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Letter from Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti, Government Epigraphist for India, to Quaritch Wales referring to his letter dated 2/09/1938. It concerns the translation of the Buddhist Sanskrit inscription found during his excavation in Kedah comparing his views with those of Vogel (QW/6/1/16). Typed letter, 3 pieces, 3 sides, dated 28 October 1938.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum London, to Quaritch Wales concerning the rarity of the Sanskrit inscription. He asks if Wales chalked the inscription to make it reproduce more easily and whether that might account for the discrepancies. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 4 November 1938. With this letter is a copy of a reply by Quaritch Wales to say that he had used some white powder. However he will be bringing the inscription back at the end of January 1939. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 16 November 1938.

Letter from Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti, Government Epigraphist for India, to Quaritch Wales to thank Quaritch Wales for allowing him to keep the photographs of the Kedah records and to express his disappointment for his translation of the inscription. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 26 November 1938.

Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales in which he asks Quaritch Wales to write an article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. He further expresses his opinion concerning the descriptions of Gangga Nagara and Johore. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 10 December 1938.

Letter from Quaritch Wales to S.J. Johnstone, Imperial Institute, to ask his co-operation in undertaking certain laboratory tests on material from Wales' archaeological researches in Malaya. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 19 January 1939.

Letter from Quaritch Wales to B. Gray Esq., British Museum, to ask when it would be convenient to meet Dr. Plenderleith to bring him the sealed bronze casket excavated in Malaya. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 21 January 1939.

Letter from Sydney James Johnstone, Principal, Mineral Resources Department, Imperial Institute, to Quaritch Wales concerning his letter of 19/01/1939 (QW/6/1/25),and suggesting he meets Miss Lacy of Blumer & Bourne to get the information about the black beads. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 25 January 1939.

Copy of a letter from E.H.Johnston (Edward Hamilton Johnston) to John Allan, concerning a Chinese correspondent in Paris, Lin Li-Kouang, who has found a number of references in the Chinese translations which explain satisfactorily Quaritch Wales's Kedah inscription, some of which occur in texts of the Madhyamika school. He further elucidates various aspects of the inscription. Typed letter, 2 pieces, 2 sides, dated 31 January 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales suggesting the marks on the stone which Wales brought are not mason's marks. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 18 November 1938.

Letter from Sydney James Johnstone, Principal, Mineral Resources Department, Imperial Institute, to Quaritch Wales to send the results of the examination of the specimens from Malaya which Wales had left with them. Typed letter, 2 piece, 2 sides, dated 13 March 1939.