Papers of F.E. Pargiter

Collection Level Description: Papers of F.E. Pargiter

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1200-3, e. 1317
Title: Papers of F.E. Pargiter
Dates of Creation: Early 20th cent.
Extent: 5 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Frederick Eden Pargiter (1852-1927) was an Orientalist. Details are given in Who Was Who.

Scope and Content

Papers of F.E. Pargieter, consisting of:

Four volumes of notes and extracts from printed works, for use in Pargiter's work The Purãna text of the dynasties of the Kali age (London, 1913)
Fair copy of an unpublished work by Pargiter entitled 'Ancient Indian religious tradition', with notes and essays, c. 1922-3

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were transferred from the Indian Institute in 1975.

Access Conditions

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Further Information

Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45663-7.

Access Points

Religion | India

Pargiter | Frederick Eden | 1852-1927 | Orientalist

India | History

India | Kings and rulers

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