The Papers of Dr R. B. Whitehead (1879-1967)
Scholar of Indian Numismatics
(1904-1990)

1

Allan, J, to RBW 4.1.1943

2

Allan, J, to RBW 4.3.1943

3

Allan, J, to RBW 15.6.1943

4

Allan, J to RBW 14.10.1943

5 (1-2)

Allan, J to RBW 25.11.1943

6

Allan, J to RBW 2.5.1944

7

Allan, J to RBW 5.6.1947

8

Allan, J to RBW 21.11.1947
(Abdagases coin query)

9

Allan, J to RBW 21.10.1950

10

Allan, J to RBW 4.12.1950

10A

Allan, M (wife of J Allan) to RBW 4.9.1955

11 (1-2)

Bartlett, R G to RBW 5.7.1955
(Soter Megas; unusual Kadphises coin)

12

Basham, A L to RBW 1.3.1949

13

Basham, A L to RBW 1.4.1949

14A (1-4)

Basham, A L to RBW 10.9.1951
(attached to a review by Basham,to be published in the Bulletin)

14B

Basham, A L to RBW 15.9.1951

15

RBW to Basham, A L 18.9.1951

16

Bellinger, A R to RBW 18.4.1960
(Monetary policy of Alexander)

17

Bivar, A D H to RBW 26.12.1951
(Hepthalite fragments; Tam and Eucratides soter)

18

Bivar, A D H to RBW 25.11.1952
(Zodiacal coin forgeries)

19

Bivar, A D H to RBW 1.1.1955
(French activities at Surx Kotal; a new Kushan inscription)

20

Bivar, A D H to RBW 6.4.1955

21 (1-3)

Bivar, A D H to RBW 31.1.1959
(Inaccuracies in book by Mme Allouche)

22A

Burn, R to RBW 24.9.1938

22B

Burn, R to RBW 27.10.1939

22C

Burn, R to RBW 16.1.1944

23

Burn, R to RBW 13.2.1944

24

Burn, R to RBW 26.3.1944

25

Fawcett, C to RBW 4.9.1947

26 (1-2)

Hargreaves, H to RBW 22.2.1933

27

Hargreaves, H to RBW 29.1.1946

28

Hargreaves, H to RBW 24.4.1953

29

Hargreaves, H to RBW n.d.

30

Hatfield, A C to RBW 3.11.1950

31 (1-3)

Haughton, H L to RBW 1.1.1942

32 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 7.10.1943

33 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 21.10.1943

34

Haughton, H L to RBW 3.8.?

35 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 24.8.?

36

Haughton, H L to RBW 23.10.1948

37

Haughton, H L to RBW 1.4.?

38 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 6.12.?

39 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 15.?

40 (1-3)RBW to

Haughton, H L 28.8.1951

41 (1-2)

Haughton, H L to RBW 30.8.[51]

42 (1-2)

Burne, R A (Haughton's Executor) to RBW 16.4.1957

43

RBW to Burne, R A 19.4.1957

44

Hess, F M to RBW 18.2.1962

45

Hodivala, S H to RBW (incomplete)10.3.1917

46

Hodivala, S H to RBW 12.3.1917

47 (1-2)

Hodivala, S H to RBW 25.2.1918

48

Hodivala, S H to RBW 4.9.1918

49

Hodivala, S H to RBW 2.6.1919

50

Hodivala, S H to RBW 20.12.1919

51

Hodivala, S H to RBW 3.1.1929

52

Hodivala, S H to RBW 3.3.1932

53

Irvine, A A to RBW 21.8.1937

54

Janert, K L to RBW 8.5.1962

55

Janert, K L to RBW 6.7.1962

56

Janert, K L to RBW 29.9.1962

57

RBW to Janert, K L 15.10.1962

58

Janert, K L to RBW 15.10.1962

59

Janert, K L to RBW 10.12.1962

(54-59 concerning rock crystal seal)

60 (1-2)

Jayarwal, K P to RBW 30.10.1913

61

Jayarwal, K P to RBW 6.11.1913

62

RBW to Jenkins, G K 22.4.1957

62A (4-7)

Jenkins, G K to RBW 9.11.1950

63

Johnston, C H to RBW 28.5.1939

64

Johnston, C H to RBW 22.12.1940

65 (1-7)

RBW to Johnston, C H n.d.

67 (1-2)

Khanghat(?), M P to RBW 15.2.1919

68 (1-2)

Khanghat(?), M P to RBW 10.5.1919

69 (1-2)

Khanghat(?), M P to RBW 10.5.1919

70

King, C to RBW? 12.1954

71

Marshall, J to RBW 7.7.1943

72

Marshall, J to RBW 16.11.1945

73

Marshall, J to RBW 28.2.1947

74

Marshall, J to RBW 12.3.1947

75

Marshall, J to RBW 9.4.1947

76

Marshall, J to RBW 19.4.1947

77

Marshall, J to RBW 20.5.1947

78

Marshall, J to RBW 16.6.1948

79

Marshall, J to RBW 12.7.1948

80

Marshall, J to RBW 22.7.?

81

Marshall, J to RBW 28.5.?

82

Marshall, J to RBW 19.8.1949

83 (1-3)

Marshall, J to RBW 3.7.1950

84 (1-2)

Marshall, J to RBW 5.9.?

85

Marshall, J to RBW n.d.

86 (1-2)

Mattingly, H to RBW 12.7.1945

87

Mattingly, H to RBW 13.7.1945

88

Mattingly, H to RBW 19.7.1945

89

Narain, A K to RBW 23.8.1961

90

Nevill, H K to RBW 3.3.1919

91

Nevill, H K to RBW 14.5.1934

92

Nevill, M to RBW 11.11.1939

93

Noe, S P to RBW 31.5.1960

94 (1-3)

Oldfield, B to RBW 28.3.1944
(including 2 poems by MEVC)

95

Oman, C W to RBW 3.1.1926

96

Paruck, F D J to RBW 13.2.1918

97

Paruck, F D J to RBW 13.4.1918

98 (1-4)

Paruck, F D J to RBW 2.1.1929

99

Pick, B to RBW 6.10.1928

100

Qadri, S S to RBW n.d.

101

Robinson, E S W to RBW 4.9.1951

102

Robinson, E S W to RBW 26.8.1952

103

Owston-Smith, W to RBW 20.12.1946

104 (1-2)

Seddon, C N to RBW 6.9.1947

105 (1-2)

Shortt, H De S to RBW 29.5.1946

105A

Shortt, H De S to RBW 3.7.1946

105B

Shortt, H De S to RBW 29.10.1947

106

Shortt, H De S to RBW 28.6.1948

107

Shortt, H De S to RBW 9.8.1948

108

Shortt, H De S to RBW 7.9.1948

109

Shortt, H De S to RBW 17.4.1950

110

Shortt, H De S to RBW 30.4.1958

111

Shortt, H De S to RBW 30.1.1962

112

Shortt, H De S to RBW 4.4.1962

113

Shortt, H De S to RBW 18.7.1962

114

Spear, T G P to RBW? 12.1937

115

Spear, T G P to RBW 8.7.1939

116

Stein, A to RBW 17.11.1918

117

Stein, A to RBW 30.6.1924

118

Streenivas, T to RBW 1.12.1919

119 (1-2)

Tarapore, P S to RBW 24.8.1951

120

Tarn, W W to RBW 29.12.1949

121

Not used

122

Thomas, F W to RBW 19.9.1942

123

Thomas, F W to RBW 26.2.1943

124 (1-2)

Thomas, F W to RBW 3.4.1943

125

Thomas, F W to RBW 1.6.1943

126

Thomas, F W to RBW 19.6.1943

127

Thomas, F W to RBW 30.8 1943

128

Thomas, F W to RBW 5.7.1944

129 (1-2)

Thomas, F W to RBW 33.9.1949

130

Thomas, F W to RBW 4.2.1952

131

Thompson, F C to RBW 18.5.1954

132 (1-3)

Thompson, F C to RBW 21.8.1958

133

RBW to Thompson, F C 18.8.1958

134

Thorburn, P to RBW 19.6.1943

135

Thorburn, P to RBW 17.12.1947

136

Thorburn, P to RBW 23.8.1951

136A (1-3)

Thorburn, P to RBW 11.9.1957

137

Vogel, J P to RBW 12.6.1939

138

Vogel, J P to RBW 9.9.1946

139

Vogel, J P to RBW 6.9.1947

140

Vogel, J P to RBW 23.1.1948

141 (1-2)

Vogel, J P to RBW 4.7.1949

142

Vogel, J P to RBW 24.11.1949

143

Vogel, J P to RBW 30.12.1949

144

Walker, J to RBW 30.5.1947

145

Walker, J to RBW 9.2.1953

146 (1-2)

Williamson, H S to RBW n.d.

147

Young, J to RBW?.7.1953

148 (1-2)

Allan, J to E J Rapson 21.5.1913

149 (1-7)

Allan, J to E J Rapson 3.7.1913
(with enclosure of Gupta catalogue)

150

Chhabra, B Ch to Vogel, J Ph 28.8.1950

151 (1-3)

Haughton, H L to Allan, J 23.12.1940

152

Haughton, H L to Allan, J 3.1.1942

153

Haughton, H L to Allan, J 7.5.1942

154 (1-2)

Rawlins, J P to Rapson, E J 23.11.1905
(with enclosure 'Ancient Coins found in the Hoshiarpur District')

155

Tatapotevala, D B to Nevill, H R 27.5.1930

156 (1-2)

Taylor, G P to Hotimala (?) 18.2.1918

157

Whitley & Co to Whitley, E 28.12.1956

158

Whitley to Whitan(?) 18.3.1945

159 (1-6)

Letter to RBW from H J Whitehead (brother, 'Harilda') concerning the wedding of RBW's nephew, J K Whithead & R E Trehearne enclosing 3 photographs of the wedding - 18.6.1945

160 (1-6)

Letters from J M Salter (née Burn) concerning her father's death & details of his life 26.7.1947 - 16.9.1947

161

Job description for Estates Bursar, Queen's College, Oxford 1928

162

RBW's obituary. Bivar, A D H, Compte Rendu, International Numismatic Commission, 14 (1967)

163 (1-9)

RBW's application for Litt.D. degree - 24.2.1940

164

Letters re Litt.D. application 6.3.1940 - 8.3.1940

165

Letter granting approval of Litt.D. - 11.6.1940

166 (1-3)

Letters of congratulation 12.6.1940 (x 2) - 16.6.1940

167 (1-2)

Newspaper cuttings announcing Litt.D. June 1940

168 (1-2)

Tailor's advertisement for Litt.D. robes

169

Note of thanks to RBW for gift of 3 vols on coins to St John's College Library

170

RBW to E A Sydenham. Thanks for the award of R.N.S. medal - 22.6.1940

171

Reprint from Proc. Royal Numismatic Society, 5th ser. 20 (1940), pp. 9,12-14, of speeches given at presentation of R.N.S. medal

172

Letter from International Numismatic Commission to RBW, inviting him to become honorary member

173

Rough copy C.V.

174

Marshall, J, Taxila in Times Literary Supplement 4.7.1952

175

Johnston, E H, The Saundarananda, 1922, in French, unnamed publication

176 (1-6)

Johnston, E H, The Saundarandanda of Asrghosa in J.R.A.S., April 1922(?)
Asiatica, Jan-Feb 1929
The Tablet, 4.10.1930

177

Johnston, E H, The Buddhacarita, Pt.II, 1936, in French, unnamed publication

178 (1-3)

Article on 'The Bactrian Greeks', D Schlumberger's excavations in Afghanistan, in Manchester Guardian, 31.1.1953

179

The Times, 29.6.1938, from J C Powell-Price, concerning Sir Leonard Woolley's report on archaeological prospects in India

180

Daily Telegraph, 13.12.1956, from L Pollock, concerning a visit to London by Liszt

181 (1-2)

Review of 'A Survey of Ancient Sites along the lost Sarasvati River' by A Stein, The Geographical Journal, April, 1942

182

Review of The Black Hole of Calcutta by S Amin Ahmad, Patna, The United Press, 1935

183 (1-11)

Paper. 'The So-called Sun-god of Multan'

184 (1-7)

Paper. 'Shansu-d-din Mahmud of Delhi'

185 (1-20)

Paper. 'Commentary on rare and unique coins'

186 (1-3)

'The coronation medal of the first king of Oudh'

187 (1-4)

Paper on the coins of Bedai Bakht

188 (1-5)

Incomplete paper on the Greeks and Indian currency

189 (1-10)

Martin, M F C. Second supplement to 'The Mint Towns of the Mughal Emperors of India', 1931

190 (1-8)

'Government and administration, social and economic conditions in the medieval Deccan'

191 (1-11)

Dani, A H., 'Did Ghiyathuddin Iwad, Khalji of Bengal, receive investiture from the Khalifah?' Read at the 3rd Pakistan History Conference, Dacca, 1953

192 (1-4)

1) 'Coins of the Greek invaders and their successors' (incomplete)

193 (1-16)

2) 'Indigenous monetary issues down to the Muhammedan invasion' (incomplete)

194 (1-10)

3) 'Coins of the Sultans of Delhi' (Possibly incomplete)

195 (1-10)

4) 'Coins of the Mughal Emperors of India' (possibly incomplete)

196 (1-5)

5) Talk on Indian society and beliefs (incomplete)

197 (1-6)

6) RBW's address to the Cambridge Numismatic Society, on election as President

198 (1-2)

List and comments on coins collected by Pandid Ratan Narain, 1888

199

Letter from S Bahadur Shah to RBW, 22.12.1914

200 (1-2)

Letter from J Robinson (Peabody Museum) to RBW, concerning Numismatic Society of India dues, 15.10.1919. With 1 draft attached

201 (1-5)

Letters from H Wood (American Numismatic Society) to RBW concerning Numismatic Society of India dues and the Durku collection of coins, 21.5.1917, 11.3.1918, 27.6.1919 and 16.10.1919

202 (1-29)

Notes by RBW for and about I H Qureshi concerning Qureshi's thesis. Reference to books and periodicals, 1937-38

203 (1-9)

Indian coins and seals

204 (1-28)

Mr L White King's coins

205 (1-10)

Notes on clay impressions of seals

206 (1-11)

Inscriptions on Gupta gold coins

207 (1-12)

Gold coins of uncertain attribution

208 (1-31)

Various notes on coins

209 (1-113)

Photographs and drawings of coins

210 (1-7)

Envelope labelled W W Skeat, containing notes on coins of the Malay Peninsula

211 (1-4)

Rubbings of coins

212 (1-46)

Envelope containing rubbings of coins "wanted by Mr Whitehead"

213

Postcard album containing sets of:
Coins of Syracuse
Italian medals of Pisanello and Pasti
Medallic works of Abraham and Thomas Simon

214

S N Gupta, Curator, Central Museum, Lahore to RBW concerning the Kasur find of coins, accompanied by a descriptive list

215 (1-16)

Programme: Conference on the date of Kanishka, 1960.
Rough notes on Kanishka.
Paper by RBW 'A few recollections' given at the Conference on the date of Kanishka, 1960

216

Letter, Basham, A L to RBW, 16.12.1960

217 (1-22)

Report on the Conference on the date of Kanishka

218 (1-11)

The chronology of the zodiacal coins

219 (1-2)

Zodiacal coins of the Emperor Jahangir

220 (1-12)

Photographs and plates of zodiacal coins, and notes on the plates

221 (1-7)

Lecture on portrait medals and zodiacal coins

222 (1-2)

Notes on Akbar and his son Salim (Jahangir)

223 (1-7)

Rough notes on the zodiacal coins

224 (1-105)

Various rough notes and a notebook. Some notes on coins of medieval India

225 (1-22)

Coins of Afghanistan

226

Letter, Kingsford, R J L (University Press, Cambridge) to RBW, 5.10.1951

227

Letter, Chatterjee, A C to R Burn, 14.1.1942

228 (1-88)

Manuscript, 'The Kingdoms of the extreme South', Prof. G Jouveau-Dubreuil

229 (1-20)

Manuscript, 'The Pallavas'. Earlier draft of part of 228

230 (1-4)

Manuscript, 'The ChÇlas'. Earlier draft of part of 228

231 (1-66)

Manuscript, 'Gujur~t, K~thi~w~r and Cutch'

232 (1-118)

Manuscript, 'The Kingdoms of the Deccan'. First part

233 (1-7)

Manuscript, pages 97a-97g, to be inserted into 232

234 (1-2)

Manuscript, 'The Kalachuris', draft of part of 232

235 (1-62)

Manuscript, 'The Kingdoms of the Deccan'. Second part

236 (1-6)

Notes on Indian history

237 (1-6)

Notes by RBW on Dr Guha's new classification of the existing races of India

238 (1-5)

Classical Sanskrit drama

239 (1-4)

Manu.

240 (1-10)

Vedas

241 (1-4)

Grammar

242 (1-3)

Atharva-veda

243 (1-5)

Jainism and Buddhism

244

Paper by E H Schuster, Balliol College, Oxford, c1936, on Charles Wilkins (Sanskrit scholar), in RBW's hand

245 (1-3)

Notebook 1, c.1935-1950.
Containing notes on:
Letters (Cunningham to Rapson); seals; notes on books and periodicals; coins; archaeoligical works; addresses; obituaries and assessments of fellow scholars, with two loose inserts.

246 (1-4)

Notebook 2, c.1950s-1960s.
Containing notes on:
Papers published in journals; coin hoards in Britain; comets; coins in the Ashmolean; coin finds in India, with 3 loose inserts.

247 (1)

Miscellaneous, rough notes on India, history, books, journals, coins and colleagues, some single, some in bundles.

248 (1-4)

Cloth bag, with seal attached, containing letter, and with paper wrappings.
Seal reads 'Rampur. Indian State. Alt 1259 (1843)'.
The letter says it is a gift to Prince Albert on the occasion of a visit. It speaks of problems in the State, of agriculture and disease.

249

Lloyds Bank Statement of Account 28.1.1940-12.3.1941

250

Lloyds Bank Statement of Account 12.3.1941-22.5.1941

251 (1-2)

Lloyds Bank income information for tax return 1953/54

252 (1-3)

Lloyds Bank income information for tax return 1955/56

253

Notes (not in RBW's hand) 'On the management of money'

254

HM Customs and Excise. Notice of imported goods by post concerning an ancient Indo-Greek silver coin 8.8.1947

255

Board of Trade. Application for import licence form. Unused.

256

RBW's rough notes for his Curriculum Vitae

257

;Notes on garden care

258

Tribute paid by RBW on occasion of John Allen's death at Royal Numismatic Society meeting 19.10.1955

259 (1-2)

Notes for a speech of introduction to Coin Day at Chester (undated)

260

Letter. Fairhaven to RBW re Antiquarian Societies finances. Notes on banking on reverse 26.7.1954

261 (1-2)

Letter. P & O and British India Companies to RBW re loss of 'Indus' in 1885 28.7.1949

262

Letter. RBW to Clarke (Director, FW Museum) re: purchase of ancient silver coins from W S Talbot collection by Fitzwilliam 1.8.1938

263

Letter. RBW (as Secretary of Numismatic Society of India) to Director General of Archaeology, Simla, re: Indian collections of antiquities, especially coins 15.3.1919

264

Royal Empire Society (Cambs Branch). Announcement of 8th annual October conference 29.10.1943-31.10.1943

265 (1-3)

Royal Asiatic Society Minutes 13.5.1943; 10.6.1943; 14.10.1963

266

National Numismatic Congress. Announcement of May 1953 meeting

267 (1-2)

Review of Naked fakir by R Bernays, Gollancz, 1931

268 (1-6)

Review of The Unity of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, Lindsay Drummond, 1941

269 (1-5)

Review of Southern India; its political and economic problems by G Slater, Allen & Unwin, no date

270 (1-13)

Paper. 'Coins or medals from Kurnãl, Codrington's enigma'. Read to the RNS 17.2.1960

271 (1-25)

Paper. 'Charles Masson, explorer and coin collector in Afghanistan, also known as James Lewis'

272 (1-8)

Rough notes on Akbar

273 (1-4)

Copies of letters from:
John Holland, Madras 31.1.1789
Major Palmer, Sindia's Camp 5.3.1788
Jonathon Scott to Warren Hastings, Netley 20.5.1789
Jonathon Scott to Warren Hastings, Aquab 30.12.1789
Major Wm Palmer to Warren Hastings, Muttra 29.10.1789

274 (1-6)

Incomplete notes for a lecture on the Khaniska legend

275 (1-6)

Notes on 'The religion and the religious policy of the Emperor Akbar'

276 (1-6)

Notes on 'History of India, c.150 AD to 350 AD' by K P Jayaswal in JBORS, 1933

277 (1-3)

Notes on 'The history of the decline of the Mogul empire' by Dow, v.II

278

Note from H W Bailey (to RBW?) re: 'The trees of the seven Buddhas' 7.10.1948

279 (1-6)

Notes on W W Tarn's Appendix 18

280

Letter. H W Bailey to RBW re: Tarn's work with further notes on reverse 13.8.1948

281 (1-6)

Notes on 'On the Greeks and Sakas in India' by L Bachhofer in Journal of the American Oriental Society, December 1941

282 (1-20)

Notes on 'The antiquities of Sind' by H Cousens in Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. XLVI, Calcutta, 1929

283 (1-12)

Notes on 'Coins and Indian history'

284 (1-3)

Notes on Sir John Marshall's Taxila

285 (1-44)

List and commentary on 359 coins, accompanied by a letter from John Marshall to RBW acknowledging receipt of the list and commentary on it 10.3.1944

286

Letter. Philip Thorburn to RBW, giving descriptions of the coins which accompanied it 29.2.1944

287 (1-16)

Commentary on rare and unique coins

288 (1-13)

Rough notes on coins in the BM

289 (1-5)

Notes on coins of Sophytes (Saubhãta)

290 (1-7)

Incomplete notes on Indo-Greek coins

291 (1-25)

Notes on zodiacal coins. (See also CM.MS Whitehead 218-223)

292 (1-14)

'Ancient India and the Greeks' (first lecture?)

293 (1-11)

'Ancient India and the Greeks' (second lecture). Incomplete

294 (1-6)

Paper on the Greeks in India

295 (1-11)

Notes on the Greeks in India

296

Demetrius in Soghdiana

297

Listing of medieval Hindu kingdoms of the Deccan, Carnatic and Mysore, c. AD 235-1318

298

Notes on Durrauis

299 (1-6)

D C Stear. Palaeographical and epigraphical evidence of Kanishka's date

300 (1-12)

Genealogical tables and notes on Indian dynasties

301 (1-2)

Review by W Ruben of Johnston's new edition of the Saundarananda, published in OLZ, No.10, 1929 (in German)

302 (1-21)

Notes on 'Chronologie et numismatique des Rois Indo-Scythes' by E Drouin in Revue Numismatique, 1888

303 (1-5)

Extracts from Bhagvanlal's notes on the Lion Capital

304 (1-7)

Notes on 'Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India' by Gardner

305 (1-6)

Notes on 'Loroastrian deities on Indo-Scythian coins' by M A Stein in Babylonian and Oriental (?) Record, August 1887

306

Review of 'General Index to the Reports of the Archaeological Survey of India', Vol I to XXIII, by V A Smith

307

Chronology of the study of Indian history through coins

308

Notes on Cunningham's 'Conjectural Table'

309 (1-2)

Notes on Seleucid titles on coins

310

Notes on the question of monograms

311 (1-7)

Brief notes

312

17 impressions in sealing wax of antique coins

313 (1-270)

Miscellaneous rough notes on India, coins, history, meetings and personal reminders