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The printed material consists of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837 and a copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848.

As Simon Digby notes, this small bound volume is an incomplete copy of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837. On the front cover is a label in Elliot's hand noting that is for his Glossary, and on the inside cover is his personal, named label. The volume has sporadic notes, presumably Elliot's, throughout.

Copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848. Simon Digby notes that it includes a description and reproduction of a copper-plate inscription from Nirmand. He also notes that this printed material is likely from the same source (Henry Miers Elliot) as the Devanagari documents in this same collection.

Within this series there are rubbings probably from inscriptions on copper plates, diagrams of agricultural tools and a hand-drawn map of Baiswara.

Large, bound volume containing rubbings of copper-plate Indian inscriptions. The front cover contains a label noting that the material belonged to Elliot, and an 'India Office Library' stamp. Other writing on the front with the dates 22nd April 1890 and August 1905, and the interior backing paper for the inscriptions which is watermarked 1858, would, however, suggest that the copper-plates were compiled posthumously.

The contents of the volume is a large number of copper-plate Indian inscriptions, some in Devanagari script, and others in South Indian scripts, possibly Tamil or Telugu - the languages are as yet undeciphered. Many of the inscriptions are copies of rectangular plates, all with circular hook-like shapes at their tops.

One note attached to two of the horizontal inscriptions states that they are copper-plate copies of Sasavanam (?), rewarding a grant by Tribhuvana Chakravarti in the temple of Thirupuvanam (Teruppuvanam) in the village of of Sivaganga, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu. Another note attached to a set of nine plates identifies them as again being Sasavanam(?) inscriptions at the same temple, Thirupuvanam, rewarding a grant to a village by Kulasekara Pandyan, a 13th-14th century king. The majority of plates in this volume do not, however, have English notes attached which identify them.

Twelve small copper-plate rubbings, complete with envelope, and numbered in pencil. The notes on the envelope state that the copper-plate inscriptions are to be headed 'Grant of the Pallava Dynasty'. A small note on the side of the envelope appears to read "sent to Bombay, July 24th". The inscriptions are in a South Indian script, probably Tamil, and have not yet been translated.

One rubbing of an inscription in Devanagari script, yet to be translated. The item could be a copy of a copper-plate, but this is not certain. Unfortunately, there are no notes accompanying the piece.

Included are five diagrams of various agricultural tools and machines, all of which are labelled. They are as follows:

• 1) A press
• 2) A cart
• 3) A plough
• 4) Parts of a plough, one noted as being at Varanasi (Benares).
• 5) An agricultural machine, with names of its parts inscribed in Persian.

A hand-drawn map of Baiswara, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which Simon Digby notes is named in Hindi, with one note in English by Elliot, appearing to state next to four names that "these are subdivisions of the Lokhandee (?) [caste?] throughout Baiswara". There is also another note in an Arabic script, probably Persian, on the reverse of the map.

Five bound volumes of mainly handwritten manuscripts which Henry Miers Elliot collected, copied or wrote in the course of his duties of extracts, reports and correspondence,