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"Testimonials Library" Copies of extracts from Letters and Articles in praise of Hodgson's work including the Societé Asiatique de Paris, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Swainson's Ornithology, Delhi Gazette, Calcutta Englishman, Friend of India, and Professor O Shaughnessy. Handwritten, 6 sides, dated 1837-1844.

"Testimonials in favour of the Christian Vernacular Education Society for India". Printed leaflet bearing testimonials concerning the Society. Two copies, one of which Hodgson had annotated. Dated 1860.

"Testimonials 1840 & 41" Series of copies of extracts from letters concerning Hodgson's work and abilities particularly concerning his negotiations with the Nepal government. Handwritten, 6 sides, dated 1840-1841.

"Terminal Essay to the Thousand and One Nights by Sir Richard F. Burton." Privately printed 1890. “Puris omnia pura”. London: for private circulation only. Violet card cover with black lettering. No. 10 of 50 copies.

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.

The Programme for the Tenth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies held at the Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris from 23-26 August 1988, along with some abstracts and papers from the Conference. Some of these exist as individual items, others have been stapled together to create books of abstracts.

Correspondence and Bulletins concerned with the Tenth All-India Oriental Conference to be held at Osmania University, Hyderabad-Deccan, in December 1939.

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.

This item consists of four sheets of rubbings, each featuring Buddhist verses written in Chinese and Siddham characters, including such as the Breaking Hell mantra and the Nectar mantra. Based on the Chinese text, the inscription appears to be located in Tiankai Temple (天開寺), a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China and date to AD 1106 (the sixth year of the Liao dynasty).

An accompanying note identifies the item as ‘inscriptions at a temple 5 miles N. E. of Peking. A Dharani’ and records it as a donation by William W. Rockhill on 28 November 1893.

Each sheet measures approximately 33cm (w) x 90cm (h).

This sub-series includes pro-forma letters and notices to be sent to members concerning membership nomination, election and subscriptions.