The material mainly consists of handwritten translations of Buddhist texts by Gogerly and others, handwritten Pali-English dictionaries, and later correspondence concerning their publication.

This is an offprint of Gogerly's translation of the Saccavibhaṅga sutta. Translated from Sinhalese as early as 1837 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The translation is presented on 3 long paper sheets, and includes many handwritted corrections and notes. The first publication of this work took place in 1840 in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Later reprinted in 1908, in London. The Saccavibhaṅga sutta belongs to the Mahā Pirit Pota ('The Great Book of Protection'), which is a Theravāda Buddhist text of rituals to be performed on particular occasions in Sri Lanka for spiritual and physical protection. 44cmX14cm.

The manuscript is an index for Gogerly's translation of the Sarasaṅgaha. Written by an unknown authour; date and place unknown. Contains a loose double sheet only. The text is written on the first page and is aligned in columns. The Sarasaṅgaha is known as a 'manual of dhamma', written by Siddhattha in the 13th century CE.

This is a printed version of the Sāsanavaṃsa-dīpaya text written in Sinhalese. The book was printed in 1903, in Sri Lanka. It has 160 uncut pages and a red paper cover. The Sāsanavaṃsa-dīpaya is a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, composed by the Burmese monk Paññāsāmi in 1861. It was originally written in Pāli prose, and is based on earlier documents in Pāli and Burmese. The cover is slightly fragile. Approx. 21.5cmX14.5cm.

The item is an original Gogerly manuscript of different suttas from the Dhammapada text, written in Sinhalese language. The Sinhalese text with notes and explanations in English occupies 20 pages, whereas the last 5 reversed pages of the notebook is a handwritten account of Gogerly's expenditures. The remaining 23 pages are left blank. Brownish paper, brown ink. Written in Sri Lanka, date unknown. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form (423 verses) and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya, a division of the Pāli Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, and was written around the 3rd century BCE. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. 21cmX15.7cm.

This is an index for Gogerly's translation of the Sutta-saṅgaha from the Mahāvagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka. The index is written by an unknown author and consists of a loose double sheet only (A4). Date and place unknown. The verses are listed in columns on the first and third pages.

This is 'Tajjaniya-kama, Culla vagga, Vinaya Pitaka' handwritten by Gogerly in the Sinhalese script, probably in Sri Lanka; date unknown. The manuscript consists of eight bound notebooks (16 pages each). Brown paper, brown ink. Approx. 22.2cmX14.5cm.

The notebook contains a fragment from Gogerly's tentative translation of the Brahmajāla-sutta. Transcribed by an unknown author, place and date unknown. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese. The text is 5 pages, the remaining 68 pages are left blank. The sutta discusses two main topics: 1) the elaboration of the Ten Precepts (Cūḷa-sīla), the Middle Precepts (Majjhima-sīla), and the Great Precepts (Mahā-sīla); 2) the 62 beliefs (diṭṭhi) which are devoutly practised by ascetics in India. Approx. 22cmX14cm.

The manuscript is a tentative Gogerly translation of the Thūpavaṃsa chronicle. Written in the middle of the 19th century in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Transcribed by an unknown author. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese. 37 loose sheets (pages 25-62); the other 12 sheets are missing. The text is written on one side; black ink. The translation is full of corrections and notes. The Thūpavaṃsa narrates the history of the relics of Śākyamuni Buddha, and contains a rich depiction of the institutionalisation of the Buddha-Śāsana in Ceylon during the reigns of kings Aśoka and Devanampiyatissa, as well as the construction of relic monuments by the later king Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. The central focus of this work concerns the variety of relics associated with the historical Buddha, particularly how the relics were acquired and the presumed benefits of venerating them. 32cmX20cm.

A single loose sheet with a note in the left upper corner 'Complete English Translation of Pāli Thūpavaṃsa.' Possibly written in Gogerly's hand; around 1850 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon).