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Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales concerning the inscription Wales had brought to him and that it contains the common Buddhist formula 'Ye dharmā hetuprabhava etc'. He has not identified the first line yet. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 4 March 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, to Quaritch Wales, to clarify the first line of the inscription which contains the Buddhist creed 'ye dharmā hetuprabhava' in that the engraver omitted three words. The date of this inscription is the 4th century. The alphabet is Pallava rather than Gupta. Typed letter, 2 sides, dated 7 March 1939.

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum to Quaritch Wales concerning an unclear inscription which Allan cannot decipher. Typed letter, one side, dated 17 March 1939.

Letter from Bluett & Sons to Quaritch Wales concerning the examination and identification of fragments of blue and white porcelain. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 10 May 1939.

Letter from Sydney James Johnstone, Principal, Mineral Resources Department, Imperial Institute, to Quaritch Wales concerning the results from the examination of glass specimens and of one group of the bronze specimens. However, the remaining 14 specimens are still under examination and the results will be sent as soon as possible. Typed letter, 2 pieces, 2 sides, dated 31 May 1939.

Letter from Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti, Government Epigraphist for India, to Quaritch Wales concerning the translation of the inscriptions on the metal discs. The script of the records is South Indian and the language is Sanskrit. He adds that the question for further study is whether these discs were put in the foundation in the same way as the stone tablet or if they belonged to images to which they might have been attached as labels, Typed letter, 2 sides, 2 pages, dated 28 June 1939.

Letter from Sydney James Johnstone, Principal, Mineral Resources Department, Imperial Institute, to Quaritch Wales. concerning the results of the examination of the remaning 14 bronze specimens which Wales had left with them. Typed letter, 2 sides, 2 pieces, dated 22 June 1939.

Letter from W.O.R. Wynn, Vice-Principal, Mineral Resources Department, Imperial Institute, to Quaritch Wales. concerning the results of the identification of the four gemstones which Wales had left with them. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 20 July 1939.

Letter from W. Perceval Yetts to Quaritch Wales concerning illustrations for a report and to enclose a photograph of the inked squeeze which Wales will probably not want to use. Typed letter, 1 side, dated 22 July 1939.

Letter from Jean Philippe Vogel to Quaritch Wales concerning the identification of the inscriptions sent by Quaritch Wales. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 24 July 1939.