SC2
Notebooks on India
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
12 notebooks
handwritten
The author of these notebooks is unknown. They contain no identifying material and the handwriting has not been identified.
Twelve notebooks containing the author's notes on India, its religions and inscriptions, mainly extracts from, and comments upon, published authors' works.
The material was divided according to the titles of the volumes thus:
- SC2/1 - Hindu and Early Indian
- SC2/2 - Indian Mahommedan
- SC2/3 - Islamic
- SC2/4 - Inscriptions
- SC2/5 - Miscellaneous
- SC2/6 - Buddhism
It would appear these notebooks were once part of a larger collection as not all volumes are present in particular sets.
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.
It is unknown to whom these notebooks belonged.
It is unknown how these notebooks came into the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. Some of the notebooks had been housed with the manuscript material of George Edward Fryer, but they do not belong to him. They are of a later date.
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Buddhism
Inscriptions - Ancient
Hinduism
Islam
Hume
Robert Ernest
1877-1948
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
SC2/1
Hindu and Early Indian
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
Five notebooks
handwritten
Five notebooks labelled "Hindu and Early Indian" containing notes regarding the Hindu religion and Indian culture. It would seem that this was at some time a larger collection as Volume II is absent. They are:
- Hindu and Early Indian Vol I - containing notes on royalty and the law taken from sources such as Elliot's History of India, Tod's Annals, Hearn
- Hindu and Early Indian Vol III - notes taken from sources such as Hopkins, Fick and Senart
- Hindu and Early Indian Vol IV - notes taken from sources such as Senart and Formichi
- Hindu and Early Indian Vol V - notes taken from sources such as Fry, Jolly, Hunter, Uyavahav, Mayutha
- Hindu and Early Indian Vol VI - notes taken from sources such as Jolly, Weber, Baden Powell, Lyall, Zimmer, McGrindle and Yule's Marco Polo
Hinduism
SC2/2
Indian Mahommedan
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
2 notebooks
handwritten
Two notebooks on entitled "Indian Mohammedan" containing notes on Islamic culture in India. They are:
- Indian Mohammedan Vol I - containing notes from sources such as Elliot's History of India, Blockmann
- Indian Mohammedan Vol II - containing notes from sources such as Elliot's History of India, Sir A. Lyall
Islam
SC2/3
Islamic
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
2 notebooks
handwritten
Two notebooks labelled "Islamic". They are:
- Islamic Vol I: Ottoman and Seljukian - containing notes from sources such as Tableau [Senvial] de l'Empire Ottoman, Paris 1787, D'Ohsson, Schifer, Elliot. Pasted into the notebook is the article - Ottoman Administration - a review of "Droit Public et Administratif de l'Empire Ottoman" by A. Heidborn.
- Islamic Vol II - containing notes from sources such as Kremer, Goldziher, Amin Ali. Within the volume is a loose newspaper cutting from The Pioneer for 29 April 1910, with an article entitled "Turks and Arabs".
Islam
SC2/4
Inscriptions
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
1 notebook
handwritten
A single volume entitled "Inscriptions" containing notes from sources such as the Archaeological Survey of India and the Epigraphia Indica. The cover is loose from the contents.
Inscriptions - Ancient
SC2/5
Miscellaneous
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
1 notebook
handwritten
A single volume entitled "Miscellaneous Vol II". This would suggest it had been part of a larger collection. It contains notes from sources such as Gibbon, Historia Shaahiludii of Dr Hyde, Schifer, Aristotle's Principles of Economics. Three foolscap loose sheets are inserted into the volume containing notes on rights.
SC2/6
Buddhism
[1900 - 1923]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
English
1 notebook + 4 pamphlets
handwritten + printed material
An unlabelled notebook whose notes seem to principally be on Buddhism taken from sources such as Max Muller, Kern, Dr Sridhar V. Ketkan, Pramathanath Banerjee. Inserted in the back of the notebook are 4 printed pamphlets. These are:
- India's Early Religious History by Robert Ernest Hume, Outlines of a course of lectures at the University of Panjab, December 1923
- Lecture II: The Priestly Hinduism of the Brahmanas (-800 B.C.)
- Lecture III: The First Off-shoots of Hinduism: Jainism
- Lecture IV: Legalistic Hinduism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Hume
Robert Ernest
1877-1948