Zona de identificação
Código de referência
GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/28
Título
Copy letter from Yumjao Singh to Christopher Gimson, 9 July 1937
Data(s)
- 9 July 1937 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Item
Dimensão e suporte
1 letter, 3 pieces
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
(1869-1943)
História biográfica
Yumjao Singh was in charge of the state printing press of Manipur. In the early 1930s, he worked as an assistant of William Pettigrew conducting research on archaic Manipuri.
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História do arquivo
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
Copy letter from Yumjao Singh to Christopher Gimson to say that the three folios from the Manipuri manuscript are part of a treatise on Shibika, a book on astrology. He writes about the classification of the work and about the subject. He further writes about the history of European arrival in Manipur and asks if Pettigrew could procure more information for him. Typed, dated 9 July 1937.