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GB 891 QW-QW/15
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Published
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8 items Printed and hand-drawn
Date(s)
- [1930 - 1980] (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1900-1981)
Biographical history
Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales was born in 1900 and educated at Charterhouse and Queen's College Cambridge. In 1924 he entered the service of the Siamese government and from 1924-1928 acted as an adviser to King Rama VI and King Rama VII. This led to the publication of _Siamese State Ceremonies_ (1931), and _Ancient Siamese Government and Administration_ (1934), this volume being translated into Thai in the same year. He married and with his wife, Dorothy, began extensive travel particularly in south and southeast Asia. During 1934-6 he served as field-director for the Greater India Research Committee, directing archaeological work on early Buddhist sites in Thailand. From 1937-1940 he and his wife undertook surveys and excavations in Malaya, particularly in the Kedah region. He published _The Making of Greater India_ (1951) and continued to publish books, articles and reviews throughout his career. He died in 1981.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
Plates and drawings made in preparation for publications. These are:
* Fig. 1 The Malay Peninsula (Scale 1:6 000 000), pencil and ink drawing.
* Fig. 2 The Isthmian tract, pencil and ink drawing
* Two maps of Malaysia, printed with annotations.
* Fig. 4 Part of the River Bujang, Kedah, and on reverse, Fig. 4. Plan of Kedah site 4. Printed with annotations.
* Fig. 5. Plan of Kedah Site 5, and on reverse, Fig. 6. Plan of Kedah Site 6. Printed with annotations.
* Fig. 6 Plan of Kedah Site 15, and on reverse, Fig. 12. Plan of Kedah Site 18. Printed with annotations.
* Fig. 8. Plan of Kedah Site 12, and on reverse, Fig. 14. Basement or plinth mouldings of sanctuaries. Printed with annotations.
* Part of Kedah, showing positions of the ancient sites, and on reverse, Fig. 1 Sketch map of Malaya. Printed with annotations.
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- English
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