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Letter from Barbara Ingham to Professor Tripathi

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Reference code

GB 891 BI-BI/5-BI/5/7-BI/5/7/3

Publication status

Published

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

Two sheets, A4 carbon copy

Date(s)

  • 18 July [1981] (Creation)

Context area

Name of creator

(1914-1998)

Biographical history

Barbara Ingham became interested in India and made several visits to the country in the 1970s and 1980s. She also became involved in the Rural Life Programme.

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Copy of a letter from Barbara Ingham to Professor Tripathi in which she gives praise for the book "The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa". She also gives descriptions of items deemed to be of interest to Prof. Tripathi, discovered by Barbara Ingham whilst in Charda including statues of icons with names unknown to Barbara Ingham. She asks whether Prof. Tripathi would want pictures of said items and if Prof. Tripathi wants contact information for a heritage keeper of a temple in Charda.

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gb 891-bi/5/7/3
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