Notebooks on India

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 SC2

Publication status

Published

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

12 notebooks handwritten

Date(s)

• [1900 - 1923] (Creation)

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The author of these notebooks is unknown. They contain no identifying material and the handwriting has not been identified.

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Archival history

It is unknown to whom these notebooks belonged.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

It is unknown how these notebooks came into the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. Some of the notebooks had been housed with the manuscript material of George Edward Fryer, but they do not belong to him. They are of a later date.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Twelve notebooks containing the author's notes on India, its religions and inscriptions, mainly extracts from, and comments upon, published authors' works.

System of arrangement

The material was divided according to the titles of the volumes thus: * SC2/1 - Hindu and Early Indian * SC2/2 - Indian Mahommedan * SC2/3 - Islamic * SC2/4 - Inscriptions * SC2/5 - Miscellaneous * SC2/6 - Buddhism

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. 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 made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID

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

Additional information

Description identifier

gb891-sc2

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