Translation by an unknown Indian of the so-called `Chach-Namah' describing the Muslim invasions of Sind. A fuller version is given in H.M. Elliot, `History of India as told by its own Historians', (London 1867-75), vol i, p131.
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Translation by an unknown Indian of the so-called `Chach-Namah' describing the Muslim invasions of Sind. A fuller version is given in H.M. Elliot, `History of India as told by its own Historians', (London 1867-75), vol i, p131. Dated as: no date
Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study Hindu religion, the Christian Churches, and the Eastern Jews. Mostly published in his `Memoirs...', vol ii, pt ii (London 1819).
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Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study H...
List of contents, compiled c1810, of 27 volumes of extracts of East India Company documents, dated 1609-1762, with an index, compiled c1822, mainly detailing material on Bantam, Achin, Benkulen, Banjermasin, Thailand and Japan. (The original 27 volumes are no longer extant).
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List of contents, compiled c1810, of 27 volumes of extracts of East India Company documents, dated 1609-1762, with an index, compiled c1822, mainly detailing material on Bantam, Achin, Benkulen, Banjermasin, Thailand and Japan. (The original 27 volumes are no longer extant).
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
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Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Sanskrit vocabulary from `a' to `au' apparently by, or corrected by, Sir Charles Wilkins (c1749-1836), oriental scholar, East India Company servant, Bengal 1770-86, Librarian of the East India Company Library 1801-36.
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Sanskrit vocabulary from `a' to `au' apparently by, or corrected by, Sir Charles Wilkins (c1749-1836), oriental scholar, East India Company servant, Bengal 1770-86, Librarian of the East India Company Library 1801-36. Dated as: no date
Notes on the reform of land registration in Ceylon possibly compiled by Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849), judge and administrator in Ceylon 1799-1819, for the Governor.
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Notes on the reform of land registration in Ceylon possibly compiled by Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849), judge and administrator in Ceylon 1799-1819, for the Governor. Dated as: no date
`Brata Yud'ha or Holy War': manuscript English verse rendering by Rev Thomas Raffles (1788-1863) of the Javanese national poem, based on a literal translation by Sir Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16. See the latter's `History of Java' (London 1817), vol i, pp 410-68 for an analysis of the `Brata Yudha'.
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`Brata Yud'ha or Holy War': manuscript English verse rendering by Rev Thomas Raffles (1788-1863) of the Javanese national poem, based on a literal translation by Sir Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16. See the latter's `History of Java' (London 1817), vol i, pp 410-68 for an an...
Bibliography of Hindu works extant in Malabar comprising 181 entries relating principally to the Puranas, epic episodes, astrology, medicine, etc, compiled by Col (later Brig-Gen) Alexander Walker (1764-1831), Bombay Army 1782-1812, served in Malabar 1797-1800, and sent by him in 1819 to Sir Charles Wilkins, Librarian of the East India Company Library.
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Bibliography of Hindu works extant in Malabar comprising 181 entries relating principally to the Puranas, epic episodes, astrology, medicine, etc, compiled by Col (later Brig-Gen) Alexander Walker (1764-1831), Bombay Army 1782-1812, served in Malabar 1797-1800, and sent by him in 1819 to Sir Char...
Lists of botanical, mineral and zoological specimens made during the mission to Siam 1821-22 by George Finlayson (1790-1823), Assistant Surgeon, 8th Light Dragoons, surgeon and naturalist to the Mission. Cf `The Mission to Siam.... from the journals of the late George Finlayson' (London 1826).
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Lists of botanical, mineral and zoological specimens made during the mission to Siam 1821-22 by George Finlayson (1790-1823), Assistant Surgeon, 8th Light Dragoons, surgeon and naturalist to the Mission. Cf `The Mission to Siam.... from the journals of the late George Finlayson' (London 1826).