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Two essays submitted for the 1940 Prize Competition.

There are two prize winning essays belonging to N.A.D. Macrae and G.A. Cary.

There are copies of both of the prize-winning essays and the identifying documentation for each candidate.

"Essay Prize of the Royal Asiatic Society" - newspaper cutting from The Times newspaper to announce that the Universities Prize Essay is to be awarded to Miss D.A.L. Stede of Girton College. Printed material, dated 17 January 1935.

The original draft of 'Essay on the architecture of the Hindús' written by Ram Raz. The draft is incomplete beginning at page 13. With the draft is a letter from Horace Hayamn Wilson to Captain Henry Harkness, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in which Wilson thanks Harkness for sending a note written by Ram Raz concerning the date of the foundation of the Pandyan monarchy. Hayman is not convinced by Ram Raz's argument. This is dated 1 September 1835.

"British Application of the Aryan Theory of Race to India 1850-1870" - prize winning essay by Joan Leopold. Typed with handwritten annotations, 45 pages.

"The Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia" - prize-winning essay by David Shulman. Typed, 22 pages.

The 1934 prize-winning essay, "The Importance of the Physical features of India for the Understanding of her History" by "Honesta Obtinete", pseudonym for Dorothy A.L. Stede. Typed material, 28 pages with additional label page.

Essay - "The causes of the decay of the Mogul Empire" with identifier quotation, "We are all in difficulty, all in distraction, surrounded by a people; by a strange people. Memoirs of Babur." Typed manuscript, 16 pages + 2 hand-drawn maps. Also label page identifying it as the winning essay for 1935.

Essay - "The Portuguese in India" by Dennis Wood, University of Bristol. Typed manuscript, 48 pages plus a title page and hand-drawn map. With this essay is a handwritten title page with the candidate's tutor signature and a further note identifying this as the 1936 First Prize.