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Inscriptions from Swat. Photographer(s): Unknown
Catalogue reference: Photo 1358
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This record is about the Inscriptions from Swat. Photographer(s): Unknown dating from 1890s.
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- Photo 1358
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Title (The name of the record)
- Inscriptions from Swat. Photographer(s): Unknown
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Collection of 116 loose prints (the majority in multiple copies), of rock-carved inscriptions from the Swat Valley. The majority are published in M. A. Stein, Notes on new inscriptions discovered by Major Deane ('Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal', vol. 67, no. 1, 1898, pp. 1-19). Several are also reproduced in M. A. Stein, Notes on inscriptions from Udyana, presented by Major Deane ('Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society', 1899, pp. 895-903).
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British Library arrangement
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 116 items.
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Unrestricted. Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Loose albumen prints, various sizes
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Buhler, Three Buddhist inscriptions in Swat. Epigraphica Indica, vol. IV, 1896-97, pp. 133-135. M. A. Stein, Notes on new inscriptions discovered by Major Deane. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 67, Calcutta, 1898, pp. 1-19. M. A. Stein, Notes on inscriptions from Udyana, presented by Major Deane. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1899, pp. 895-903. M. A. Stein, An archaeological tour in Upper Swat and adjacent hill tracts. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, no. 42, Calcutta, 1930.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e228b7eb-4fd6-4bb8-a924-049c54758b1f/
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Inscriptions from Swat. Photographer(s): Unknown