Milton (Miltiades) Spyrou Papers

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Collection Number: GR ASCA GL MS 141
Name(s) of Creator(s): Milton (Miltiades) Spyrou (1934-2019)
Title: Milton Spyrou Papers
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Language(s): English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift of Arthur Spyrou, 2023
Information about Access: The collection is available for research.
Cite as: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archives, Milton Spyrou Papers (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Τμήμα Αρχείων, Αρχείο Milton Spyrou)
Notes: This collection was catalogued by Alexis Malliaris, 2024

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE - ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ

Miltiades Ath. Spyrou was born in Komotini in 1934 and completed his secondary education at the New Philadelphia (Attica) High School. He completed his military service in the Navy, he obtained a Diploma of Radio Officer of the Merchant Navy, with which he served for four years abroad. During one of his trips to Calcutta, he was impressed by the culture of India and decided to study it more systematically and extensively. He earned his first B.A. degree in Western and Indian Philosophy from the Rabindranath’s Vishva Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, while also taking courses in the Sanskrit language and literature at the Sanskrit College in Calcutta. H obtained M.A. degrees in philosophy from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, as well as Indian philosophy and religion from Benares Hindu University in 1966 in Varanasi (Benares). In March 1971 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy by Benares Hindu University successfully completing his thesis on “Eudaemonistic Trends in Indian Philosophy” for which he was awarded the “Narasingh Prasad Hari Prasad Buch Metaphysics Prize”, first given to a European citizen. He received scholarships from both the Greek Government (1968-1971) and the Ford Foundation (1963-1964). He spoke English, French, Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit.

Returning to Greece, he served in the Greek National Tourism Organization for 24 years, including his tenure as Director of the Organization’s offices in Australia and New Zealand from 1975 to 1996. He was also a member of the Institute for International Studies in Heidelberg. Throughout his service, he continued to engage in the study of Indian philosophy and Greek Indian studies to which he devoted himself fully after his retirement. Working independently and with private resources, he continued his research and writing work with his wife Kate and his son Arthur (Athanasios) by his side. In the last years, his research project focused mainly on the Greek Community of Bengal and on the Greek Indologist Dimitrios Galanos, for which he regularly traveled to Calcutta, Dhaka, Varanasi, New Delhi and London to collect valuable material from the archives and local newspapers of the time. M. Spyrou died in Athens in 2019.

The 2,000 books of Indological content that he collected throughout his life were donated to the National Library of Greece by his son, Athanasios Spyrou, who was appointed to Athens as Australia’s Ambassador in December 2019, three months after the death of M. Spyrou. The voluminous archive of M. Spyrou was donated to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens by his son A. Spyrou in 2023.

From: https://elinepa.org/miltiadis-spyrou/

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Το Αρχείο Μ. Σπύρου δωρήθηκε στην Αμερικανική Σχολή το έτος 2023 από τον γιο του Μ. Σπύρου, τον Αθανάσιο (Arthur) Σπύρου, ο οποίος από το έτος 2019, διετέλεσε πρεσβευτής της Αυστραλίας στην Ελλάδα.

Το Αρχείο περιλαμβάνει τέσσερις ενότητες.

Series I: The Greeks in India. Σε 19 φακέλους καταχωρίσθηκε υλικό το οποίο αφορά την παρουσία, εγκατάσταση και δράση των Ελλήνων στην Ινδία από το τέλος του 18ου αιώνα μέχρι σήμερα. Βιβλιογραφικά και αρχειακά τεκμήρια για την ίδρυση της πρώτης ελληνικής κοινότητας στη Καλκούτα, καθώς και στην Dhaka (του σημερινού Μπαγκλαντές), οικογενειακή ιστορία των πρώτων εγκατεστημένων Ελλήνων και της οικογένειας Panioty, και άλλων Ελλήνων περιλαμβάνονται στην ενότητα. Σημαντικό μέρος του υλικού αφορά στην ίδρυση της Ελληνορθόδοξης εκκλησίας της Μεταμορφώσεως στην Καλκούτα και τη λειτουργία της με τα καταστατικά και τα Πρακτικά αυτής, καθώς και στη μετέπειτα ιστορία του ναού μέχρι σήμερα, όπως επίσης καταγραφές και φωτογραφίες των τάφων Ελλήνων. Στην ενότητα περιλαμβάνεται ιδιαίτερης αξίας και σημασίας πρωτότυπο υλικό με διαθήκες Ελλήνων της Καλκούτας από τα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα μέχρι το 1875, όπως και ιστορική εργασία του Μ. Σπύρου για τις διαθήκες.

Series II: The Indologist Demetrios Galanos. Στους φακέλους 20 ώς 32 περιλαμβάνονται προσωπικά έγγραφα του πρώτου Έλληνα ινδολόγου Δ. Γαλανού (1760 – 1833), η ζωή, η δράση και οι μελέτες του. Αντίγραφα των εκδόσεων στην ελληνική γλώσσα ινδικών έργων, αντίγραφα από τα άρθρα του (υπό το ψευδώνυμο Φιλάνθρωπος) σε αγγλόφωνες εφημερίδες της Ινδίας, η εκδοθείσα ιστορική εργασία του Μ. Σπύρου περί του Δ. Γαλανού, καθώς επίσης και αντίγραφο του χειρογράφου αναφορικά με το ταξίδι του Πανταλέοντος Γαλανού (Pantaleon Galanos), ανεψιού του ινδολόγου, στη Ινδία το έτος 1817, όπως και εργασία του Μ. Σπύρου περί του P. Galanos.

Series III: History of British India. Στους φακέλους 33 ώς 45 καταχωρούνται βιβλία και βιβλιογραφία με σημειώσεις περί της ιστορίας της Ινδίας κατά τη Βρετανική κυριαρχία, των πόλεων Καλκούτας και Dhaka, της ινδικής θρησκείας, φιλοσοφίας, ποίησης και πολιτισμού. Επίσης βιβλία περιηγητών με περιγραφές ταξιδίων στην Ινδία από τα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα μέχρι τον 20ό, παλαιοί ιστορικοί χάρτες της Ινδίας και αλληλογραφία του Μ. Σπύρου με Ινδούς καθηγητές.

Series IV: Indian newspapers about the Greek Revolution and the Greek Captain Nikolas Kefalas. Στους φακέλους 46 ώς 54 ευρίσκονται αντίγραφα ινδικών αγγλόφωνων εφημερίδων του 19ου αιώνα με άρθρα αναφερόμενα κυρίως στην Ελληνική Επανάσταση, καθώς και στο μεταγενέστερο ελληνικό κράτος ώς τα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα. Επίσης, αντίγραφα ινδικών αγγλόφωνων εφημερίδων με άρθρα σχετικά με τον Καπετάν Νικόλαο Κεφαλά, απεσταλμένο στην ελληνική κοινότητα Καλκούτας των επαναστατημένων Ελλήνων προς διενέργεια εράνου υπέρ της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης. Ακόμα, στην ενότητα αυτή καταχωρείται αντίγραφο της συγγραφής του Ν. Κεφαλά για το ταξίδι του στην Ινδία το έτος 1824 και μεταφράσεις του. Τέλος, περιέχονται βιβλιογραφικά δελτία των ερευνών του Μ. Σπύρου, μικροφίλμς, διαφάνειες, CD και εξωτερικός σκληρός δίσκος όπου αποθηκεύονται τα τεκμήρια του M.Spyrou Papers.

CΟΝΤΕΝΤ - ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ

SERIES I: The Greeks in India

BOX 1

Folder 1: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): George Woodcock, The Greeks in India, London 1996, Peter Green, Alexander der Grosse. Mensch oder mythos, (απόδοση στα ελληνικά).
Folder 2: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): Calvin W. Mcewan, The oriental origin of Hellenistic kingship, Demetrios Vassiliades, Traditional views about the origin of Yavanas, Puri Baijnath, India in classical Greek writings, Οι Έλληνες στην Κεντρική Ασία και Ινδία.
Folder 3: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): India in Greece.
Folder 4: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): On the Laws and Law-books of the Armenians by Johannes Avdali, Journal of the Asiatic Society (references to Greeks).
Folder 5: Name-List of Greeks in India. Handwritten notes and printed text about the Greeks in India.

BOX 2

Folder 1: Handwritten notes and printed bibliography about the Greeks in India.
Folder 2: Printed texts entitled Προς μια Ελληνική αποικία στη Ινδία and Οι σημαντικότερες προσωπικότητες της Ελληνικής Κοινότητας της Ινδίας κατά τη πρώτη περίοδο εποικισμού 1750-1850, handwritten notes of bibliography.
Folder 3: Handwritten notes about the Greeks in India.
Folder 4: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): C.M. Woodhouse, The Philhellenes; Jon and Rumer Godden, Indian Sun; Rumer Godden, Bengal Journey; Rumer Godden, Breakfast with the Nikolides.
Folder 5: Bibliography about the Greeks in India (in photocopies): History of colonization from the West, Dardalis, Greeks in the Far Orient, correspondence by M. Spyrou.
Folder 6: Printed texts about Europeans in India, Οι Έλληνες στην Ινδία, bibliography.

BOX 3
Folder 1: Handwritten notes, printed texts by M. Spyrou and correspondence about Greeks in India.
Folder 2: Handwritten notes, printed texts by M. Spyrou about Greeks in India, name-list of Greeks in India.
Folder 3: Printed texts by M. Spyrou: Προς μια ελληνική αποικία στην Ινδία, Hellenism in British India, Τα αίτια της εξαφανίσεως των Ελλήνων της Ινδίας. D. Vassiliades, The Greeks in India. A survey in Philosophical Understanding.
Folder 4: Documents from Archives (in photocopies) about the Greek merchants in India, List of the Greek salt merchants in Bengal, 18^th – 19^th c.
Folder 5: Registration of Greeks (name, surname, profession, address), from December 1931 to 1977, Greek Consulate at Bombay.
Folder 6: Documents (in photocopies) from High Court of Bombay concerning the will of the late A. Raptakos, 1983.

BOX 4
Folder 1: Chronological lists about the Indian history and handwritten notes.
Folder 2: Proclamations of British authorities in India related to Greeks (archival material in photocopies), 19^th c.

BOX 5
Folder 1: Text in Greek written by M. Spyrou regarding the founder of the Greek Community in Calcutta, Alexander Argyry Panioty from Filippoupolis (Bulgaria, Plovdiv), end of the 18^th c. and about Demetrius Emmanuel Panioty (1830-1895), officer of the British India.
Folder 2: Bibliography in photocopies about the Panioty family.
Folder 3: Handwritten text about the Panioty family in India.
Folder 4: Text in Greek about members of the Panioty family and especially about Demetrius Panioty.
Folder 5: Handwritten text (in photocopies) about the Panioty family and their relatives. Photos of the Panioty’s monument in Calcutta. Transcription of the Panioty’s funeral inscription.

BOX 6
Folder 1: Bibliography about the city of Dacca in British India (Dhaka of Bangladesh): chapters of history of Dacca in photocopies.
Folder 2: Bibliography about the city of Dacca in British India (Dhaka of Bangladesh): handwritten notes, lists of bibliography, and chapters of books in photocopies.
Folder 3: Bibliography about the city of Dacca in British India (Dhaka of Bangladesh): chapters of history of Dacca in photocopies.
Folder 4: Slides from Dacca’ Archives and CDs.

BOX 7
Folder 1: Bibliography and notes about the Greeks in Dacca and the Greek Church in Dacca.
Folder 2: Archival material and notes about the Greeks in Dacca in photocopies.

BOX 8
Folder 1: The Greek Church in Calcutta: bibliography, newspaperclippings and notes about the estasblishment of the Greek Church at the end of the 18^th c., the relations with te Sinai Monastery in Egypt.
Folder 2: Bibliography and notes about the Greek Church in Calcutta.
Folder 3: Notes and information about the Greek priests in Calcutta and Dacca.
Folder 4: Description of the Greek Church in Calcutta, plans of the Church indicating also the Greek graves, name-lists of the members, topobooklets with the Regulations (Καταστατικά) of the Church (1857, 1891, 1908, 1935).
Folder 5: archival material in photocopies (and slides) about the financial status of the Greek Church in Clacutta (19^th c.), the property of the Church, the will of Anna Robeireo (1785).

BOX 9
Folder 1: Transcriptions of documents (end of 18^th c.) concerning the foundation of the Greek Church in Calcutta, photocopies and photos of the original documents.
Folder 2: Photocopies of documents of the Greek Church about baptisms, marriages and deaths (19^th c – 1966).
Folder 3: Bibliography, notes and photocopies of documents about the Armenian Church, the oldest Christian Church in India.
Folder 4: Registration of deaths, concerning the Greeks of India, from bibliography and the cemeteries of India, 19^th c.
Folder 5: photocopies of documents about the deaths of Greeks in India, 19^th c.

BOX 10
Folder 1: Correspondence of the Greek diplomacy in India, M. Spyrou and others regarding the Greek Church in India, 20^th c.
Folder 2: Correspondence (second half of the 20^th c.), index of ecclesiastical artefacts of the Greek Church in Calcutta, name-list of members of the Greek Community in Calcutta (1913-1932).

BOX 11
Folder 1: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about the life of the orthodox priest of the Greek Church in Calcutta f. Constantinos Parthenios (end of the 18^th c.).
Folder 2: A printed text by M. Spyrou about the life of the orthodox priest in Calcutta f. Constantinos Parthenios.
Folder 3: A complete copy of the printed text by M. Spyrou about the life of the orthodox priest in Calcutta f. Constantinos Parthenios.
Folder 4: Documents of the British Administration in India about the orthodox priest in Calcutta f. Constantinos Parthenios.
Folder 5: A printed text by M. Spyrou about the life of the orthodox priest in Calcutta f. Constantinos Parthenios, his will and notes regarding his personality.

ΒΟΧ 12
Folder 1: Documents about the priest of the Greek Church in Calcutta f. Athanasios Alexiou (first half of the 20^th c.).
Folder 2: Documents about the priest of the Greek Church in Calcutta f. Ignatios Sennis (second half of the 20th c.).
Folder 3: Documents about the priest of the Greek Church in Calcutta f. Konstantinos Adamou from Cyprus (second half of the 20^th c.).
Folder 4: Documents about the Greek Orthodox missionary in India and photos of the f. Athanasios Anthidis (second half of the 20^th c.).
Folder 5: Documents about the priest of the Greek Church in Calcutta f. Konstantinos Chalvatzakis and his printed works on India (second half of the 20^th c.).

BOX 13
Folder 1: The wills of the Greeks in India: inventories, name-lists and dates (19^th – 20^th c.).
Folder 2: The wills of the Greeks in India: handwritten notes by M. Spyrou, name-lists from Register of marriages of the Greek Church in Calcutta and from the Register of children born by Greek citizens in Calcutta (from the Greek consulate in Calcutta, 20^th c.).
Folder 3: The wills of the Greeks in India: handwritten notes and texts by M. Spyrou concerning the wills of the Greeks in India.
Folder 4: The wills of the Greeks in India: handwritten notes by M. Spyrou and photocopies of Greek wills in English form British Library.

BOX 14
Folder 1: The wills of the Greeks in India: photos of handwritten wills in Greek: Ιωάννης του ποτέ Παπανικολάκη (1767), Αντώνης Γεωργίου Χατζηαντώνογλους (1767), Μάρκος του Μανώλη (1771), Κυριάκος Μαυρουδής (1775), Νικόλαος Ιωάννου Μούτζιου (1776), Χρόνης Ιωάννου Μουσκιώτης ((178?). A name-list of willers.
Folder 2: The wills of the Greeks in India: photos of handwritten wills in English and in Greek: John Nicholls (Ιωάννης Νικολάου, 1804), Angelica George Leondey (1818), Χατζηαντώνης Χρίστου (1825), Ηλίας Δημήτριος (1825), π. Διονύσιος Γεωργίου Μουτανιώτης (1826), Dionysius George (1829), Manuel Athanass (1840), Elisabeth Athanass (1846), Manuel Elias Mitchou (1875). Photos of wills of unknown willers.
Folder 3: The wills of the Greeks in India: photocopies of the photos in the folders 1 and 2 and of other wills.
Folder 4: The wills of the Greeks in India: photocopies of wills in Greek and in English in the folders 1 and 2 and other documents.
Folder 5: The wills of the Greeks in India: photocopies of wills in Greek and in English in the folders 1 and 2 and handwritten notes.
Folder 6: The wills of the Greeks in India: photos of signatures from the wills.

BOX 15
Folder 1: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents in alphabetical order: Andreadis Philip, Andrew Michael, Argeery Constantine, Athanass Elisabeth, Athanass John, Athanass Theomartyr.
Folder 2: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents: Callona Philippa Lopez, Chipsy Demetrius, Crane Sophia, Ducas Alexander, Elias John Demetrius.
Folder 3: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents: George Dionysius, Giga Alexander (count), Hadjee Liphtery, Hajee Anthony Christo, John Anastasios, John George, Kyriack Michael, Leondey Angelica, Leondios George, Lucas Christodolus, Lucas John, Margaritons Paissos.
Folder 4: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents: Manuel Athanass, Manuel Mark, Mavrody Kyriakos, Mitchoo Manuel Elias, Mouchoo Juan, Muskioty Chrussy John.
Folder 5: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents: Nicachi Constantine, Nicholas Christodolus, Nicholls John.
Folder 6: The wills of the Greeks in India: modern transcriptions of the wills and photocopies of the original documents: Paliologus Sarah Isabella, Pandazy Constantine, Panioty Demetrius, Pratto Demetrius, Theodore John.

BOX 16
Three albums with photos and films of the Greek Church in Calcutta and in Dacca, the graves of the Greek cemeteries in both Indian cities.

BOX 17
Photos and films from India: The Greek Church in Calcutta, the Greek cemetery, the Armenian Church, photos from Bangladesh, from the Orthodox mission in India and the Orthodox Orphanage and 40 photos of Mahatma Gandhi. Post cards and a booklet entitled History of Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple and important places in Karnataka state.

BOX 18
Photos and films from India: The Greek cemetery in Calcutta, the Greek tombs with the inscriptions, the Greek monument in Dacca, the Greek church in Calcutta, the Orthodox Orphanage.

BOX 19
Four original documents about the Greek Church in Calcutta (kept separately:

1780 concerning the foundation of the new Greek Church in Calcutta (two copies, one framed).
1781 concerning the legacy by George Michail Barjaktaroglou to the Greek Church (framed).
1781 concerning the execution of the will of G.M.Barjaktaroglou by his nephew Christodulos Mavroudis (framed).

SERIES II: The Indologist Demetrios Galanos

BOX 20
Folder 1: Personal documents of Demetrios Galanos: photographs of the will and of the inventory of the effects of D. Galanos.
Folder 2: Personal documents of Demetrios Galanos: photographs of documents “Supreme Court; In the Goods of Demetrius Galanos deceased, 1833”.
Folder 3: A text by Siegfried Schultz from the Catholic University of America about the life of D. Galanos, published on Graecoindica (1992). A list by M. Spyrou in Greek of the relatives and the friends of D. Galanos.
Folder 4: photocopies of texts about the donation of books by D. Galanos at the University of Athens.
Folder 5: Photocopies of the will of Ekaterini widow of Panagis Galanos, 1890.
Folder 6: Certificate of Burial of D. Galanos, 1833. Photos of the monument of D. Galanos in India and negatives.

Box 21
Folder 1: Handwritten list of the D. Galanos’ books.
Folder 2: Photos and films of two articles on D. Galanos published by Vasilis Iliadis on a Greek newspaper.
Folder 3: The book of D. Galanos entitled Ιτιχάσα – Σαμουτσάια τουτέστιν Αρχαιολογίας Συλλογή publish in 1851 at Athens (in photocopies).
Folder 4: An article by S. Schulz entitled Demetrios Galanos: a Greek Indologist (Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1969), three pages of the Βατριχάρη Υποθήκαι ή Περί ματαιότητος των του κόσμου, two pages by M. Spyrou with a list of famous Indian works used by D. Galanos.
Folder 5: Πολιτικά, Οικονομικά και Ηθικά εκ διαφόρων ποιητών translated by D. Galanos (in photocopies).

BOX 22
Folder 1: Translations of Indian works in Greek by D. Galanos published in Athens: Δημητρίου Γαλανού, Ινδικών Μεταφράσεων Πρόδρομος, 1845 (in photocopies).
Folder 2: Translations of Indian works in Greek by D. Galanos published in Athens: Γίτα ή Θεσπέσιον Μέλος, 1848 (in photocopies).
Folder 3: Translations of Indian works in Greek by D. Galanos published in Athens: Ράγγου – Βάνσα ή Γενεαλογία του Ράγγου, 1850 (in photocopies).
Folder 4: Translations of Indian works in Greek by D. Galanos published in Athens: Χιτοπαδάσσα ή Πάνστα Τάντρα (Πεντάτευχος), 1852 (in photocopies).
Folder 5: Translations of Indian works in Greek by D. Galanos published in Athens: Δούργα, 1853 (in photocopies).

BOX 23
Folder 1: Articles by D. Galanos published in Indian newspapers from 1819 to 1828 under the pseudonym Philanthropos (in photocopies), texts and notes by M. Spyrou.

BOX 24
Folder 1: Photos of manuscript of English Greek Indian Lexicon, 1836-1838 by D. Galanos and modern letters to M. Spyrou.
Folder 2: Photos of manuscript of Indian text (Sanskrit), 1839 and modern letters to M. Spyrou. Photos of manuscript of Sanskrit English Greek dictionary, 1840.
Folder 3: Photos of manuscript in Sanskrit of a lexicon of synonyms, 1841 and modern notes in English. Photos of manuscript in Sanskrit and Greek translation, 1853.
Folder 4: Microfilmed copies from National Library of India of the book G. M. Boeling, The recension of Canakya used by Galanos for his “Εκ διαφόρων ποιητών”.

BOX 25
Photocopies of articles about the Indologist D. Galanos.

BOX 26
Folder 1: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about the itinerary of Pantaleon Galanos, nephew of D. Galanos from Athens to India in the year 1817.
Folder 2: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about the Memories of Pantaleon Galanos and his trip to India.
Folder 3: Photocopies of the manuscript of Pantaleon Galanos on his journey to India and list of the manuscripts of the National Library at Athens.
Folder 4: Transcription of the manuscript of Pantaleon Galanos and dates regarding his work.
Folder 5: Printed texts by M. Spyrou about the life and the work of Pantaleon Galanos.
Folder 6: Photocopies of wills of Pantaleon Galanos and his relatives.

BOX 27
Folder 1: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about the life and the work of D. Galanos: historical date, bibliography and sources.
Folder 2: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou and typed text about the life and the work of D. Galanos.
Folder 3: Typed text by M. Spyrou about the works of Indian Literature.
Folder 4: Typed text by M. Spyrou about D. Galanos and Indian Literature. A letter by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1973) about the excommunication of D. Galanos.
Folder 5: Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about the translations in Greek of Indian works by D. Galanos. An issue of The Asiatic Society, December 2006: A catalogue of available publications.
Folder 6: Four notebooks of M. Spyrou with notes.

BOX 28
Folder 1: Texts and notes by M. Spyrou about D. Galanos’ life and activities in India.
Folder 2: Lists of bibliography concerning D. Galanos, Greeks in India, Greek Church and Indian Studies. The complete typed text in Greek with handwritten notes by M. Spyrou regarding D. Galanos.

BOX 29
Folder 1: Handwritten notes, texts, plans, drafts, and bibliography by M. Spyrou about D. Galanos and wis work.
Folder 2: Dates related to the life of D. Galanos and Indian History by M. Spyrou.
Folder 3: New elements about the life of D. Galanos by M. Spyrou.
Folder 4: Correspondence between M. Spyrou and Indian professors about D. Galanos (1974, 2000).
Folder 5: Correspondence between M. Spyrou and Demetrios Vassiliades, Greek professor in India, a printed text by D. Vassiliades about D. Galanos (1991-1996).

BOX 30
Folder 1: Texts in Greek with handwritten notes and corrections by M. Spyrou entitled «Ο άγνωστος Δημήτριος Γαλανός ο Αθηναίος αποκαλύπτεται. Κοινωνικό-πολιτικό Ψυχογράφημα του Έλληνα Ινδολόγου».
Typed texts by M. Spyrou regarding D. Galanos’ life in Greece and in India, his works, his legacy to Greece, and the Indian Literature.

BOX 31
Folder 1: Three drafts of M. Spyrou’s work on D. Galanos entitled «Οι φιλοσοφικές συντεταγμένες της διανοήσεως του Δημητρίου Γαλανού του Αθηναίου. Νέα στοιχεία για τη ζωή και τη δράση του εις την Ινδία».
Folder 2: Drafts of M. Spyrou’s work on D. Galanos entitled Η άγνωστη αλληλογραφία του Δημητρίου Γαλανού του Αθηναίου».
Folder 3: Texts and handwritten notes by M. Spyrou about his work on D. Galanos.
Folder 4: Photocopies from books and handwritten notes about Indian poetry.
Folder 5: Newspapers clippings from Greek newspapers regarding D. Galanos and photocopies of D. Galanos’ will and his legacy to the University of Athens.
Folder 6: The article of S. Schulz “A Greek in India: Galanos” in the Bulletin of the College of Indology (1965-1966, n. 9, Pt. II), Banaras Hindu University.
Folder 7: Photocopies of the work by Maria Burgi – Kyriazi entitled “Démétrios Galanos, Enigme de la Renaissance orientale”, Paris 1984.

BOX 32
Folder 1: Photocopies of documents about the Hindoo Sanskrit College at Benares (1811-1820).
Folder 2: Photocopies of documents about the Hindoo Sanskrit College at Benares (1812-1820).
Folder 3: Bibliography, handwritten notes and a typed text about the Hindoo Sanskrit College at Benares and its connection with D. Galanos.
Folder 4: Lists of bibliography from the Library of St. Xavier’s College in India.

SERIES III: History of British India

BOX 33
Folder 1: Bibliography about the Indian religion: G. Berry, Religions of the world, New York 1956, A. C. Bouquet, Hinduism, London 1962.
Folder 2: List of bibliography and notes regarding the Indian Literature.
Folder 3: Typed texts in English about works of the Indian Literature and pages in Greek with bibliography regarding the northern India and list of museums holding works of Greek – Indian art.
Three books in photocopies:

Sir Edwin Arnold, Indian Poetry, London 1895
An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry translated by Daniel Ingalls, Cambridge Mass., Harvard University Press 1965.
A book without title page about the Indian Poetry.

BOX 34
Folder 1: Handwritten bibliography and notes about the history of British India.
Folder 2: List of bibliography from National Library at Calcutta and archival research at the National Archives of India (New Delhi) by M. Spyrou and handwritten notes as well.
Lists of bibliography and articles in photocopies regarding India during 18^th and 19^th c.

BOX 35
Folder 1: Report on the Census of Bengal 1872, Calcutta printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press 1872 (in photocopies).
Folder 2: Correspondence between M. Spyrou and Indian professors, 2004-2006.

BOX 36
Folder 1: The Days of John Company. Selections from Calcutta Gazette 1824-1832, compiled and edited by Shri Anil Chandra Das Gupta (part of the book, in photocopies).
Folder 2: The Sons of Mystery. A masonic miscellany from Old Calcutta, by Pratap Chandra Chunder, Calcutta 1973 (in photocopies).
Folder 3: The Economic History of Bengal. From Plassey to the Permanent Settlement, v. 1 and 2, by Narendra K. Sinha, Calcutta 1956 (in photocopies).
Folder 4: Ladies in the Sun. The Memsahibs’ India 1790-1860, edited by J. K. Stanford, The Galley Press London 1962 (in photocopies).
Folder 5: A Series of Adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea… in the year 1777 by Eyles Irwin, London 1780 (in photocopies). A Tour in India by Captain Mundy, London 1832 (in photocopies). Genuine Memoirs of Asiaticus by the Rev. Walter Kelly Firminger, Hugli 1909.
Folder 6: Typed texts in Greek regarding Bengal, Calcutta and Dhaka during the British Rule, the Muslims in India, lists of historical dates and bibliography.

BOX 37
Folder 1: E. Stokes, The English Utilitarians and India, Oxford University Press 1982 (in photocopies). N. Williams, Cultural contrasts and similarities among five ethnic groups in the Nilgiri district, Mandras state, India, 1800-1963, n.p., n.d. (in photocopies). D. P. Sinha, The educational policy of the East India Company in Bengal to 1854, Calcutta 1964 (in photocopies).
Folder 2: S. Chandraghosh, The social condition of the British Community in Bengal 1757-1800 (in photocopies).
Folder 3: Freedom Movement in Bengal 1818-1904. Who’s Who, compiler and editor Nirmal Sinha, Educational Department, Government of West Bengal, n.d. (in photocopies). The Central Authority in British India 1774-1784, by A. Dasgupta, University of Calcutta 1931 (in photocopies). View of the rise, progress and present state of the English Government in Bengal, London 1772 (in photocopies).
Folder 4: C. Wilson and W. Carey, Glimpses of the olden times. India under East India Company, Calcutta n.d. (in photocopies). Handwritten notes and bibliography.
Folder 5: A narrative of the insurrection which happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the month of August 1781, Calcutta [1782] (in photocopies).

BOX 38

Sketch of the history and influence of the Press in British India by Leicester Stanhope, London 1823 (in photocopies).
The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India, vol. I, by W. H. Carey, Calcutta 1906 (in photocopies).
The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India, vol. II, by W. H. Carey, Calcutta 1907 (in photocopies).
The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India, vol. II, by W. H. Carey, Calcutta 1964 (in photocopies).
Early Revenue History of Bengal and the Fifth Report, 1812 by F. D. Ascoli, Oxford 1917 (in photocopies).
Basudeb Chattopadhyay, Crime and Control in Early Colonial Bengal 1770-1860, Calcutta 2000 (in photocopies).
Sten Nilsson, European Architecture in India 1750-1850, Faber and Faber 24 Russell Square London, n.d. (in photocopies).
Philip Davies, Splendours of the Raj. British Architecture in India, 1660 to 1947, Dass Media in association with John Murray, London, n.d. (in photocopies).

BOX 39

Historic Lucknow by Sidney Hay illustrated by Enver Ahmed with an introduction by the Right Hon. Lord Hailey, Lucknow The Pioneer Press 1939 (in photocopies).
Dictionary of Indian Biography by C. E. Buckland, Indological Book House, Varanasi Delhi 1971 (in photocopies).
Salanddin Ahmed, Social Ideas and Social Change, n.p., n.d. (in photocopies).
Mofussil Directory and List of Mofussil Residents, part X., Calcutta, n.d. (in photocopies).

BOX 40

A Sketch of the Topography and Statistics of Dacca by James Taylor, Calcutta 1840 (in photocopies).
Eastern Bengal District Dacca by B.C. Allen, Indian Civil Service, Allahabad 1912 (in photocopies).
Some reminiscences of old Dacca the former capital of Bengal and what the East India Company owes to Dacca, by P.C. Gupta, Calcutta n.d. (in photocopies).
First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan, by Thomas Bacon, vol. II, London 1837 (in photocopies).
The district of Bakarganj. Its history and statistics, by H. Beveridge, London 1876 (in photocopies).
East Indian Fortunes. The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century, by P. J. Marshall, Oxford 1976 (in photocopies).
Notes extracted from a private journal, by Capt. Robert Mignan, Bombay 1834 (in photocopies).
Handwritten catalogue of Periodicals and newspapers.

BOX 41

Folder 1:

A Journey from Bengal to England through the northern part of India, by George Forster, vol. I, London 1798 (in photocopies).
Picturesque Tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna in India, by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, n.p. [1824], (in photocopies).
James Capper, Observations on the passage to India through Egypt and across the Great Desert, n.p., n.d., (in photocopies).
The Grand Trunk Road – its localities, Calcutta Review vol. XXI, July-December 1853, (in photocopies).

Folder 2:

Egypt 1798-1952. Her advance towards a modern identity, by J. Richmond, London 1977 (in photocopies).
The new capitals of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by Sten Nilsson, London 1978 (in photocopies).
The Bombay country ships 1790-1833, by Bulley Ann, Richmond 2000 (in photocopies).
The Ganges (Rivers of the World), by Douglas Gina, N. Jersey 1978 (in photocopies).
H. Josson, La mission Bengale occidentale ou Archidiocèse de Calcutta, Bruges 1921 (in photocopies, a few pages only).

Folder 3:

Lawrence Jone, The Journals of Honoria Lawrence: India Observed (a few pages in photocopies).
The Parish of Bengal 1678 to 1788, by H. Hyde, a Senior Chaplain on H.M. Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment, Calcutta 1899 (in photocopies).
In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains, by C. Gordon Cumming, London 1884 (in photocopies).
Ganga Observed. Foreign Accounts of the River, by Mahajan Jagmohan, New Delhi 1994 (in photocopies).
Lapidoth Ruth, The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, n.p., n.d. (in photocopies, a few pages).
Bengal, historical development, Calcutta 1909, (in photocopies, a few pages).
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-1825, by the late right Rev. Reginald Heber, Lord Bishop of Calcutta, vol. I, London 1828
The Desert of the Exodus. Journeys on foot in the wilderness of the forty years wandering, by E. H. Palmer, part I, Cambridge 1871 (in photocopies).

BOX 42
Folder 1: Three photos of historical maps of India. Thirteen photos of works of art representing historical monuments of India.
Folder 2: A historical map of India during the British Raj (1858-1947). Photocopies of Indian maps from books concerning the Indian history.
Folder 3: Eleven colored maps of India (19^th c.) in photocopies from an Atlas of the edition The Imperial Gazetteer of India.

BOX 43
Atlas of the city of Calcutta and its environs, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, Calcutta 1996.
Photocopies of Indian maps from old editions (oversized):

Oriental Scenery. Twenty-four views in Hindostan, taken in the years 1789 and 1790, drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell, London 1795.
Views in India, China and on the shores of the Red Sea, by commander Robert Elliott, vol. I, London, n.d.
The view of Hindoostan, vol. I, London 1798.
Selected views in India, drawn on the spot in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 and executed in aqua tinta by William Hodges, London, n.d.
Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque with revelations of life in the Zenana, vol. I, London 1850.
The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden Pilot, London 1900.
Excursions in India including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, by captain Thomas Skinner, vol. I, London 1832.
Five Years in India by Henry Edward Fane, vol. II, London 1842.
Hindostan. Its landscapes, palaces, temples, tombs; The shores of the Red Sea, vol. I, London, n.d.
Around the coasts of Arabia by Ameen Rihani, London 1930.
Observations on the passage to India through Egypt, and across the Great Desert, by James Capper, London 1783.
Country South of Ganges from Calcutta to Benares compiled from the Revenue Surveys based on the Great Trigonometrical Operations to 1859: maps of India.

BOX 44
Books in photocopies about the city of Calcutta:

H. E. A. Cotton, Calcutta old and new, a historical and descriptive handbook to the city, vol. I, Calcutta 1907.
H. E. A. Cotton, Calcutta old and new, vol. II, Calcutta, n.d.
H. E. A. Cotton, Calcutta old and new, vol. III, Calcutta, n.d.
Rev. W. K. Firminger, Thacker’s Guide to Calcutta, Calcutta 1906.
Sukanta Chaudhuri, Calcutta. The living city, vol. I: The Past, n.p., n.d.

BOX 45
Folder 1: Two oversized maps of Calcutta representing the city in the years 1784 and 1785 (in photocopies). Maps and plans of Calcutta and Bengal from old editions (in photocopies).
Folder 2: Calcutta Street Directory and List of Inhabitants of Calcutta and the Suburbs, Calcutta 1856.
Folder 3: P. Thankappan Nair, Calcutta in the 17^th c., Calcutta 1986, (partially, in photocopies).
Calcutta in the olden time – its localities, from the Calcutta Review, n. 36 (in photocopies).
A Quantitative Study of the Bhadralok in Calcutta, 1857-1885 (in photocopies).
Voyages and Travels in India, Ceylon, Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt (partially, in photocopies).
Folder 4:

Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the years 1789-1797 showing the political and social condition of the English in India seventy years ago by W. S. Seton-Karr, vol. II, Calcutta 1865 (a few pages, in photocopies).
Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the years 1806-1815 showing the political and social condition of the English in India, vol. IV, Calcutta 1868 (a few pages, in photocopies).
Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the years 1816-1823 showing the political and social condition of the English in India, vol. V, Calcutta 1869 (a few pages, in photocopies).
The Asiatic Annual Register or a view of the history of Hindustan and the politics, commerce and literature of Asia, for the year 1799, London 1800 and for the year 1804, London 1806 (a few pages, in photocopies).
Calcutta and its neighbourhoods by James Long, n.p., n.d. (partially, in photocopies).
Chakraborti Smarajit, The Bengal Press (1818-1868), Calcutta 1976 (partially, in photocopies).
Handwritten notes entitled, Times of India Directories.
Kathleen Blechynden, Calcutta. Past and Present, London 1905 (in photocopies).

SERIES IV: Indian Newspapers about the Greek Revolution and the Greek Captain Nikolas Kefalas.

BOX 46
Folder 1: Photocopies of Indian newspapers in English about the Greek captain Nikolas Kefalas and his mission to the Greek Community in Calcutta to raise funds in favor of the Greek Revolution against the Ottoman empire, 1822-1826. Three photos of the Appeal by the provisional Government of Greece to the Christian Community of British India, 1823.
Folder 2: Photocopies of documents from National Archives of India (New Delhi) regarding captain N. Kefalas, 1824, 1829 and handwritten notes by M. Spyrou.
Folder 3: Descrizione della città di Benares nell’ India, dell’ indiano politeismo, suo culto, e costumi di quei popoli; fatta dal viaggiatore Cap. Nicolò Chiefalà greco di Zante nel suo viaggio nell’ anno 1824, Livorno 1826: the description of India written by N. Kefalas and published in Livorno (Italy), in photocopies.
Folder 4: Κώστα Καιροφύλα, Το Μυθιστόρημα του καπετάν Κεφαλά, ανατύπωσις από την Νέαν Εστίαν, 1929: a Greek text by K. Kairofylas regarding The description of India by N. Kefalas and other texts in Greek, in photocopies.
Folder 5: Two drafts with handwritten notes and corrections by M. Spyrou in Greek regarding N. Kefalas entitled: Ο Έρανος στη Βρετανική Ινδία υπέρ της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και ο Καπετάν Νικόλας Κεφαλάς (1823-1824).
Folder 6: Two drafts, variated from the above, with handwritten notes and corrections by M. Spyrou in Greek regarding N. Kefalas entitled: Ο Έρανος στη Βρετανική Ινδία υπέρ της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και ο Καπετάν Νικόλας Κεφαλάς (1823-1824).

BOX 47
Folder 1: Le aventure di capitan Nicolò Chiefala di Zante, Atene 1845 / Τα συμβάντα του καπιτάν Νικολάου Κεφαλά εκ Ζακύνθου, Εν Αθήναις 1845, in photocopies.
Folder 2: Handwritten translation in English of N. Kefalas’ work regarding India.
Folder 3:Typed version of the English translation of N. Kefalas’ work (in photocopies).
Folder 4: Italian version of the N. Kefalas’ work (in photocopies).
Folder 5: Photocopies of printed pages of N. Kefalas’ works about maritime issues and his biography.
Folder 6: Films of the recommendation letter by Ypsilantis and Maurokordatos to N. Kefalas during the Greek Revolution. Handwritten notes by M. Spyrou. Transcription of N. Kefalas’ letters in Greek.

BOX 48
Oversized photocopies of documents in English from National Archives of India (Bombay) concerning Captain Nikolas Kefalas, his arrival in British India and his activities, 1829-1830.

BOX 49
Folder 1: Photocopies of Indian newspapers containing articles about Lord Byron and the Greek Revolution (1820 – 1824).
Folder 2: Photocopies of modern articles about Lord Byron from Greek newspapers (2011-2013), and a typed text by M. Spyrou in Greek entitled “Λόρδος Βύρων. 190 χρόνια από τον θάνατό του”.
Folder 3: Photocopies of handwritten catalogues by M. Spyrou of the Indian newspaper The Calcutta Journal and other newspapers with reference to the Greek Revolution (1820-1832).
Folder 4: Handwritten and typed catalogues by M. Spyrou of Indian newspapers and periodicals with reference to Greek issues during the Greek Revolution and correspondence between M. Spyrou and National Library of India in Calcutta regarding microfilms of the newspapers, 2002-2003.
Folder 5: Handwritten catalogues by M. Spyrou of Indian newspapers and periodicals in microfilms from National Library of India with reference to Greek issues during and after the Greek Revolution (1819-1897).
Folder 6: Handwritten catalogues by M. Spyrou of Indian newspapers and periodicals about Greek issues (1814-1897).

ΒΟΧ 50

Photocopies of the Indian newspaper “The Calcutta Journal” from the year 1819 to the year 1822 with articles of Greek interest regarding the Greek Revolution against the Turks.
Photocopies of the Indian newspaper “John Bull” from the year 1824 to the year 1829 with articles regarding the Greek Revolution against the Turks and Greek issues.
Photocopies of the Indian periodical “The Calcutta Magazine” of the years 1830 - 1832 with articles regarding economic issues of British India.
Photocopies of the Indian newspapers European Intelligence, Parlamentary, Oriental Observer, The Mirror of the Press, The Englishman, Dacca News, The Tribune, Reis and Rayyet, Indian Daily News and The Pamphleteer (?) from the year 1822 to the year 1897 with articles of Greek interest.

BOX 51

Photocopies of the Indian newspaper “Bengal Hurkaru” from the year 1822 to the year 1834 with articles regarding the Greek Revolution against the Turks and other Greek issues.
Photocopies of the Indian newspapers “The Bengal Herald” (1823, 1829), “Bengal Weekly Messenger” (1825), “Miscellaneous Intelligence” (1823), and “The Government Gazette” (1820-1825) with articles of Greek interest.
Photocopies from various Indian newspapers with articles related to the massacre of the Greeks of the Chios Island by the Turks, 1822-1823.

BOX 52

The box contains original pages of the Indian newspapers of the 19^th c., with articles of Greek interest, in bad condition of preservation. In addition, a map of India of the 19^th c., and the wills of Antonis Georgiou Chatziantonoglou from Philipoupolis (1758), and Nicholas Paliologus of Calcutta (1839).

BOX 53
The box contains microfilms, slides, CD and external disk (see Digistore) of:

-the Indian newspapers,
-the works of Demetrios Galanos
-the burial monument of D. Galanos
-the books of trips in India
-the Regulations (Πρακτικά) of the Greek Church in Calcutta.

BOX 54
The box contains cards of bibliography, in alphabetical order, used by M. Spyrou during his research on Indian issues.

Research