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Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-rr

Archivist's note

These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.