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Py al } eet 4 \ 1 \¥, A Pe Uf ; } i PASS ETS i a Der a Tay} ee F f 1 it Neate Manin Lt SO . ene Fi ¥ ‘4 ) . és ‘ ‘ ‘ ls ‘ nf i Fi r i Py é s 4 j ‘ 4) al ye Mi Fi he / ‘ ~ / ; ' pore 4 U / i iy - ~ t # ° _— » , " - , f ' ‘ + t 4 yea t i b t i} fh Fl i Wit ¢ ‘ Wad bY PaaS te ee ree Reh Kw Pay ONG . : ‘hae ty Pay aM ae Al ATES coe rah Liye i al Ot ehh i i h os woeiy ‘ iA f : y 4 ‘ ; > Nt i ' i , bs % y hed sh 4 \ f i / < . \ ft ‘ , Tt? ay ee [ i yy i iA i 7 Ae ; 4! ub yor it heyy re ar e h ay i ea yen Hue e La . PROCEEDINGS OF THE _ ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. EDITED BY JHE JIONORARY SECRETARIES. JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1888. <> CALCUTTA : PRINTED BY J. W. THOMAS, BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, AND PUBLISHED BY THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, 57, PARK STREET. 1884. CONTENTS. — pd-— Page Proceedings for January, 1883 .....ccessseee ra tk x 1-16 Do. for February, ,, including Annual Report........ 17-54: Do. for March, a Whaval'ehatisi dle’ arava) sr aumhahahs aalgetvalel «alate «» 55-74 Do. for April, sa Wiha! Sayuievero t's watele ele Se waree cna pape e 75-93 Do. for May, Soh arse nical wie Sse Bw howd gare ale eters 95-105 Do. for June, EE Wie a eke « Sakinper ac eker ei Pee ore 107-118 Do. for July and Avoust, 1883 20. weeds cua saves wae) LbO-log Do. for November pe Wea ite ie ges) bdarsonee asim conte 139-160 Do. for December, 3 ae aIA Eales wigeeens 161-176 ME oie Saige a alin sie.¥/ diam, 's's o's wich uefa dio Couinie eap neers . 177-190 List of Members of the Asiatic Society of Bengal on the 31st December, 1883 (Appendix to February Proceedings) ...... i-xvi Abstract Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for the year 1883 (Appendix to February PYOGECMINGS) ...crecccececsrscee Speer idinrs Cae Orr nee XVli-XXix List OF PRAT ES: LZ I.—Facsimile Drawing of a 200 gold mohur piece of Shah Jehan (p. 8). II.—Facsimile of a Kutila inscription from Monghyr (p. 45). 11I.—Chart of Bay of Bengal (p. 60). IV.—Tidal Curves (p. 60). V.—* Nigar” coins of Mognl Emperors (p. 59). VI.—Instrument for determining the dewfall (p. 66). a J | Page 78, line 1, ERRATUM. } Ko ire th} [nove Ta for Pearce, read Pearse. sié € “me ? cee Qo: a PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. for January, 1883. The Monthly General Mee of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 8rd January, 1883, at 9 P. M. The Hon. J. Gibbs, C. 8. I, C. 1. E., F. BR. G.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following presentations were announced :— 1. From the Ceylon Government »—The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Parts III-V, by F. Moore, 2. From the Committee, Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition,— Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 1876-78. WI, Zoology, Holothurioi- dea, by D. C. Danielssen and Johan Koren; VII, Zoology, Annelida, by G., Armauer Hansen. 3. From the Directeur van ’Slandsdrukkerij, Batavia,—Minhadj at- Talibin. Le Guide des zélés croyants. Manuel de Jurisprudence Musul- mane selon le Rite de Chafi’i, Vol. I, by L. W. C. van den Berg. 4, From the Norwegische Commission der Huropaischen Gradmese sung, Christiania,—Geoditische Arbeiten, Hefte I-III,—Vandstandsobser- vationer, Heft I. 6. From the Home Department (Forest Branch),—(1) A Manual of the Land Revenue Systems and Land Tenures of British India, by B. H. Baden-Powell; (2) Suggestions regarding the Demarcation and Manage- ment of the Forests in Kulu, by Dr. W. Schlich. 7. From the Curator, Government Central Book Depét, Bombay,— Report on Sanskrit MSS. during the year 1881-82, 8. From the Meteorological Reporter fer Western India,—Brief Sketch of the Meteorology of the Bombay Presidency in 1881. 9. From the Secretaria de Fomento, Guatemala,—Movimento de Poblacion habido en los Pueblos de la Republica de Guatemala durante el ano de 1881. 2 Honorary Members proposed. [Jan., 10. From the Authors,—State Education in the N. W. Provinces and Oudh, by Orbilius Indicus ; (2) Rede zum Geburtsfeste des héchstseligen Grossherzogs Karl Friedrich von Baden und zur akademischen Preisver- theilung am 22. November, 1882, by Dr. Adolph Hausrath. 11. From the Société de Géographie de Lyon,—Congrés National des Sociétés Frangaises de Géographie, 4° Session, Lyon, 1881. Compte Rendu des Séances. 12. From the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, N. W. Provinces and Oudh,—Field and Garden Crops of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, with illustrations, by J. F. Duthie and J. B. Fuller. 18. From the Tumlook Public Library,—A collection of coins. The Counctt reported that, in consequence of the deaths of Mr. Charles Darwin and Dr. John Muir, there were now three vacancies in the list of Honorary Members, one vacancy having been left unfilled at the last election. The Council therefore recommended the three following gentle- men for election as Honorary Members at the next meeting :— W. T. Blanford, F. R. 8 , who, besides his official scientific labours in the geology of India, has from the beginning of his career in this country (in 1855) distinguished himself by his zoological studies, especially of the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Mollusks. His numerous contributions to Natural History have been published in the Journal of the Society and other scientific periodicals, and in his works entitled “ Zoology and Geo- logy of Abyssinia” and “ Geology and Zoology of Eastern Persia.” A. R. Wallace, F. R. S., in recognition of his great services to Natural Science, both in the field and in literary labours. His travels in the Malay Archipelago come especially under the cognisance of this Society, and the results of these travels, in rich collections and careful observations, have added immensely to our knowledge of the variations in animal life under tropical and insular conditions. His numerous pamphlets and books, and especially his great work on the geographical distribution of animals, place him in the first rank of scientific men of the day. Dr. William Dwight Whitney, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, in recognition of his successful linguistic researches extending over a period of thirty-three years. He undertook an edition of the Atharva Veda in 1851, and published it jointly with Professor Roth in 1856. He has since edited and translated the Saunakiya Ohaturadhydyika of the Atharva Veda and the Zatttiriya Pratis'akhya of the Black Yajur Veda, His “Oriental and Linguistic Essays” in two volumes and his lectures on ‘ Language and the Study of Language” are highly estimated as valuable contributions to the study of Philology. Proceedings, As. Soc. Bengal, 1883. PLATE I, < RR EXERT EE LILLIE LEE & Ais yf % PM Aa YEIXIKIKILIIKAIFILI ELIE ‘ey FACSIMILE DRAWING OF A 200 GOLD MOHUR PIECE OF SHAH JEHAN. . lathographed at the Surveyor General's Office. Calcutta, February 1883, £361 lagned 308 sak epaibeagen 3 x - h, 1883. ] Mr. Gibbs—On two Enormous Gold Coins. 3 The Councit also proposed the following gentleman for election as an Associate Member at the next meeting : C. J. Rodgers, Principal, Normal College, Amritsar, on account of his numerous and valuable contributions to the numismatology of India. The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : 1. Major Trevor Plowden, B. 8. C., Simla. 2. Chas. H. Harding, Esq., C. S., Tajpore. The following gentleman is a candidate for ballot at the next meeting : L. J. K. Brace, Esq., Curator of the Herbarium, Botanical Gardens, proposed by Dr. G. King, seconded by Dr. J. Scully. The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society : } R W. Nicholson, Esq. Major Genl. G. E. Evezard. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. P. C. Wheeler had written a letter of explanation and apology which the Council had accepted, and that, inferring that Mr. Wheeler was now willing to pay the full sum due, the Council had decided to desist from any further proceeding in the matter until he had had an opportunity of paying: in the event of his doing so, he will be allowed to withdraw from the Society in the usual way. The Hon’ble J. Gibbs, in exhibiting a drawing and an estampage of two enormous gold coins, said :— The former represents a 200 gold mohur piece of Shah Jehan, the latter a 100 gold mohur piece of Aurangzib. The earliest reference to such pieces will be found in Tavernier’s Travels in India, pp. 106-7, where he gives the drawing of one, but different from and smaller than these: he says they were coined and thrown among the people at the coronation, and were mostly of silver, that there were very few gold, but he adds that Aurangzib did not coin any such pieces for his coronation, Marsden also alludes to them at page 466 where he describes a large silver medal of Husein of Persia, A. H. 1121, which is engraved in plate 30: also at page 641, where he clearly alludes to a coin similar to the larger of these two, that coined by Shah Jehan, and at page 651 he alludes to a silver medal of Aurangzib in the collection of the Duke of Saxe Gotha, giving its diameter at 4°4 in., which is about the size of the Aurangzib gold coin, while the Shah Jehan is said to be 5 inches, which coincides with the drawing. See also Thomas in a note to his “ Pathan Kings of Delhi,” page 428, where such a coin is said to have weighed 70 oz. Also Richard- 4 Exhibition of Coins by Mr. Gibbs. [Jan., son’s Persian Dictionary, by Wilkins, p. 586, word 4S, under which a description of the coin of Shah Jehan is given. The translation of the inscription is: Obv. centre. ‘The bright star of Religion, Muhammad, a second Sahib Kiran, Shah Jehan, the victorious Emperor. In the 4 segments : ‘“‘The impression on this coin, of 200 mohurs, was struck by Divine favor, “ By the second Sahib Kiran, Shah Jehan, the defender of the faith.” “‘ May the face of gold, from the sculpture of this coin, enlighten the world, “As the splendid face of the moon is (illuminated) by the rays of the sun.” | fev. The Mahommedan creed, followed by “ struck in the palace of Shah Jehanabad (Dehli) A. H. 1064 (A. D. 1653). In the segments : ‘ Religion was enlightened by the truth of Abubekre.”’ “The faith was strengthened by the justice of Omar.” << Piety was refreshed by the mildness and modesty of Othman.” ‘‘The world was illumined by the learning of Ali.”’ In Thomas, page 418, Akbar is said to have coined massive pieces in gold called Sihansah, value 100 Lal Jalali, or 101 tolas 9 mashi 7 rutti and fractional portions of them. In the collection of the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, there isa fine one of 5 gold mohurs, which was presented by a banker of Guzerat, Rao Bahadur Premabhai Hemabai. These copies of these splendid coins were sent by General Cunningham with the following note :— “The 200 gold mohur piece was at Patna some 50 to 80 years ago. I believe there is a notice of it in the Preface to Richardson’s Persian Dictionary. . The 100 gold mohur piece was at Benares 45 years ago, and is I believe still there. I take both pieces to be Nazzarndna medals. The noble who had to present 200 gold mohurs to Shah Jahan made a single piece for his offering.” The inscription of the Aurangzib piece I have not been able to make out, as the letters are very faint, and read of course from left to right, but I hope to take a cast from the estampage, which will give the writing in the correct direction : the name in the centre is all correct. The Hon’ble J. Gibbs also exhibited some very rare Muhammadan coins, and made the following remarks :— The first I would notice is the coin of Akbar, cn the Obv. of which is 1883. ] Zodiacal Gold Mohurs. 5 a Falcon and on the Rev. the inscription “Alla Acbar—isfandarmuz [ahi 45 Zarab Asir.” It was struck by Akbar to commemorate his capture of ‘Asirghur, in which fort he found immense treasure. The coin is very rare: one is in the Payne Knight collection in the British Museum, another, of which all trace has been lost, was seen by General Cunningham many years ago at Benares, and is engraved from a wax impression he took, in Pl. 19, Vol. 1X, of the Archeological Reports, from which the accom- panying woodcut is copied. I procured this by exchange in Bombay, and it is apparently the second now known: the one General Cunningham had seen was on a necklace, and as this shows signs of having been used as a pendant, it may be the same coin. T next draw attention to the 12 Zodiacal gold mohurs, all genuine. I have been for the last 30 years collecting them, and such a set is extremely rare. I also show plaster casts of the best specimens in the British Museum collection, for comparison, Among mine the Cancer and the Aquarius are unique: the former has the crab small, but very perfect, with a complete halo round it, similar, so far, to Mrs. Welland’s, mentioned by Marsden at page 626. ‘The inscription runs from the bottom : | gla es =! Je ove dls pS yle> ad oe es name ldsly Woe yy) obj soo | e °¢ veo » Lorie eyo It is apparently coined at Ajmir. The Museum specimen has the crab large extending over the halo. Mine, as will be seen, has on the Rev. the name of Noor Jehan Begum coupled with that of Jehanghir, and the date is rare, Hijra 1034 J. 20, the latest date known. The only other gold zodiac with this Queen’s name on it is one in the French National collection, Sagittarius, It is alluded to by Marsden on page 630, and is pictured in Bonneville’s work. I have seen the coin but it is of poor work, the writing very stiff and the 6 Exhibition of Coins by Mr. Gibbs. [Jan., inscription differs slightly. I do not think it was one of the original set. The Aquarius is of great importance, as it has the Ahmedabad reverse, having been coined there in 1027. I know no other gold coin from this mint, from which issued the silver only, and as no silver Aquarius is known in any collection, I am inclined to think that this was struck, perhaps asa ~ pattern, from the silver die. The Aquarius coinsin the British Museum differ, but are all, so faras the obv. goes, very poor,—a single figure, male or female, with waterpots, or an old man seated pouring water over his shoulder. The latter I consider not a genuine coin. I produce one of them and it will be seen that it is of very inferior work. The silver are 6,—Taurus, Leo, Cancer, Aries, Gemini, and Pisces, all struck at Ahmedabad. The other signs are not known to-have issued in this metal from this mint, and the Pisces of my collection is wnique, no other specimen being known. The work on the Obv. of these silver coins is fine, and the design on the Taurus especially much more spirited than that on the gold. I exhibit also a Scorpio in silver, but it is from the Agra gold die. There are specimens struck from several of the gold dies in silver, but they - are mere specimens, the current silver being all struck at Ahmedabad, I also exhibit a very rare square gold mohur of Jehanghir with in- scription, Obv. ‘ Noor-ud-din Jehanghir Shah Acbar Shah.” ev. “ Mah Kurdad-ilahi Zarab, Agra 1020.” This is one of the coins struck in the Elahi Era, the writing is in the Nishki style, and the work very fine. It is, I believe, unique. The square silver rupee is also, a very rare coin: it has on its Odv. ** Noor-ud-din Jehanghir Shah Akbar Shah, Zarab Agra. Mah Ardebihist 13. | T need not enlarge on the zodiac coins, but will refer those who wish for more information, especially as to the forgeries, to my paper in the Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Society’s Journal in Vol. XIV, p. 155, and to Marsden’s work. The following papers were read— 1. On the excavations made in the erection of the Offices of the East Indian Railway and the remains of Old Fort William found at the time.— By R. R. Bayyz, M. R. 1. B. A. (Abstract. ) This paper recorded the positions of the North curtain wall and the N. E. Bastion of the old fort, which were entirely uncovered and partly destroyed in putting in the foundations of the new offices for the HE. I. Railway. 1883. ] R. R. Bayne— Remains of Old Fort William. 7 The length of the N. curtain wall measures 300 feet: it is called by Orme, 100 yards (see his “History of the War in Bengal’). This wall and those portionsof the East and West walls which were partly uncovered are 4 feet thick, built of good material and very solid. At the junction of the North curtain with the East curtain and again with the West curtain were, first, square bastions, subsequently added to and altered into bastions with flanks, sides and salients. ‘The whole of these walls were very perfect and distinct, the superstructure having been razed to the ground line: all below the ground was left intact. The North curtain wall has been left intact and on it has been built the South wall of one room of the new building which is 210 feet long. In that portion of the enceinte of the fort which was uncovered were found the walls of the carpenter’s shop, a building 90 by 40 feet with a row of columns down the centre: the floor was covered with wood-ash, in some places 8 inches thick : the bricks of the floor were partly vitrified. The old drains, surface and underground, were found in many places, and the terminal of them all in a culvert running to the river, 2/6” wide and 36” high, stopped by a wrought iron grid at the river wall which was about 75 feet west of the West curtain. West of this curtain was found the wall that formed the outer ram- part and which was embrazured for guns. Inside of the curtains, wherever exposed, was found an inner wall forming a row of chambers: this wall was 14’6” distant from the curtains and this was of course the width of the chambers. with brick on edge. In the West curtain was found a small gateway alluded to by Orme as the small gateway by which Suraja Dowleah entered the fort after its capitulation, and after his parley with Mr. Holwell, the Officer of the Com- pany in charge of the fort. A sill stone in the door has been lifted to the surface of the road and there re-set in order to note its position. Starting from the North curtain, the position of which is correctly known, and setting out to the south the South curtain from Orme’s Map and figures, this curtain comes immediately at the back of the deep, heavy and pointed arches in the Post Office compound, and these buildings are doubtless that block of building stated by Orme as built contiguous to the south curtain and outside it. This space was paved Scaling a completion of the front, on plan, from Orme’s figures and plan and those now found, the site of the Black Hole would come in the passage way on the north of the Post Office by which the Post Office vans enter and leave to the east. The S. E. Bastion has been destroyed by the foundations of the N. E. corner tower of the Post Office. Three different levels of floor were found in the excavation: one 8 R. R. Bayne—Remains of Old Fort William. [Jan., in the buildings of the date of the capture of the Fort viz., 1756, one of a subsequent date, 1’5” above that, then the level of the Custom House sheds demolished to make way for the E. I. Railways, 1’6” above the last, and now the floors of the ground rooms of this building, the last 4/9” above the first, the growth in level of a century and a quarter. Similarly the river bank has gone westward, probably by accretion in the end of the last or commencement of this century, and by reclamation, as we know, between 1847 and 1882. The river wall in 1756 being about 75 feet west of the first curtain, in 1847 it was about 625 feet and now the jetty edge is 800 feet west of the same point. At the N. E. corner of the E. I. Railway offices will be found record- ed in the pavement two raking lines indicating the salient of the N. E. bastion. What has now been found of the fort walls clearly shows that the site of the Port Commissioner’s Office was, in 1756, if not in the river, on the river bank and quite outside the Fort enceinte or even its river wall. At the time it was built it was stated that the foundations discovered were portions of Fort William: we now know this was a mistake, There is an interesting old piece of artillery in the Fort, dug up in the course of some excavations in the Custom House, used as a corner spur- stone, well worth preservation, an old wrought iron ring gun, about 14 in, bore, fast going to decay with corrosion, Mr. Bayne hoped that the Government of Bengal would sanction a search, now that so much was known to start with, for the actual site of the Blackhole. A few more excavations at a small expense would suflice to render the sites quite distinct. This paper will be published in full, with Plates, in the Journal, Pt. I. The Chairman said he had hoped His Excellency the Commander-in- Chief would have spoken, and taken charge of the old Fort as he has of the present one, and not have left it to a layman, but as His Excellency would not, he, the Chairman, begged to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Bayne for his interesting paper on the old fort, and the famous Black Hole of Calcutta. A little book by Dr. Busteed had lately been published by Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., entitled “ Echoes of Old Calcutta,” in the first article of which was an account of this, to all Englishmen, most inter- esting spot, and the writer alluded to the great difficulty of now pointing out the place and the necessity of putting up some tablet to mark where it was supposed to be. He, the Chairman, thought that Mr. Bayne’s able paper had removed all reasonable doubt from the matter by his having, by actual excavation in many places and measurements and comparison with former maps and plans, proved where the old walls and bastions had stood, and now appeared to be the time to mark the places, He had from 1883. | Discussion on Mr. Bayne’s paper. 9 experience found that in this country official memory may be set at from six to eight years. It might be remembered, perhaps, who had been Governor-General or Governor for alonger period, but certainly not who had been Members of Council; and, having resided himself for about sixteen years in the city of Bombay, he had found himself about the oldest inhabitant, and had become a referee on such points. In order to prevent such ignorance in future, he had while in the Government of that Presi- dency prepared inscriptions showing when and in whose governorship each of the new public offices had been sanctioned, commenced, and finished, who prepared the design, for what purpose the building was erected, who was the engineer who superintended the work and who was the Public Works Department Secretary, what it had been estimated to cost, and what was the actual outlay. All this was cut on a marble slab, and insert- ed in the entrance hall. He therefore strongly recommended the Society to address the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and urge the necessity of making the few further inexpensive searches recommended by Mr. Bayne, aud the erection of the necessary tablets, showing where the original bas- tions and the Black Hole were situated. He felt sure the present Govern- ment would not object or think, as a former had done about forty or fifty years ago, that the English prestige would be impaired thereby—a fancy which had caused them to remove the monument originally erected to mark the spot, and this so effectually as to render the finding of any trace of the marble tablets which had been placed on the two sides impossible. He hoped Mr. Bayne would kindly draw up a memorandum showing what was wanted, and he felt sure his friend, Mr. Rivers Thompson, would accede to the wishes of the Society. He was glad to see His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief agreed with him on this point. He then put the proposition, and the meeting carried the vote of thanks to Mr. Bayne by acclamation. * Mr. Blanford expressed the pleasure he had experienced in listening to the very interesting discoveries described by Mr. Bayne. Some years since attention was drawn by Dr. Norman Chevers to some arches which were a remnant of the buildings attached to the old fort, and still, he believed, to be seen in the compound of the New Post Office. These were described by Dr. Chevers as probably a portion of a cloister which ran round inside the curtain of the old fort, and, in that gentleman’s opinion, it was the space corresponding to one of the arches of this cloister which had been enclosed by walls and formed the Black Hole of history. - The monument which recorded the names of the victims of the Black Hole formerly stood at the N. W. corner of Tank Square on the spot now occupied by a fountain. ‘This appeared to be the site of the ravelin shown on Mr. Bayne’s plan. 10 Discussion on Mr. Bayne’s paper. [Jan., Mr. Bayne, in reply to the remarks made by the Chairman and Mr. Blanford, regretted that Dr. Busteed had not been in Calcutta when he prepared his paper, knowing the interest he had taken in the subject matter. With reference to Dr. Busteed’s conjecture in his “ Hchoes of Old Calcutta’ as to the arcade and arches in the post office compound, Mr, Bayne felt certain that they had never been inside the Fort but lay out- side. The Piazza referred to by Holwell was one contiguous to, and he thought formed part of, the Governor’s House. Some information ought to be found during the laying of the 10 in. pipe through the Custom House compound shortly to be taken in hand. Mr. Bayne conjectured it would pass throuch the east entrance gate of the Fort: if not through the gate, it would go through the E. and W. curtains and across the founda- tions of the Governor’s House. He hoped the results of these excava- tions would be watched and recorded. He regretted that absence from Calcutta during the next three months would prevent him undertaking the record and watching of the work. With reference to the Chair man’s remarks about appealing to the Lieut-Governor of Bengal, he hoped no time would be lost in the application. If the house in which the Post Master is living is to be demolished, here again record should be kept as the S. W. Bastion will be found there. Mr. Bayne expressed his willingness to undertake the search for a few more records of the old fort, in fact he hoped it might be entrusted to him to enable him to complete his record of the old Fort for the papers of this Society. 2. A new species of Hipparchia (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera) from the NV. W. Himalayas.—By.Masor G. F. L. Marswatt, R. E. (Abstract.) The author describes a new species of Hipparchia which was found by Major J. Biddulph on the Shandur Plateau in Northern Kashmir. Only two specimens were taken, both females. This makes the tenth species of the genus known to occur in the N. W. Himalayas; and, strangely enough, in four cases out of the 10 only the females are known, and in a fifth the male has only recently been discovered. Major Marshall has given the name of Hipparchia digna to this species. This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 3. Notes on and drawings of the Animals of various Indian Land Mollus- ca (Pulmonifera).— By Lievr.-Cor. H. H. Gopwin-Ausren, F. RB. S., DOs. 08, (Abstract.) This is the second paper of a series intended to illustrate plates of various land Mollusca of India prepared from the valuable original draw- 1883. ] C. J. Rodgers—Notes on a List of Silver Coins. 11 ings of Dr. Ferd. Stoliczka. The first paper was published in the Journal for 1880. The author hopes that his paper will lead some of the members of the Asiatic Society to look more closely at the animals of the land shells of their districts, or collect them in spirits for the Museum in Calcutta, as the slugs are quite unknown from many parts of India. One object in publishing these drawings is to bring about a more natural classification of the Indian Helicide and Col. Godwin-Austen draws attention to Mr. Blanford’s paper entitled “ Contributions to Indian Malacology No. XII”, in which Mr. Blanford makes some remarks on the same subject, with which Col. Godwin-Austen quite agrees, particularly as to the importance of the sections Helicarion, Macrochlamys, Arlophanta, Euplecta, &c. This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 4. Notes on a List of Silver Coins of Aurangzeb, Alamgir.—By C. J. RopDGERS. (1). The mints and their various titles. Multan is called on No. 2 “ Dér-wl-Amén.” “ The gate of safety or peace.” Surat is called on No. 5 “ Bandar-i-Mubarah.” (It was known as “ Bab-ul-Hajj”, “ the gate of pilgrimage,” because from it pilgrims started for Mekka. ‘ The blessed port’’ is hence a title of the town). Burhanpir is styled on No. 6 “ Baldat-i-Fakhirah,” “the excellent town.” Dehli is styled “ Dar-ul-Khilafat” on No. 9, &e. Lahore is called “ Dareus-Sultanat” on No. 19, &c. Agrah is called “ Akbardbdd’”’ on No. 12. Kabul is called “ Dar-ul-Mulk” on No. 42. Agrah is also called “ Mustagir-ul-Khildfat” on No. 58. Haiderabad is termed “ Dar-ul-Jihéd” on No. 51. Bujapur is called “ Dar-wl-Zafar” on No. 59. Ajmir is termed “ Dar-ul-Khim” on No. 68. Thus we have here ten cities rejoicing in titles. The other mints are Golconda, Patnah, Akbarnagar, Janagarh, Au- rangabad, Ahmadabad, Bhakkar, Tattah, Kambay, Sholapir, Alamgirptr, Kashmir, Ettawah or Ettawa, Zafarptr, Bareilly, Lucknow, Narnol, Isla- mabad, Jahangirnagar, Makhsusabad, Sirhind and Ahmadnagar. Thus we have rupees of 32 mints in all. Some were in the extremities of the Empire, as Islamabad, Sholaptir, Kabul, Kashmir, Jimagarh, Bhakkar and Tatta. (2) The years are counted evidently from 1068 the year of the deposi- tion of Shah Jahan. But Aurangzeb did not exactly know whether he was then reigning or not. Shah Jahan might at any time have taken the 12 C. J. Rodgérs: —Notes on a List of Silver Coins. [JaN,, throne, In case of the years on the rupees struck at Golconda there is great disparity. There is one of the 1st year: that may be right. It has on it 1069, but Aurangzeb had not then conquered it. The rupee of the 14th year has 1076 on it, which is the 8th year of the reign. 3. The Nuthars. Iam exceedingly fortunate in being able to give four of these coins. The inscriptions and weights show what they were, money scattered amongst the crowd. The word nuthdr (45) means anything scattered about. I do not know of any other cabinet which con- tains one of these interesting little pieces. The inscriptions on Nos. 89 and 90 are very much cut. Those on 87 and 88 are perfect. The weights are equivalent to whole nuthars, half nuthdrs and quarter nuthdre, but all have the word nuthdr alone on them. No. 88 I obtained by exchange from the cabinet of Alexander Grant, Esq. The others were obtained in the Panjab. It seems Jahangir was the first to make these coins. I have of his three of exquisite beauty struck at Ajmir, Ahmadabad and Dar-ul- Khilafat Agrah in the 10th, 13th and 14th years, z. ¢., in 1024, 1027 and 1028 A. H. I have also two of Shah Jahdn’s struck at Kashmir and Lahore. I have never seen any others. Akbar struck small silver coins. I have one weighing only 8°5 grs. It was struck at Dehli in the month of Ardi Bihisht of the Ilahi year 88. It has no sign of the word 43 on it. Where all these scattered coins have gone to is a most interesting ques- tion. I asked Pandit Ratan Narain of Dehli, who is a great collector, if he had yet obtained one of any king: he said he had not. There is one of Shah Jahan in the Museum at Dehli as large in size as an eight anna piece. But I could not obtain permission to take it home and draw it. It is the finest I have yet seen so far as size is concerned, but those of Jahangir’s excel it in matter of execution. I copied the inscriptions on it: they are,— Obverse. Reverse. a— je glia db) > ole asi uli ate js core lo Mpa pile FY Bhs I have not the slightest doubt that in collections in India there are many such coins which up to the present have not been noticed. The Chairman observed that he must confess he could not see much use in collecting a rupee of each year of an Emperor’s reign : he considered a collection of mints very useful, as it would show what were in those times considered towns of importance. Mr. Rodgers had stated that he presumed that there would be great difficulty in making a collection of the shillings of each year of the reign of George III. ‘There certainly would be, for there were only, in that long reign of sixty years, eight years in 1883. | Library. 13 which shillings were struck: first in 1763, when such coins to the value,of £100 were struck to be thrown among the crowd on the entering of the Ear! of Northumberland as Viceroy into Dublin, and hence known as ‘‘ Nor- thumberland shillings :” then in 1798 a few were struck, and not again until 1816, when the silver coinage was reformed, and from that date to 1820, inclusive, shillings were coined yearly. But the part of Mr. Rod- gers’s paper which was the most interesting was that on the ‘“ Nuthars” as he called them, small silver pieces made for the purpose of throwing among the crowd on important occasions. He, the Chairman, had not heard of such before, and he hoped Mr Rodgers would be able soon to give the Society drawings, which might appear in the Proceedings. Nawab Abdool Luteef Khan, Bahadoor, mentioned that the word ;4 is commonly’ pronounced Nisdr, and means “money which is thrown _ amongst the people at marriages and on other festive occasions.” The custom of distributing pieces of money among the crowd was still kept up by rich Muhammadan families at wedding festivals, and he described one of these ceremonies which took place at Moorshedabad, about 20 years ago, when the sons of the late Nawab Ali Nucky Khan of Lucknow were mar- ried to the daughters of His Highness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, at which marriage he was himself present. When the bridegrooms were proceeding to the house of the brides in grand procession, pieces of gold and silver were scattered among the crowd from the back of the elephants on which the bridegrooms were seated. 5. Some further results of Sun-thermometer Observations, with reference to Atmospheric Absorption and the supposed variation of the Solar Heat.—By H. F. Buianrorp, F. kh. 8. Owing to the lateness of the hour, this paper was postponed to next meeting. PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the Meeting held in December last. J] RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University,—American Journal of Mathema- tics, Vol. V, No. 1. Bordeaux. Société de Géographie Commerciale,—Bulletin, Nos. 17-18. 14 Library. [Jan., Brussels. Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique,—Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, 1882. Calcutta. Geological Survey of India,—Memoirs, Vol. XIX, Part 2. Memoirs, Paleontologia Indica,—Ser. XII, Vol. iv, Part 1; and Ser. XIII, Part 1. Lahore. Anjuman-i-Panjab,—Journal (English Section), Vol. II, Nos. 49-51 ; and Supplement, 20th December, 1882, London. Academy,—Nos. 550-552. 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Revue Scientifique,—Vol. XXX, Nos, 21-23. ey PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. FOR PEBRUARY, 1883, ¢. eh The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 7th February, 1883, at 9 P. mM. The Hon’ble H. J. Reynoups, President, in the Chair. According to the Bye-laws of the Society, the President ordered the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Members of Council for 1883, and appointed Dr. H. Cayley, and Mr. G. A. Grierson, Scrutineers. The Prestpent then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual Report. ANNUAL RREPORT FOR 1882, The Council have much pleasure in submitting the following Report on the Society’s affairs for the past year. During the year 1882, 18 gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members of the Society: 18 members withdrew, 4 died and 1 was removed from the Member List in accordance with the provisions of Rule 40. Hight other names have been removed from the Member List under the following circumstances. It was found that there were on this list many names of gentlemen who had paid no subscriptions for many years, and had held no communications with the Society, their addresses in many cases not being known. ‘Their names had been retained on the list as they had never signified their wish to withdraw, and it has not Been 18 Annual Report. [Frx., eustomary to enforce the rules relating to arrears of subscription very strictly. The presence of names of this description on the Society’s list needlessly complicated the Society’s accounts, and during the present year the officers of the Society have made an attempt to clear the list of such merely nominal members. All such gentlemen whose addresses could be obtained have been communicated with, and the result has been that several have recommenced paying their subscriptions, whilst others have preferred that they should be considered to have withdrawn years ago when communications between them and the Society ceased. In other eases the Council has ordered the names of such gentlemen to be struck off the list. The nett result has been that eight names have in this way been erased from the list. This, however, represents no loss to the Society, as the gentlemen in question had long ceased to hold communication with, or pay subscriptions to, the Society: and it may be held as a considerable set-off against this loss that several such members have resumed their interest in, and connection with, the Society, and have begun again to pay their subscriptions, so that they are virtually new members. The nett diminution of the number of names on the Member List has thus been 13, the total number of members being 337 on December 31st, 1882, as against 350 at the close of the preceding year. ‘This decrease is, as will be seen, partly the consequence of increased activity in attending to the Society’s financial affairs: and the following table, giving the number of members and the total amounts realised from subscriptions during the preceding 6 years, will show that, whilst the number of members has diminished slightly during the last two years, the payments received for subscriptions have increased very considerably. Paying. Non-Paying. Antbanee 2 ay en ern beer Daarar Year. na? sh = Total. tions Resident lReationt| ie Total.] Life. 2 Total. realised, “4 < 1877 113 163 14 290 9 46 55 345 | Rs. 7,200 1878 117 158 | 16) 286) 43 | 29 | 42 327 | ,, 7,006 1879 111 164° 136 981 | ioe) ee ee 329 |, 7,421 1880 112 135-4 46.7) io a re Teg te 356 |,, 7,695 1881 110 168 | 17 | 295] 14 | 42 | 55 350 |,, 8,798 1882 101 156 18 2744 15 48 63 337 | 4 8,672 It will be seen from this table that, of the 887 members on the 8lst December, 1882, 101 are Resident, 155 Non-Resident, 18 Foreign, 15 Life and 48 Non-Subscribing Members. During the year one member, Mr. W. T. Blanford, compounded for his future subscriptions. 1883. ] Annual Report. 19 Two vacancies in the list of Honorary Members were caused by the deaths of Mr. Charles Darwin and Dr. John Muir, and one in the list of Corresponding Members by the death of Herr Baron H. von Schlagintweit- Sakiinlunski, Mr. H. N. Giles and Mr. F. A. de Roepstorff were elected Associate Members. The 4 Ordinary Members who died during the year were Messrs. Louis Schwendler, R. Scott, Charles J. Bandow and M. G. Stewart. Mr. L. Schwendler had been for many years an active mem- ber of the Society, having served on the Council and on the Natural His- tory and Physical Science Committees. He had also contributed several valuable papers to the Society’s publications. It was mainly owing to Mr. Schwendler’s exertions that the Zoological Gardens were instituted at Calentta, and brought to their present success. The Committee of the Zoological Gardens purpose raising a memorial to Mr. L. Schwendler, and the Council of the Society, in order to mark their sense of Mr. Schwendler’s services, were happy to make a contribution for this purpose from the Society’s funds. Indian Museum. On Sir Ashley Eden leaving India in April, the Hon. H. J. Reynolds, who succeeded him as President, became an ew-officio Trustee of the In- dian Museum. Mr. J. Eliot and Dr. A. F, R. Hoernle have acted as Trus- tees throughout the year. Mr. C. H. Tawney and Mr. H. Beverley resigned their seats on the Board of Trustees on their leaving India early in the year, and Major J. Waterhouse and Dr. H. W. M‘Cann were elected the representatives of the Society on the Board in their stead. Two presentations were made to the Museum under Section 12 of Act XXII of 1876; (1) A collection of fragments of sculpture referred to in the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for July, i879, presented by Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac ; (2) A collection of butterflies from the South Anda- mans, presented by Mr. F. A. de Roepstorff. Finance. The accounts have been kept up during the past year in the mode introduced in the year 1880. The Summaries (given in the Appendix) are also presented in the form that was approved and adopted at that time. An estimate of income and expenditure was prepared last year and laid before the Society at its annual meeting Every effort has been made to keep the expenditure within the limits of the sanctioned estimate, and to prevent the recurrence of a deficit similar to that of last year. Unfor- tunately these efforts have not been successful in consequence of the settlement of two years’ book accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. during the past year, This arose from various delays in the settlement of 20 Anuual Report. [FEs., | the accounts and loss of explanatory letters sent from Calcutta to Messrs. Triibner and Co. Such delays give rise to considerable confusion in the accounts, and every effort will be made in future to secure an annual settlement of accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. The actual receipts during the year were Rs. 18,762-11-1 and were Rs. 1,862-11-1 in excess of the anticipated revenue of Rs. 16,900. This is, however, almost entirely due to the increase under the head “Sale of Periodicals.’? The estimated amount was Rs. 1,000, whilst the amount realized includes the adjustment of two years’ accounts with Messrs. Tribner and was Rs. 2,790-14-5. The amount realized by subscriptions was Rs. 428 in excess of the estimate. On the other hand an unusually small number of new members joined the Society. ‘The amount derived from admission fees was only Rs. 480 or Rs. 520 less than the estimate. The actual expenditure of the year was Rs. 18,412-6-3. ‘The estimat- ed amount was originally Rs. 16,758, but it was afterwards suggested by the Financial Committee and approved by the Council that the amount sanctioned for publications (viz., Rs. 6,800) should be diminished by Rs. 1,000 and thus partly repair the excessive expenditure for printing charges of the preceding year. As the amount finally sanctioned was Rs. 15,758, the actual expenditure was Rs. 2,654-6-3 in excess of this estimate. The expenditure was in nearly every head within the estimated amount. The only excessive expenditure was on “ Books.” The estimated expenditure under this head was Rs. 1,500 and the actual Rs, 5,062-0-8. The cause of this has been already explained as mainly due to the settlement of two years’ accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. The cost of printing the Society’s publications has been unusually small during the past year. ‘The excessive expenditure under this head during the previous year was noticed in last year’s report, and measures: were afterwards taken to control this expenditure more effectually than hitherto. These have worked satisfactorily. The expenditure has; in the case of all the publications, been within the estimate and in the case of the Journal, Part II, there has been a saving of nearly Rs. 1,200. The amount unexpended for the two Parts of the Society’s Journal and for the Proceedings, by a recent rule passed by the Council, does not lapse, but will be added to the amount sanctioned for the present year 1888. By this plan it is hoped that on the one hand effective control will be kept over the ~ expenditure under this head, and that there will be sufficient elasticity in the arrangement to enable the Secretaries to utilize this portion of the Society’s grants to the full and in the most effective manner. | The following is the estimate of income and expenditure for the year 1883, 1883. ] Annual Report, 21 EXPENDITURE. Salaries, ae ms as ay os Rs. 4,680 Commission, :. as as ea ae a: OOe Stationery, oe oe oe ee ee fo, Oe Lighting, es oe oe oe ee op 80 Building, a ee ae a a we OOO maxes, .. ee a Pie oe Pe i ee Postage, as ese s a a ce. Oe Freight, a Tr io oe ai Re 50 Meetings, Pe Be Se ee ee es 65 Contingencies, .. ee vs on oe eet ee Books, .. dis ti te ate ~ ss 2,000 ‘Local Periodicals, .% i ie ate sit 60 Binding, Pe ats ae oe a uel y) ao Soins, .. i ae oe oe ay ate ae 50 Journal, Part I, .. om aa Re NF veg 2.200 Journal, Part IT, ae bs oa ite So: ce lOO Proceedings, ats re ee “F ots oi) Dy Eoe Printing of Circulars, &., .. ee os oe -. 800 Rs. 15,455 RECEIPTS. Subscriptions, da ee oe din Kis. 8,250 0 O Sale of Publications,.. “FE ae ee isn t,000:7:.0.,,.0 Interest on Investment, os ad ee oe 6,250,: 0; 0 Due from O. P. Fund, aS oe ne sag OS 6.0) 20 London Agency. The balance in Messrs. Triibner and Co.’s favour at the end of 1881 was £14-9-10. The sales of the Society’s publications effected by Messrs. Tribner amounted to £161-14-8 and of the Bibliotheca Indica to £69-5.- 10. Thirteen Invoices of books purchased and of publications of various Societies sent in exchange have been received during the year 1882, the money value of the books purchased being £157-3-1. The number of copies of parts of the Journal, Proceedings and Biblio- theca Indica sent to Messrs. Triibner and Co. for sale was 227, 240 and 613 respectively. 22 Annual Report. [ Fez., Conversazione, The Society gave a Conversazione on March 6th in its rooms in Park Street, which was largely attended and was a great success. H. EH. the Viceroy, the Patron of the Society, honoured the Society with his presence and many objects of scientific and literary interest were exhibited. The thanks of the Society are due to Sir Ashley Eden, the President, who generously defrayed all the expenses connected with the Conversazione : and to those gentlemen, members and others, who contributed to its success by the loan of objects of interest and in other ways. Library. A large number of additions has been made to the Library during the past year, the total number of volumes or parts of volumes being 2,362, of which 1,439 were presented or received in exchange for the Society’s publi- eations and 923 were purchased. : The Council have to express their regret that fresh difficulties have occurred to delay the publication of the Catalogue, so long looked forward to. The Britannia Press, to which the work had been entrusted, proved unable to carry it out according to the contract. The irregularity in the submission of proofs proved so serious that the Council decided to with- draw the work from this Press, and have made arrangements with the Caledonian Press which there is every reason to hope will lead to more satisfactory results. One hundred and sixty pages had already been print- ed off: but in order to secure uniformity and an improved style, the Council has instructed the Caledonian Press to print the whole from the beginning, and it is hoped that the work will be completed in 4 or 5 months. This delay in the publication of the Catalogue, the want of which is so seriously felt, is a cause of great regret to the Council, but it is due to circumstances which it was impossible to foresee. The Munshi engaged to catalogue the Arabic and Persian books and MSS. made so little progress in his work that the Council were obliged to ; dispense with his services, and are now making arrangements for engaging more efficient assistance. Publications. The second part of Moore’s “ Descriptions of New Indian Lepidop- tera”? was received from England in June, and has now been distributed to the members. This part contains 111 pages of quarto letter press and 2 plates. Four Nos. of Part I, and 3 of Part II, of the Journal were published during the year containing 229 and 66 pages of letter press and 15 and 3 plates respectively: also Extra No. to the Journal, Part I, for 1882, 1883. ] Annual Report. 23 (Introduction to the Maithili Language), containing 267 pages. Of the Proceedings, Nos. 9 and 10 of 1881 and Nos. 1—8 of 1882 were issued _ from the Press, containing 187 pages and 3 plates. - The analytical catalogue of the invaluable collection of Nepalese Buddhist Sanskrit MSS. presented to the Society by Mr. B. H. Hodgson, which Dr. R. L. Mitra has been engaged in compiling for several years, was published in October. The collection consists of 86 bundles of MSS., comprising 144 separate works. The Council feel that the Society owes Dr. R. L. Mitra a great debt of gratitude for the time and attention he has devoted to this work, resulting in the issue of a most useful handbook to this interesting collection. Building. The whole of the interior of the building has been examined and new beams and burgahs have been substituted for the old ones, wherever it was found necessary, at a cost of Rs. 617-0-9. The total amount spent on repairs during the year was Rs. 637-0-9. Coin Cabinet. Altogether 91 coins were acquired during the past year: of these, 90 were presented and 1 was purchased. ‘The latter is a silver coin found in a village in the Manpur Pergunnah. Among the presentations, there are 9 gold, 62 silver, 14 copper and 5 lead coins. Details will be found on pp. 56, 108, 114, 188—141 of the Proceedings of the Society for 1882. Buta set of 55 specimen coins (7 gold, 34 silver, 14 copper), struck from the old dies in the Calcutta Mint and presented to the Society by the Governor-General in Council through Colonel J. F. Tennant, Master of the Mint, deserves special mention. Secretary’s Office. Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Dr. H. W. M‘Cann and Mr, J. Eliot have continued to act as Philological Secretary, General Secretary and Treasurer respectively throughout the year. Mr. J. Wood-Mason continued Natural History Secretary till September when he left India on sick leave, and Dr. J. Scully was appointed Natural History Secretary in his place. Mr. W. A. Bion has continued to hold the post of Assistant Secretary, and his services have given every satisfaction to the Society’s Honorary Officers, who are to a great extent dependent upon him for the general work of the office. Mr. E. S. Andrews and Babu Nritya Gopal Basu have continued to act as Assistant Librarian and Cashier respectively. The copyist has, in addition to current work, completed the indexing of the old correspondence of the Society as far back as the beginning of the year 24 Annual Report. [Frs., 1 876, which will effect a great saving of time and trouble in all references to the previous business of the Society. Bibliotheca Indica. Eighteen fasciculi were published during the year, twelve in the Sanskrit and six in the Arabic-Persian series. They belong to ten different works, of which three are in the Arabic-Persian, and seven in the Sanskrit series. One work of the former series, the Tabaqdt-c-Ndasir¢, has been com- pleted. Among these publications there are four English Translations ; vz. of the Katha Sarit Sagara, the Lalita Vistara, the Tabaqat-i-Ndsiri, and the Pdtanjala Yoga Sutra. The remainder are text editions. Of the Pétanjala Yoga Sutra, both text and translation are being published pare pass. A. Arabie-Persian Series. 1. Of the IskBaun or Biographical Dictionary of persons that knew Muhammad, by Ibn Hajar, two fasciculi have been published by Maulvi ’Abdul Hai, Head Professor of the Calcutta Madrassah. 2. Major H. G. Raverty, Bombay Army (retired), has published two fasciculi of his annotated English translation of the TaBagdt-I-NAgtRf. | These conclude this valuable work. An index of names of persons and places is in preparation and will be published as soon as practicable. 3. Of the AxBARNAMAH, edited by Maulvi "Abdur Rahim, two fasci- culi have been published. B. Sanskrit Series. 4. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra has advanced his edition of the text of the Vsyu Purdna by one-fasciculus. This is the second of the Society’s — Series of the Puranas, a sort of Cyclopedia of Sanskrit Literature. The first is the Agni Purana, a complete edition of which has already been published by the same learned editor. 5. The same editor has published two fasciculi of his text and trans- lation of the Yoaa Su’rra. The text is accompanied by the commentary of Bhoja Raja, and an English translation of both the text and commentary ; also by an English commentary compiled by the editor himself, including short extracts from the commentaries of Vyasa, Vijfiana, Bhikshu and Vachaspati Misra, 6. The same editor has also issued the second fasciculus of his annotated English translation of the Lanrra VisTara, one of the most an- cient and important works on the earlier portion of the life of Buddha. 7. Mr. C. H. Tawney, M. A., Principal of the Presidency College, has published the fourth fasciculus of the second volume of his annotated 1883. ] Annual Report. 25 English translation of the Karu Sarrr SAaara or the Ocean of Streams of Story. This work is the celebrated repository of Indian legends composed % from older sources by Somadeva of Kashmir toward the close of the eleventh ¥ century. The translator has illustrated the stories by notes, which refer : to similar legends current in other collections of folklore. 8. Pandit Satyavrata Samasrami has brought out two fasciculi of his edition of the Nrruxra, the well known glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic terms, together with extracts from various commentaries, ‘This cone eludes the first volume. 9. Two fasciculi have been published of HemApri’s CHATURVARGA CHINTAMANT, by the joint editors, Pandits Yogesvara Smritiratna and Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna. These belong to the fifth part of the work, the Parigesha Khanda, which, however, is the ¢hzrd volume of the Society’s Series, manuscripts for two parts being wanting. 10. Of the Avastamra Sravra Su’rra, a very rare and important work connected with the Black Yajur Veda, three fasciculi have been issued by Professor R. Garbe of K6nigsberg, together with the commentary of Rudradatta. These complete the first volume. The following works are in course of preparation :— 1. The Prdxriva LaxsHana by Chanda, a grammar of the Ancient » Prakrit, edited by Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. The second fasciculus, con- taining translation and notes, is nearly ready. . 2. The Prirurrdy RAsav, by Chand Bardai; text and translation by Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. The first volume of the text is expected to be completed this year. 38. The Karantra, with the commentary of Darga Simha, edited with notes and indexes, by Professor Julius Eggeling. One fasciculus, contain- ing the Introduction, remains. 4, An annotated English translation of the Sus’rura, an ancient Hindi medical work, hardly less important than the Charaka, by Dr. U. C. Dutt, Civil Surgeon of Serampore. The first fasciculus will shortly appear. 5. An annotated English translation of the second volume of the Mounrakuas-vut-Tawanriku by ’Abdul Qadir, by the Rev. W. H. Lowe, M.A., of Cambridge. ‘The first fasciculus will shortly be issued, The text, in 3 volumes, has already been published by the Society. 6. The Pardsara MApmava Smrirt, edited by Pandit Chandrakanta Tarkdlankdra. The first fasciculus will shortly appear. The following work has been newly sanctioned for publication, and is in course of preparation : 7. The Paris’isHta ParvaNn or STAVIRAVALi CHARITRA by Hemachan- dra, a Jain work in Sanskrit verse on the history of the first twelve Staviras 26 Annual Report. [Frs., or Patriarchs from the death of Mahavira down to the last Srutakevalin, edited by Professor H. Jacobi, of Miinster. The first fasciculus will come out shortly. The following works are sanctioned for publication, and will be pre- pared as soon as practicable : 8. The BrrmappEvarA, a very interesting metrical work of Saunaka on the deities invoked in the hymns of the Rig Veda, to be edited by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra. 9. The PrAxrirApuydya of the Samkshiptasdra of Kramadigvara, a grammar of the Prakrit language with an English translation and a vocas bulary, by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra. The Sanskrit portion has already been printed. 10. The CHaraxa, the oldest work on Hindi medicine, to be translated with notes, by Dr. Mahendralala Sircar. 11. The Nagdrp of El Ferazdaq and Jerir ; an extremely interest- ing work, both from the philological and historical point of view; text and commentary ; to be edited by Professor Wright of Cambridge (see Pro- ceedings, 1880, p. 65). 12. The LAmiyynt-rn-ARras, text with two English translations, one in prose and the other in verse, by Mr. C. J. Lyall, B. A., C. 8. The following is a detailed list of the publications issued during 1882 :— » Arabic-Persian Series. 1. IsMpan, edited by Maulvi Abdul Hai, of the Caleutta Madrasah, Nos. 244, 245* (old series), fase. XX, XXI, (Vol. III, Nos. 3, 4). 2. Tapagdht-reNistri, by Abi ’Umr-i-’ Usman, translated by Major H. G. Raverty, Nos. 394, 395, Fasc. XIII, XIV. 8. AKBARNAMAH, edited by Maulvi ’Abdur Rahim, of the Calcutta Madrasah, Nos. 484, 485, Vol. III, Fase. II. Sanskrit Series. 4. V4yu Purdwna, a system of Hindi Mythology and tradition, edit- ed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I. E., No. 476, Vol. II, Fase. II.’ 5. PArangaua Yooa Strra, or the Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, with the commentary of Bhoja Raja, and an English translation, by Dr. Rajen- dralala Mitra, C. I. E., Nos. 478, 482, Fasc. II, III. 6. Latira VisTaRa or memoirs of the early life of Sakya Simha, translated from the original Sanskrit, by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I E., No. 473, Fase. IT. 7. WKarnHt Sartr SAaara or Ocean of the Streams of Story, translat- ed from the Sanskrit, by C. H. Tawney, M. A., No 472, Vol. II, Fase. X. 8. Niruxta, with commentaries, edited by Pandit Satyavrata Sama- grami, Nos. 477, 480, Vol. I, Fasc. V, VI. : * No, 253 in last year’s Report is a misprint for 243. 1883. ] Annual Report. 27 9. CHaTuRVARGA CHINTAMANI, by Hemédri, edited by Pandits Yo- gesvara Smritiratua and Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna, Nos. 475, 481, Vol. TIT, Fase. II, IIT. 10. ApasTaMBA SRaura Sura, belonging to the Black Yajurveda, with the commentary of Rudradatta, edited by Dr. Richard Garbe, Profes- sor of Sanskrit, Konigsberg, Nos. 474, 479, Fasc. III, IV. List of all Societies, Institutions, &fc., to which the publications of the Asia- tic Society have been sent during the year, or from which publications have been received. * Allahabad :—Editor, Pioneer. tAmsterdam :—Royal Zoological Society. *Baltimore :—Johns Hopkins University. * Batavia :—Society of Arts and Sciences. - :—Kon. Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indié. * Berlin :—Royal Academy of Sciences. § ——- :—Entomologische Verein. *Bombay :—Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. -:—Editor, Indian Antiquary. - :—Editor, Times of India. ____ ¢Boston :—Natural History Society. + Bordeaux :—L’ Académie Impériale des Sciences, BellessLettres et Arts. § —_———_ :— Société de Géographie Commerciale. Ae :—Société Linnéene. *Brunswick :—Verein fiir Naturwissenschaft. + Brussels :—L’Académie Royale des Sciences. re -:—Musée Royal d’ Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. - -:—Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. § Buda Pest :—Royal Hungarian Academy of Sciences. *Buenos Ayres:—Public Museum. *Calcutta :—Agri-Horticultural Society of India. : Md —:—Geological Survey of India. ie *_ —:—Editor, Englishman. > * —:—Editor, Hindoo Patriot. — * —:—Editor, Indian Daily News. “ *_______ :__Hditor, Indian Mirror. 4 ¥ —:—Indian Museum. a +—-—-- :—Mahommedan Literary Society. — ¢——- :— Public Library. = * —:—Tuttobodhini Shova. ; 5 —:—University Library. +Cambridge :—University Library. 28 Annual Report. [FEsB., *Cassel :—Die Verein fir Naturkunde. “Cherbourg :—La Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles. +Christiania :— University Library. *(olombo :—Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. *Copenhagen :—La Société Royale des Antiquaires du Nord. +Cuttack :—Cuttack Library. tDehra Dun :—Great Trigonometrical Survey. § Dresden :—Verein fiir Erdkunde. § - :—Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Isis. * Dublin :—Royal Dublin Society. * :—Royal Irish Academy. :—Geological Society of Dublin. * Edinburgh :—Royal Society. § —_—_——-- :— Botanical Society. * Florence :—Societa Italiana di Anthropologia e di Etnologia. + Frankfurt :—Senkenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft. *Geneva :—Société de Physique et d’ Histoire Naturelle. ' ¢Genoa:—Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. § Hague :—Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indié. * Halle :—Die Kais. Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie. *Helsingfors :—Société des Sciences de Finlande. + Konigsberg :—Die physikalisch-dkonomische Gesellschaft. *QLahore :—Editor, Civil and Military Gazette. t -— :—Agricultural Society. * Leipzig :—Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, tLeyden :—Royal Herbarium. *Liége :—La Société Géologique de Belgique. * - :—La Société Royale des Sciences, § Lisbon: —Geographical Society. tLiverpool:—Literary and Philosophical Society. *London :—Anthropological Institute. :—HEditor, Academy. :—Hditor, Athenzeum. :—British Museum. :—Geological Society. :—Institution of Civil Engineers. :—Institution of Mechanical Engineers. :—Kditor, Nature. :—Linnean Society. :—Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. :—Royal Astronomical Society. x * ©£ & © # & # 1883.] Annual Report. 29 *London .—Royal Geographical Society. tT — :—Royal Instituticn. 4 :—Royal Microseopical Society. *_—____. :__Royal Society. - :—Society of Telegraph Engineers. ¥ :—Statistical Society. # :—Zoological Society. *Lyon:—La Société @ Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles. :—Le Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle. :—La Société d’ Anthropologie. :—Société de Géographie. oe * Madras :—Literary Society. * :—Government Central Museum. , +Manchester :—Literary and Philosophical Society. ~_- § Melbourne :—Royal Society of Victoria. *Moscow :—Société Impériale des Naturalistes. *Munich :—Die k. bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, nih :—Hditor, Repertorium fiir Experimental-Physik. + Netherlands :—Royal Society. . *New Haven :—Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. i! § — :—American Oriental Society. ‘ *Ottawa :—Geological and Natural History Survey of the Dominion of Canada. + Oxford :—Bodleian Library. *Paris :—La Société de Géographie. - :—La Société d’ Anthropologie. * :— Société Asiatique. +—— :—Imperial Library. *_—__. :__TLLa Société Zoologique. *Philadelphia :—Academy of Natural Sciences. § —_———_— :— American Philosophical Society. *Pisa :—Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, § Rome :—Societa degli Spettroscopisti Italiani. § ——-:—R. Accademia dei Lincei. St. Petersburgh :—Imperial Library. :—Russian Geographical Society. ° ———— :—_L’ Académie Impériale des Sciences. § - :—Hortus Petropolitanus. San Francisco :—Californian Academy of Arts and Sciences. *Schaffhausen :—Swiss Entomological Society. *Shanghai :—North China Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. *Simla :—United Service Institution of India, 30 Annual Report. [Fxn., +Stettin :—Entomological Society. Stockholm :—Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, *Sydney :—Royal Society of New South Wales. *Trieste :—Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturali. *Turin :—Reale Accademia delle Scienze. fUlwar :—Ulwar Library. *Vienna :—Die Anthropologische Gesellschaft. be —:—Die k. k. Akademie der Wissenschaften. *__.._ : Die k. k. geologische Reichsanstalt. * -—:—Die k. k. zoologisch-botanische Gesellschaft. +Washington :—Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture. *—_____.— : Smithsonian Institution. *—______— :_ United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, *_—______.—. : United States Geological Survey. *Wellington :—New Zealand Institute. *Wiirttemberg :—Natural History Society. *Yokohama :—Asiatic Society of Japan. *—_____. : German Oriental Society. *Zagreb :—Archeological Society. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS OF CoUNCIL DURING 1882. January 26th. Ordinary Meeting. Letters were read from the Natural History Society of Montreal and the Société des Naturalistes of Moscow inviting the Society to take part in Congresses to be held in Montreal and Moscow. It was resolved that the invitations should be acknowledged with thanks, and that enquiries should be made whether any members of the Society were able to accept these invitations. An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the United States Geological Survey. | At the request of the Registrar of the Panjab University College, the Council agreed to present the Panjab University College with such of the past publications of the Bibliotheca Indica as were available, in return for such of the publications of the Panjab University College as were likely to be of use in the Society’s Library, and the Philological Secretary was requested to select such works. * Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society’s publications, and have sent their publications in return, t+ Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society’s publications, but have sent none in returh. § Societies, &c., whose publications have been received, but to which nothing has been sent in return. 1883.] Annual Report. 31 Letters were read from Mr. H. Beverley and Mr. C. H. Tawney announcing their departure from India, and tendering their resignations as members of Council and Trustees of the Indian Museum on behalf of the Society. Major J. Waterhouse and Dr. H. W. M‘Cann were appointed their successors as Trustees of the Indian Museum. At the request of Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac, the stone carvings exhibited at the meeting of the Society held in July, 1879, were ordered to be trans- ferred to the Indian Museum. A request from Mr. A. Grote that he should be allowed to exceed the grant of £140, for Part II’of Moore’s “ Descriptions of Lepidoptera,” on the understanding that the cost of Part III should be reduced by the same amount, was acceded to. A Committee was appointed to arrange for a Conversazione to be held during the 3rd week of February and a vote of thanks was passed to Sir A. Eden, the President, for his generous offer to defray all expenses con- nected with it. It was resolved to subscribe for two copies of each work published by the Pali Text Society. The Annual Report was submitted and approved, and a special meet= ing of the Council was ordered to be called for the 31st January to pass the Annual Accounts. 81st January. Special Meeting. The Annual Accounts were examined and passed. The Treasurer drew attention to the excess of expenditure over income, and pointed out that it was mainly due to the expenses of publishing the Society’s Journal and Proceedings. It was resolved that the Finance Committee should be requested to draw up rules for controlling the expen- diture on publications. 23rd February. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, and requesting that the Lieutenant-Governor may be favoured with an expression of the opinion of the Asiatic Society regarding the propriety of discontinuing the search for ancient Sanskrit MSS. in Bengal. The correspondence was referred to the Philological Committee for their opinion. On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, 16 was agreed to exchange publications with the Société des Sciences de Finlande, and to exchange the Society’s Proceedings for the Brunswick Natural His- tory Society’s “ Jahresbericht.” 82 Annual Report. [Frs., Letters were read from Sir William Thomson, Professor R. v. Roth and Dr. William Wright, thanking the Society for having elected them Honorary Members. A List, supplied by the Foreign Department, giving the names of native Chiefs to whom the publications of the Bibliotheca Indica might suitably be distributed gratuitously, was submitted; and it was resolved that the Sanskrit works should be sent to the Hindu Chiefs and the Arabic- Persian works to the Mahommedan Chiefs, and Dr. Hoernle and Dr. Mitra were requested to select from the list Chiefs to whom both Series could advantageously be sent. A recommendation from the Finance Committee that the decayed beams and burgahs in the rooms downstairs should be renewed in accor- dance with an estimate submitted by Messrs. Mackintosh, Burn and Co. was adopted. A request from Babu Tarini Prosad Neogy, that the Society should help him in his project of publishing various obsolete Sanskrit MSS., was referred to the Philological Committee. The Secretary reported that he had forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal 5 copies of Dr. Mitra’s Report on the progress made in the discovery and preservation of Sanskrit MSS. during the year 1880-81. Mr. A. Pedler was elected a member of the Council. The various Committees for the ensuing year were elected. The Secretary reported that the following resolution had been passed by the Finance Committee with regard to the sum annually allowed for publications : “The Finance Committee recommend that in future an annual sum be assigned to each Secretary for the publication for which he is responsi- ble, which sum is not on any account to be exceeded ; and that any saving on this be set apart for the same Secretary’s publication for the ensuing year, and not appropriated to any other purpose. And that the sum of Rs. 6300, the estimated cost of publications for the ensuing year, be assign ed as follows : “ Rs. 1000 to go towards defraying the deficit in last year’s accounts. “ Rs. 1800 to the Journal Part I, (Philology, Antiquities &c.) “ Rs. 2500 to the Journal Part LI, (Natural History, &.) “* Rs. 1000 to the Proceedings.” The resolution was adopted with the following addition to the general principle : “That any special subscription for extra publications in either branch be specially placed to the credit of that branch and not appropriated to any other purpose.”’ ee. a , S i a * ~ a _ 1883. ] Annual Report. 33 The Secretary submitted alist of members from whom considerable arrears were due in the Society’s books and stated reasons for his opinion _ that in the majority of cases these members could not justly be required to pay the amounts against their names. The Secretary received instructions as to the course to be adopted in each case. The Secretary reported that it had been found advisable to postpone the Conversazione to the 6th of March. 30th March. Ordinary Meeting. The publications of the Bibliotheca Indica series were ordered to be distributed to 30 native Chiefs and States, selected by Dr. Hoernle and Dr, Mitra in accordance with the order passed at the last meeting. A letter was read from Major H. G. Raverty stating that the prepara- tion of the index for his translation of the Tabaqat-i-NAsiri would cost in England £50. The Philological Secretary was requested to ascertain at what cost the index could be prepared in this country. Read the minutes of the Library and Physical Science Committees on a proposal of Col. J. F. Tennant’s that works on Physical subjects be no longer purchased for the Library. The Council were of opinion that it would be undesirable to lay down any general rule, except that the pur- chase of costly books available elsewhere should be as much as possible avoided. At the suggestion of Mr. H. B. Medlicott, it was agreed to recom- mend the Society to subscribe Rs. 50 to the fund being raised for a memo- rial to Mr. L. Schwendler at the Zoological Gardens, 27th April. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from Professor H. Helmholtz thanking the Society for having elected him an Honorary Member. A letter was read from Mr. F. A. de Roepstorff presenting his collec- tion of Andamanese Butterflies to the Society, and it was ordered that the thanks of the Society be conveyed to him. It was resolved, on the recommendation of the Natural History and Philological Secretaries respectively, that Mr. F. A. de Roepstorff and Mr. Herbert Giles should be proposed for election as Associate Members. The President, Sir A. Eden, having left India, the Hon’ble H. J. Reynolds was elected President, Mr. H. F. Blanford, Vice-President and Mr. A. W. Croft, Member of Council, subject to the confirmation of next Ordinary General Meeting. The Philological Secretary reported that Babu Mohendralala Sen had offered to prepare the index for Major Raverty’s translation of the Tabaqat- i-Nasiri for Rs. 150. It was resolved that Major Raverty should be com- municated with on the subject. 34 Annual Report. [Frs., The Secretary reported that Mr. W. T. Blanford had compounded for his future subscriptions by a payment of Rs. 160. lst June. Ordinary Meeting. An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the Société Malaco- logique de Belgique. A letter was read from the Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal stating that His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor approved of the manner in which the Oriental Publication and Sanskrit MSS. grants had been applied during the past year. A revised list supplied by the Government of India, of individuals and institutions to whom the future Nos. of the notices of Sanskrit MSS. should be sent, was submitted and the distribution of the future Nos, of the “ Notices” was ordered to be made in accordance with this list. On the recommendation of the Philological Committee, it was resolved that the Government should be informed that the Society is of opinion that the search for Sanskrit MSS. in Bengal should be continued for at least five years longer. Read the minutes of the Philological Committee on letters from Pro- fessor Hermann Jacobi and Dr. E. Hultzsch, offering an edition of the Parigishtaparvan and of the Kularnava respectively for publication in the Bibliotheca Indica. It was ordered that Dr. Jacobi’s work should be accepted, and that Dr. Hultzsch’s proposal should be again referred to the Philological Committee. 29th June. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from the editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, asking if the Society’s publications could be sent to him for review. The request was acceded to. A letter was read from Mr. A. Grote announcing the publication of Part II of Moore’s “ Lepidoptera” and giving an account of the sums expended on it. A proposal made by the Musée Royal d’ Histoire Naturelle de Belgi- que, that the Society should send all its publications in return for a complete set of the Museum’s publications, was agreed to. The Philological Secretary enquired what was to be done with Dr. Charles’s manuscript translation of the ‘‘ Susruta,’’ which had been returned by Dr. Uday Chand Dutt as being “ utterly worthless” for his purpose. It was resolved that Dr. D. B. Smith and Dr, R. Harvey should be communi- cated with on the matter, and that they should be informed that the Society already has a translation of the work, by Dr. U. C. Dutt, in the press. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee it was resolved that the advertisement of the monthly meetings in the daily newspapers : | | | 1883. ] Annual Report. 35 should be discontinued, and that the annual meeting should be advertised only once, at least 7 days before the day for the meeting. 27th July. Ordinary Meeting. An exchange of the Proceedings and Part II of the Journal for the “ Reports of Progress” of the Geological and Natural History Sur- vey of Canada was sanctioned. The Philological Secretary was requested to arrange for the prepara- tion and printing of the Index for Major Raverty’s translation of the “ Tabaqat-i-Nasiri,” in this country; and it was ordered to convey tne best thanks of the Society to Major Raverty for his able and valuable translation. A letter was read from Professor Chas. Lanman of Harvard College, Cambridge, (U. S.), thanking the Society for sending the Bibliotheca Indi- ea to Harvard College, and, in his capacity of Secretary to the American Philosophical Association, presenting the first 12 Volumes of the Transac- tions of the Association to the Society. The presentation was accepted with thanks. On the recommendation of the Philological Committee, Dr. H. Hultzsch’s offer of an edition of the ‘Kularnava Tantra’ for publication in the Bibliotheca Indica was declined, on the ground that an edition of the work is already in course of publication in Calcutta. A recommendation of the Finance Committee, that the excess amount spent on the Blochmann Bust over the sum collected should be charged to the general account, was sanctioned. A proposal made by Mr. Wood-Mason, that the Society should sub- scribe for Dobson’s ‘‘ Monograph of the Insectivora’’ and Distant’s ‘ Rho- palocera Malayana,” was agreed to. 31st August. Ordinary Meeting. Dr. A. Barclay was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary Member, in accordance with Rule 7. An offer made by the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India to supply the Society with a copy of the “* Washington International Weather Bulletin” was accepted with thanks. On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, an exchange of publications with the New Zealand Institute was sanctioned. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the services of the Maulvi specially engaged for cataloguing the Arabic and Persian books and MSS. were dispensed with and the question of the appointment of a successor was postponed to the next meeting. 28th September. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from the Secretary to the Government of India, 36 Annual Report. [Fes , Home Department, stating that Government cannot give away any copies of the Parliamentary papers and returns relating to India, nor can they ask the Secretary of State to supply them except on payment, but that the Home Department can lend the Society aset of these papers on deposit, on the understanding that they can call for any if required, or, if neces- sary, recover the whole at any time. It was resolved that the loan of a set of such papers should be accepted under these conditions. A letter was read from Colonel J. F. Tennant, Master of the Mint, stating that the Government of India had sanctioned the grant to the Asiatic Society of a set of specimens of the old coins struck at the Calcutta Mint, and forwarding a set with a list. It was resolved that, in acknow- ledging the receipt of these coins, Col. Tennant should be specially thanked for obtaining sanction from Government to present them to the Society ; and that a list of the coins should be published in the ‘ Proceedings.” The Philological Secretary was requested to engage a Maulvi for the purpose of completing the catalogue of Arabic and Persian books and MSS., payment to be made monthly according to work done. Dr. J. Scully was re-elected a member of the Natural History Com- mittee. Mr. J. Wood-Mason, the Natural History Secretary having left for England, it was ordered that Mr. R. Lydekker be asked to undertake the duties of Natural History Secretary on his return to India. 9th November. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from Dr. Rajendralala Mitra submitting a copy of his work entitled ‘“‘ Nepalese Buddhist Literature.” It was resolved that Dr. R. Mitra should receive 30 author’s copies, and that the work should be sold at Rs.5 per copy. Dr. Mitra and Dr. Hoernle were requested to select from the gratuitous distribution list of the Bibliotheca Indica such Socie- ties, Institutions and Individuals as might fittingly be presented with the work. Parts I and II of Moore’s “ Lepidoptera of Ceylon” having been pre- sented by the Home Department with the suggestion that the Society should apply for the remaining Parts directly to the Ceylon Governmisas, it was resolved to make such application. Mr. H. B. Medlicott reported that only 6 proofs of fresh matter of the Catalogue, each consisting of about a page, had been received from the Britannia Press during the months of August, September and Qcetober. Mr. Medlicott was requested to make such arrangements for the satisfac- tory completion of the Catalogue as he thought necessary. The Secretary reported that he had heard that Mr. Lydekker was not returning to India and would therefore be unable to undertake the duties 1883. ] Annual Report. 37 _of Natural History Secretary. It was resolved that Dr. Scully {should be requested to act as Natural History Secretary during his stay in Calcutta. 80th November. Ordinary Meeting. An exchange of the Proceedings and Part I of the Journal for the Bulletin of the Société d’Anthropologie de Lyon was sanctioned. A letter from Dr. Garbe was read, from which it appeared that several eminent Orientalists did not receive the Notices of Sanskrit MSS. Dr. Hoernle and Dr. Mitra were requested to revise the list of Institutions and individuals who receive the ‘“‘ Notices of Sanskrit MSS.” gratis, and it was resolved that the Government should be asked to distribute in future in accordance with this revised list. A letter was read from Dr. J. Scully, consenting to act as Natural History Secretary during his stay in Calcutta, A request of Major G. F. L. Marshall’s, that the work entitled “ The Butterflies of India” by himself and Mr. de Nicéville should be advertised on the cover of the Society’s Proceedings, was acceded to. Read a copy of a letter from the Secretary to Mr. P. C. Wheeler re- garding his arrears of subscription to the Society. Also Mr. P. C. Whee- ler’s reply, declining to pay on the ground that he had not received the publications of the Society regularly and directing that his name should be removed from the list of members. On the Secretary’s submitting a statement showing that the publications had been sent to Mr. Wheeler regularly until he had fallen considerably into arrears, it was resolved that the matter should be reported to the next general pe and that Mr. Wheeler’s name should be suspended as a defaulter. An application from K. F. Koehler of the Leipzig “ Antiquarium”’ to be appointed agent for the sale of the Society’s publications in Leipzig was refused on the ground that the Society’s terms with Messrs, Triibner and Co. prevented their appointing another agent in Europe. A letter was read from Mr. H. B. Medlicott stating that he had taken the work of printing the Catalogue from the Britannia Press, agreeing to pay them for what had already been printed ; and that he was making . arrangements with the Manager of the Caledonian Press to carry on es work, A list of Societies, &c., to which Dr. Mitra and Dr. Hoernle re- commended that copies of Dr. Mitra’s ‘“ Nepalese Buddhist Literature” should be distributed, was approved. was resolved that the Government of India should be requested to give the Society information as to the nature and results of the dredging operations carried on during October, 1882, Dr. A, F. RB. Hoernle proposed that Rules 15 and 61 should be altered 38 Annual Report. [Fes., a | so as to qualify Honorary and Associate Members for serving on the various Committees appointed by the Council. The proposal was approved, and the Secretary was requested to take the necessary measures to obtain the votes of the Society on the proposed change. The Secretary reported that two Honorary Members, viz., Mr. Chas. Darwin and Dr. J. Muir, had died during the year, and these deaths with a previous vacancy made three vacancies in the list of Honorary Members. The Natural History Committee was requested to make two nominations, and the Philological Committee one, to fill these vacancies. 28th December. Ordinary Meeting. Parts III-V of Moore’s Lepidoptera of Ceylon, presented by the Colo- nial Secretary, Colombo, were accepted with thanks, A suggestion of Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac’s that when finds of coins, &c., are recorded in the Society’s Proceedings the name of the district and province should always be mentioned in addition to the name of the place where the coins &c. were found, was ordered to be circulated to the Secre» taries for information, On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, permission was granted to Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen to use again in his work on the “ Indian Land and Fresh Water Mollusca” the plates of the ani- mals of certain species and genera copied from Ferd. Stoliczka’s drawings. It was resolved that Mr. C. J. Rodgers should be proposed for election as an Associate Member. A letter of explanation and apology from Mr. P. C. Wheeler was read and an order was passed that Mr. Wheeler should be informed that the Council accept his explanation, and, inferring from his letter that he is now willing to pay the full sum due, desist from any further proceeding in the matter until he has had an opportunity of paying: in the event of his doing so, that he will be allowed to retire from the Society in the usual way. It was ordered that an announcement to this effect should be made to the Society at its next meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to the Tumlook Public Library Commit- tee for the presentation to the Society of the greater part of the collection of coins belonging to that institution. The consideration of a proposal made by the Secretary that lectures should be given in connection with the Society, as was done in the cold season of 1873-74, was deferred to the next meeting. A Committee was appointed consisting of Messrs. H. B. Medlicott, J. Westland, A. W. Croft, H. F. Blanford, Major J. Waterhouse and Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur (with power to add to their number) to make preparations for the proper celebration of the Centenary of the Society during the next cold season. 1883. | Election of Officers. 39 On the recommendation of Mr. H. B. Medlicott, it was resolved that the Catalogue should be reprinted from the beginning by the Caledonian Press. It was resolved to propose Messrs. W. T. Blanford, A. R. Wallace and Professor W. D. Whitney for election as Honorary Members at the next monthly meeting. The list of proposed office-bearers and members of Council for the ensuing year was prepared. The Cuarrman remarked that, as the evening was already somewhat advanced, and there was rather a long list of business before them on the paper, he would not detain the meeting with any detailed observations on the report which had been read. The salient features of the report might be summed up in a very few words: there had been no falling off in the work of the Society, but the number of their members was not increase ing, and consequently their financial position was not altogether so satis- factory as could be wished. He hoped that all the members who heard him would take such opportunities as might offer of bringing recruits into theirranks. He would now ask the meeting to adopt the report, and, if they agreed to do so, he trusted that they would append to their acceptance of the report an expression of a vote of thanks to the Honorary Secretaries and Treasurer, to whom the Society was so deeply indebted for the good work they had done on its behalf, The report was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks passed to the Honorary Secretaries and Treasurer for their services to the Society. The PResIDENT announced that the Scrutineers reported the result of the election of Officers and Council to be as follows: President. The Hon. H. J. Reynolds, B. A., C.S. Vice- Presidents. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I. E. (he Hon:«J. Gibbs, C. S. I.,.C. I.E. H F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S. | Secretaries and Treasurer. Dr. J. Scully. Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. J. Eliot, Esq., M. A. Other Members of Councii. H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F. R. S. D. Waldie, Esq., F. C. S. 40 Presentations. [Fer J. Westland, Esq., C. S. Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur. Major J. Waterhouse, B.S. C. Alex. Pedler, Esq., F. C. S. A. W. Croft, Esq., M. A. At the suggestion of the President, Messrs. J. Westland and R. Logan were appointed to audit the annual accounts. The meeting was then resolved into the Ordinary Monthly General Meeting. The Hon’ble H. J. Reynotps, President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following presentations were announced :— 1. From the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch,—Catalogue of the Library. Revised to 3lst December, 1881. 2. From the Home Department,—Comparative Grammar of the Languages of Further India: a Fragment, and other Essays, by Captain Cc. J. F.S. Forbes; (2) The Sarva-Dargana-Sangraha, by E. B. Cowell and A. E. Gough. 3. From the Panjab Government,—Reports on Sanskrit MSS. for July 1880 to June 1881; and for 1881-1882. 4. From the Authors,—History of Indigenous Education in the Pan- jab since annexation and in 1882, by G. W. Leitner; (2) Footprints found at the Carson State Prison, by H. W. Harkness; (8) Suggestions regard- ing Forest Administration in the Madras Presidency, by Dr. D. Brandis ; (4) The Coinages of the East India Company at Bombay, by H. Thomas. 5. From the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India,—Vital Statistics of India, Vol. VI. 6. From the Superintendent, Government Botanical Gardens, Sahd- runpore and Mussoorie,—Report on the Progress and Condition of the Government Botanical Gardens at Saharunpore and Mussoorie for the year ending 31st March, 1882. 7. From the Translator,—Kashgaria: (Hastern or Chinese Turkis- tan). Historical and Geographical sketch of the country; its Military Strength, Industries and Trade. Translated from the Russian by Walter E. Gowan. 8. From the British Museum,—Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, by Geo. Albert Boulenger. 9. From the Secretary of State for India,—Sacred Books of the East, Vols. XIV and XVIII. 10. From the Government of Madras,—List of the Antiquarian Re- mains in the Presidency of Madras. Vol. I, by Robert Sewell.” j 1883. ] Election of Members. 41 | 11. From the Surveyor General of India,—Account of the operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Vols. VII-VIIL. 12. From the Officer in Charge, Tidal Operations, Survey of India, — Tide-Tables for the Indian Ports for the year 1883 (also January 1884) ; (2) Tide-Tables for the river Hooghly, Dublat (Saugor Island), Diamond Harbour, and Kidderpore (Calcutta), for the year 1883 (also for January 1884). 13. From Schlesische Botanische Tausch-Verein,—General-Doublet- ten-Verzeichnis des Schlesischen Botanischen Tauschi-Vereins. XXI. Tauschjahr 1882-83. . 14. From the Californian Academy of Sciences,—On certain remark- _ able Tracks, found in the Rocks of Carson Quarry, by Joseph LeConte. 15. From Debipershad of Jodhpur,—an Indo-Sassanian coin. 16. From the Deputy Commissioner of Bahraich,—four Vardha coins. The Secretary reported that the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, had made over a set of Parliamentary Reports and Returns relating to India to be preserved in the Asiatic Society’s Library, on the understanding that Government can call for any of them if required, or, if necessary, recover the whole at any time. A catalogue of these was laid on the table. The following gentlemen, duly proposed by the Council at the last meeting, were ballotted for and elected Honorary Members of the Society : W. T. Blanford, F. R. S. A. R. Wallace, F. R. 8. Dr. William Dwight Whitney. The following gentleman, duly proposed by the Council at the last meeting, was ballotted for and elected an Associate Member : C. J. Rodgers, Esq. The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- ing, was elected an ordinary Member: L. J. K. Brace, Esq. The following gentleman is a candidate for ballot at the next meeting : Babu Jadava Chandra Goswami, B. A., proposed by Babu Adharlal Sen, seconded by Nawab Abdul Latif, Khan Bahadur. The Secretary reported that the following gentlemen had withdrawn from the Society : R. Lydekker, Esq. R. Griffith, Esq. R. Turnbull, Esq. 42 R. R. Bayne—Lxcavations on site of Old Fort William. (Fes, ; ‘ The PresrpENT announced that, in accordance with the notice given at the December meeting, the votes would now be taken on the proposed amendments to Rules 15 and 61. a Dr. H. Cayley and Mr. G. A. Grierson were appointed Scrutineers and reported that the votes were unanimously in favour of the amendments. The PResIDENT announced that the amendments were carried, The Srcrerary reported that Dr. D. Brandis had compounded for all future subscriptions by paying a commutation fee of Rs. 120. . The Councit reported that, in consequence of the general wish express- __ ed in the discussion which took place after the reading of Mr. Bayne’s pa- per at the last meeting, the Secretary had written a letter to the Govern- ment of Bengal requesting the Lieutenant-Governor to order further ex- cavations to be made with a view to fixing the remaining sites in old Fort William definitely, and to direct tablets to be erected at the more important points. A reply had been received from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of Bengal, P. W. D., enclosing a copy of a letter from the - Secretary to the Government of Bengal, P. W. D., to the Superintendent of Works, Calcutta, ordering the excavations to be made and tablets to be erected at a cost not to exceed Rs. 800. ° The Szcretary read the following note by Mr. R. R. Bayne on some further discoveries made by him on the site of old Fort William during the laying down of the water-pipe through the Custom House premises :— Since the last meeting of the Society, the laying of the water pipe through the Custom House premises has been carried out. I fortunately returned to Calcutta only the day before they began the excavation about the site marked on my plan shewing the earth-work Ravelin alluded to by Orme. The Tram-lines cross this spot and the excavation of a piece about 40 feet in length was made at night. I made it my duty to watch it and only left on completion of the excavation after two o’clock at night or rather morning. I was more than rewarded, for here undoubtedly was the excavation alluded to by Orme most distinctly shewn in full section of the — F ditch, 80 feet wide, with sloping sides of 20 feet on the Fort side and 10 feet on the side towards the country beyond. A plan of the position of the section I have partly prepared whilst my notes are fresh: this I will complete ultimately. The trench in which the water pipe was laid only went down 6 feet below road level: I was, however, kindly lent some coolies by the pipe layer and, at the lowest place indicated by the sloping lines of the ditch side, I had a further excavation made 2’9” deep and to the bottom of the ditch. I inferred it was bottom because brick debris were wanting and it was all clay : this 29” also brought me into water, — la iy er * 1883.7 BR. R. Bayne—Zevecavations on site of Old Fort William. 43 __ ‘The longitudinal section of this pipe excavation shewed on its sides the undisturbed natural soil sloping either way : above this it was filled in with a mixture of loose bricks, mortar, broken plaster and earth. It all lay very loosely packed towards the bottom: the bricks, as they lay tumbled in, were full of cavities, between some of which I could see in several inches or probe a stick asmuch as a foot: towards the bottom there was a greater mixture of loose earth than towards the top: the bottom _ to which I excavated and at which the filling of bricks ceased was at water line or 8’'9” below road level. The excavation here, and the appearance of the trench; gave me the ~ impression that the looseness of the filling might be due to some such causa _ as the decay of bodies laid in first, causing a cavity, which, if of a few inches only, would allow the scil immediately above it to follow in and consequent- Iylie loosely packed. There was not a vestige of a bone, but 125 years 4 _would, I presume, destroy all traces of even bones in a soil saturated with _ water. The bottom of the trench, the part in which bodies would lie, was - excavated by me with the light only of oil torches and I of course could _ only very indifferently examine the soil, added to which the water pipe layers could give me no time. The trench was at an angle, and to any one standing behind it, at the point at which the excavation cut it, the salient would be to his right, shewing that the centre of the gateway was south,—how far I cannot ven- - ture a guess,—of the small fountain erected at this place. The ditch was to the east of this fountain, the bottom of the slopes 43 feet to the east of its centre. I am inclined to think that the position of the fountain is, north or south, not very far off the centre line of-the gateway. F About 56 feet within this temporary Ravelin of earthwork, I found a sloping wallof brickwork, 2’-6” thick, following the same direction, and 27’-6” east, or in advance of, the east curtain or gate: from this I infer that there was an outer wall covering the entrance to the Fort. HS The excavation of this trench for the piping has been completed and has settled that the face of the eastern gate is still further to the south. - Inside it I find at a distance of 17 feet the inner, wall already found behind thé northern curtain and the northern end of the east curtain: beyond it, again, I find at 11 feet a verandah wall as already described by me and wanting in all but the small gateway at the N. W. corner. At a distance of 175’'0” within this, I found some of the foundations of the Governor’s House: in my map I have conjectured this and placed it 160 feet within the gateway, so that I am not very far out of position; to the north I have not examined the walls nor do I intend to do so as this is not important enough to search for, but should be recorded when further excavations are made, 44 R. R. Bayne—Excavations on site of Old Fort William. [¥F8B., Going west, the west curtain has been passed and 18 feet within it the inner wall of the chambers, a shallow wall but mo verandah again. So that I can now safely say that the verandahs did not go entirely round the fort interior, Beyond this, I cannot reconcile anything with my find to the north. There are no less than five walls all of a date subsequent to the old wall just alluded to, all parallel to it, that is, all running north and south at about the same angle. These walls are all very well built, some with not very deep founda- tions, all with a brick 10 X 5 (full dimensions) by 2 inches thick: the last is 140 feet west of the west curtain. Within this last wall is another wall 1’ 8” thick and the wall imme. diately east of this is also 18” thick (the only walls less than three feet thick): they are 16 feet apart and I think have formed a landing place of narrow steps round a central “ well” of 9’°6” square. Nearly all this 140 feet is “filling,” that is, made-up ground: the last 96 feet is all filling and to a depth below the 6 feet bottom of the trench. As these walls take one outside the Fort, I have not examined them further. The whole of the upper surface is road-metal on brick on edge on brick flat over rubbish: this extends down about 18 inches and the very perfect old brick on edge on brick flat, found to the north and laid at right angles to the curtain wall, is here wanting: all I have just alluded to is quite modern, I have postponed any further search here until my return in April to Caleutta. The operations of the Municipality in laying in this pipe have been most opportune and have helped me considerably. I have to thank the overseer in charge for his assistance. Dr. M’Cann remarked that as these further excavations had shown that the gateway of the fort was further to the south than Mr. Bayne had originally inferred, the south curtain wall might also be further to the south, so that Dr. Chevers’s inference that the arches in the Post Office compound had lain just inside this wall might after all be correct.* He further stated that Mr. Bayne had pointed out to him that the long slope of the ditch as exposed by him was towards the fort, whilst the short slope was outwards, which was contrary to the usual mode of constructing ditches to cover fortifications. * Mr. Bayne subsequently remarked as follows on this suggestion. “I do not think this at all likely, as my centre line of the east entrance of the Fort was conjecture and was only a few feet to the north of its position as now ascertained, and if the arcade was inside the Fort as supposed by Dr. Chevers, then the east and west sides of the fort would be over 50 feet longer than stated by Orme, whereas Orme’s dimensions bring the south curtain wall close to these arcades and we are told of the existence of flat-roofed warehouses abutting on the curtain wall, “UAHDNOW WOUd NOILGIMOSNI VIILAN V HO WIWIsovad ‘VLLQOTVO ‘mo1zao 8,IVEENED WOATAANS THI LV C#EHAVADOONIZOLOBA ‘II ALV 1d "S881 ‘Iedusg ‘0g ‘sy ‘og > 1883. ] Kutila inscription from Monghyr. 45 The ComMANDER-IN-CHIEF said that it was not surprising that the profile of the ditch of the work covering the gateway of the Fortis found not to be in accordance with the accepted views of Military Engineering Science, as the canons of the art at the present day are, in respect of such work, almost the opposite of those obtaining at the end of the last century and especially in native forts. - Dr. HoERn te read the following letter from Mr. E. V. Westmacott, forwarding a rubbing of a Kutila inscription from Monghyr :— LT enclose a rubbing of a kutila inscription of Mahi Pal Deb, which is, I think, sufficiently interesting to be laid before the Asiatic Society at its next meeting. It is cut on the left hand portion of a broken basalt slab, which evidently formed the trabeate lintel of a doorway. The surface is not sufficiently polished to enable me to take a very clear rubbing, but the characters are very clear (vide PlateIi). I read them S?% Mahi Pala Deva rdjye samvat 1, and then comes a curve which is apparently part of a second figure, the rest of the slab being broken off, _The second rubbing is from a slab of the red clay slate, which is the material from which most of the old buildings of Monghyr are formed, and appears to be a mere mason’s mark of three letters and a figure. Neither end of the inscription is broken off, and it appears to be perfect. These inscriptions have been discovered by Mr. Ambler, in pulling downa ruinous Muhammadan mosque which stood on his premises, occupying the north-western angle of the old fort of Monghyr. The stones on which they are cut had been built into the walls of the mosque, with numerous others carved with scrolls, fleur de lys, and chain ornaments, some in basalt, some in clay-slate, and all having formed part of a highly decorated Buddhist stupa, or, probably, as I judge from the diversity of material and pattern, of more stépas than one. From the size, I should think that they were small s¢pas, from six to ten feet high, such as are found, built, I presume, as votive offerings, close to some great central stupa. These stones discovered by Mr. Ambler form only a small portion of the remains of Buddhist buildings which exist in Monghyr and the neigh- bourhood. I observe carved lintels, mouldings, and ornamental bas-re- liefs built into the walls and gateways of the fort, the drains, and most of the earlier buildings. Some friezes with figures are preserved in the local museum, a similar row of figures being among Mr. Ambler’s stones, and I am informed that carved stones are numerous on private premises in the - neighbourhood. The celebrated Monghyr copper plate of Deb Pal Deb, described in the first volume of the Asiatic Researches, and referred to by me ina paper on the Pal Réjas published in the Calcutta Review eight or nine 46 Kutila inscription from Monghy?. (Pee, . years ago, clearly mentions Mudga-giri as the place from which Deb PAl — issued his grant. Tam unfortunately writing without books to refer to, and am trusting to my memory, but the expression which has been trans- — lated ‘victorious camp’ is in my opinion used by the Pal Rajas, and also by the Sens, to denote their royal residence. Its application by the Sen Rajas to Bikrampore, certainly in one copper-plate, and, I think, in more, appears to prove this, Bikrampore being well known as the capital of the Sens. It is interesting to find an inscription of Mahi Pal, two or three generations later than Deb Pal, on the spot which was Deb PaAl’s residence. Looking to the natural position of Monghyr, ona rock washed by the Ganges, it is reasonable to suppose that it would be maintained asa stronghold by the rulers of the land, whoever they were, and at the time of the Muhammadan conquest it was probably held as an important pesition by the dynasty, whatever it was, which the Muhammadans displaced. I have met with very few early Muhammadan buildings the materials of which do not show clearly that they had belonged to buildings earlier still, and also that those earlier buildings were of a Buddhist origin. Buddhism had probably ceased to exist before the advent of the Muhammadans, but the religious buildings of the Buddhists do not seem to have been destroyed. I think that the — worshippers of Siva, or of the Brahmanical Pantheon, adapted them to their own rites,as may be seen at Buddha-Gaya at the present day. ‘The shape and size of the old bricks found about Monghyr are the same as those of the bricks in Southern Dinajpur and Bogra where Buddhist re-. mains are numerous, being no longer than they are broad, ele or nine inches square, and two or three inches thick. The following note by Dr. R. L. Mrrra was read on the subject :— ‘“Mr. Westmacott’s letter is interesting, and should be read at the next meeting. The date of the inscription being incomplete, it cannot be used for any historical purposes. ‘The figure visible appears to me more like 9 than lL. The curled end of the second figure would indicate a 3, and there was probably athird. The second inscription is too smudgy to be of much use. I think Mr. Westmacott is right in taking it for a mason’s mark. I have not the original of the old inscriptions to refer to. The words translated ‘from the victorious camp’ are generally faa azarag and s ‘kataka’ means both a ‘camp’ and a ‘capital’, either rendering would be verbally correct. In some cases, however, the word Skandhdavara is usaf and there ‘camp’ is the only rendering admissible.” Mr. Grierson pointed out that, according to tradition, there had once been a famous king, called Mahi Pal Deb, in Rangpur. The chief town of that district, Mahiganj, was said to be called after him. With refer- ence to the Rangpur Pal dynasty, he referred the meeting to his Intro- duction to the ‘ Song of Manik Chandra,” published in the Journal of the q 1883.] H. F. Blanford—Sun-thermometer observations. 47 z Society, Part I, No. 8, 1878, and to Mr. Westmacott’s article on the Pal _ kings in Vol. LIX of the Calcutta Review. The following papers were read— 1. Some further results of sun-thermometer observations with reference to atmospheric absorption and the supposed variation of the solar heat. (Postponed from last Meeting.) —By NN. F. Branrorp, F. RS, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. This paper is published in the Journal, Part IT, 1882. | Mr. J. Brioges Lee said he proposed to offer only a few observa- _ tions on that portion of Mr. Blanford’s paper in which he referred to the difficulty of distinguishing between atmospheric effects due to aqueous vapour, mist or diffused cloud and dust haze. All these forms of matter are powerful heat absorbers. All interfere more or less seriously with the value of any thermometric observations of the heat of the sun’s rays and, having regard to the smallness of the periodic variations which are believed to occur with some regularity over cyclical periods between maxima and minima of sunspots, it is evident that the errors introduced by the irre- gular and uncertain causes referred to may be sufficient to vitiate, if not altogether to destroy, the value of all observations made at low altitudes, so faras they have any bearing upon the question of the variation of _ radiant energy of the sun’s rays. Mr. Lee suggested, however, that it may be quite possible to separate and to distinguish between the effects due to the before-mentioned causes. Aqueous vapour diffused through the atmos- phere absorbs from the sun’s rays both heat and light, but the absorption is selective and a spectroscope shows certain well known and distinctly mark- ed dark bands towards the least refrangible end of the spectrum. Aqueous vapour, except possibly to a very small extent in the uppermost layers of | the atmosphere, does not reflect or diffuse heat or light. Aqueous mist __ _ or diffused cloud, on the other hand, consists of myriads of tiny globules of water. These globules diffuse light by reflection and the light reflected is polarised at right angles to the incident solar rays. That polarised light ean be observed and roughly measured by any suitably constructed pola- riscope. Professor Tyndall was, Mr. Lee believed, the first physicist who studied in any detail the characters of mist and fine cloud precipitated upon a beam of (electric) light. Speaking from memory, only, Mr. Lee was unable to give a reference to the paperin which his results were de- scribed, but he had had the advantage of attending the reading of his paper and following the experiments then performed. He experimented with the vapours of certain ethers and Hydrochloric Acid or Chlorine enclosed in long glass cylinders with flat ends and concentrated upon the mixture a conical beam of electric light. The result was that a very fine dark blue mist was quickly deposited upon the beam. ‘The mist then passed through 48 Remarks by Mr. Bridges Lee on atmospheric absorption. (Fer, all shades of pale blue to white (as seen by reflected light) and the light — reflected was polarised as above stated. ¢ Naturally aqueous mist in the atmosphere is always accompanied by aqueous vapour, but while the latter betrays its existence by selective absorption, the former is detected by its diffusive and polarizing effects. Dust haze is more difficult to distinguish from aqueous mist, but it — may be noticed, as Mr. Blanford had remarked, that dust haze is most plentiful in the atmosphere when aqueous vapour mist and cloud are least plentiful. The effects of each may be capable of differentiation with the aid of a spectroscope and absorbing media. Dust haze is composed of minute solid particles which reflect slightly and absorb strongly. The — absorption by dust haze is diffuse, being greatest at the most refrangible _ end of the spectrum, but it extends with gradually, diminishing intensity through the green, yellow, orange and red. The absorption by clean aqueous mist or cloud is quite different. ; A clean white cloud flits between the earth and the sun, and tt is found possible to turn one’s eyes without pain toward the sun’s rays. The intensity of the rays which reach us is greatly diminished, but the sun still looks white or nearly so through the cloud and the spectrum will differ in little but intensity from the ordinary’ spectrum obtained on looking directly at the sun before or after the cloud has passed. In look- ing at the sun through a dust cloud (or a London or Calcutta fog, which consists of watery globules with particles of solid dust or dirt attached), the sun appears to pass from white through all the shades of yellow, orange and red until its direct rays are at last completely quenched, The effect of a clean cloud of water particles may be roughly compared. to the effect of a sheet of nearly colourless ground glass, the effect of dust or dirty fog to a similar sheet of smoked glass. Further thought and a close and careful attention to experimental detail will probably be necessary — before practical effect can be given to the suggestion here thrown out, but Mr. Lee’s object in making these remarks was to indicate the possibility of increasing the value of certain classes of meteorological observations by calling in the aid of the spectroscope and polariscope as meteorological instruments. In all Mr. Lee’s expeditions to the Alps and Himalayas, he has invariably carried a small Nicol’s prism, and has frequently found that with its aid he has been able clearly to discern distant objects which were otherwise rendered indistinct or invisible by the polarised light from inter- vening mist. Professor Tyndal in one of his books or papers refers to having employed a Nicol’s prism for the same purpose. Mr. BLANFORD,in replying to Mr. Bridges Lee’s remarks, said he thought that gentleman had misunderstood the nature of the difficulty he had briefly alluded to in distinguishing between the effects of dust haze and high diffused cloud. ‘The remark had reference only to the actinometri¢ re 1883. ] Discussion on Mr. Blanford’s paper. 49 observations made at Alipore, and to the fact that the paleness of the sky, which varied to some extent with the actinic intensity shown by the instrument, might be due either to dust haze or to diffused cloud or more probably to both, and that it was impossible to separate the effects of these two agents. He had frequently examined the spectrum afforded by | the setting sun shining though the dense haze that shrouds the plains in the dry weather, as seen from Simla with the aid of a small pocket spec- troscope. There was a general absorption especially in the blue and violet, and, as might be expected, the low sun bands due to water vapour were also very strong. Mr. pe Nice’viuLeE stated, with reference to Mr. Blanford’s remarks on the absorption of the heat of the sun by the ‘ dust haze’ which prevails during the dry months of the year in the plains of India, and Mr. Blanford’s statement that he proposed to carry out a series of observations extending over two years at Leh, Ladak, where the sky is almost always clear of cloud, that when he was in Leh in June, 1877, the dust in the valley was particularly noticeable, so that objects at a few miles distance were quite obscured by it. It would appear therefore that, though the difficulty of the absorption of heat by vapour would not be encountered at Leh, there would still be the perhaps greater difficulty of the haze to contend against in any observations carried on at that place. In the discussion that took place, it appeared that, whilst this dust haze in the valleys about Leh was particularly remarkable, an ascent of a few hundred feet carried one quite clear of it. 2. A new Species of Cyrestis (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera) from Great Nicobar.—By LionEL DE NICE’VILLE. The beautiful insect described in this paper, to which Mr. de Nicéville has given the name of Cyrestis tabula, was recently received by the Indian Museum from Mr F, A. de Roepstorff, who obtained it at the close of last year from the island of Great Nicobar. It is the first species of the genus Cyrestis that has been recorded from the Nicobar group of islands, though three species have been obtained by Mr. de Roepstorff from the neigh- bourhood of Port Blair in the South Andaman group. This paper will be published in the Journal, Pt. II, 1883. 3. Notes on lately discovered sepulchral mounds, cairns, caves, cave-paint- ings, and stone inplements —By A. 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The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following presentations were announced :— 1. From the Peabody Academy of Science,—Primitive Industry: or Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and Clay, of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America, by Chas. C. Abbott, 2. From the Authors,—Indo-Scythian Coins, with Hindi Legends, by Edward Thomas; (2) Mathura: a Distriet Memoir; with numerous Illustrations. Third Edition. By F. S. Growse. 3. From the Société Géologique de Belgique,—Adresse aux Chambres Législatives au sujet de la Carte Géologique de la Belgique, par G. Dewal- que. 4, Fyrom the Trustees, Indian Museum,—Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by John Anderson. Part I (6 copies). 5. From the Bengal Government,—Archzological Survey Reports, Vol. XV. 6. From G. V. Juggarow’s Observatory,—Results of Meteorological Observations, 1881. 7. From Babu Prannath Pandit,—Gnana Dipika, by Babu Kali Chandra Lahari, Part VII. 96 Ewhibition of Coins of the Durrint Dynasty, Se. [Max, The Philological Secretary drew the attention of the members present to the copy of Mr. Growse’s Mathura, a District Memoir, the presentation of which had been announced that evening. He remarked that it was by far the most valuable of all the District Memoirs which had hitherto been published at the instance of the Government of the North-West Pro- vinces. It fully deserved the appreciation with which it had been received by the public, and which was testified by the fact of its already being issued — in a third edition. It was replete with accurate information on every point of interest relating to the District of Mathura, its inhabitants and princi- pal families, its history, antiquities, religious and social eustoms, ete. Al- together it deserved attention asa model of what of a District Memoir might be made; and it was to be wished that every Indian District might | be provided with a Memoir equally full and trustworthy. The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- ing were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : S. A. Hill, Esq., Babu Raj Krishna Mukarji, M. A., B. L. The following gentlemen are candidates for ballot at the next meeting :— Sird4r Gurdidl Singh, C. §8., Hushyarpur, Panjab, proposed by D. Ibbetson, Esq., C. 8., seconded by i Wilson, Esq., C. S. Col. A. C. Toker, Officiating Secretary, Board of Examiners, sseheiel by Dr. A. F. BR. Hoernle, seconded by Col. W. F. Prideaux. The SrcRETaRY reported that the following gentlemen had intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society : W. MacGregor, Esq. J. G. W. Sykes, Esq. Dr. Horryté exhibited a collection of gold and silver coins, mostly of the Durrani Dynasty, sent by Mr. M. L. Dames, C. S., of Dera Ismail Khan, with the following letter :— “T have the pleasure to despatch to you the coins about which I wrote, of which I enclose a list. Of the Durrani series there are 8 gold and 28 silver coins. Besides these, I have sent 3 gold, 8 silver coins and 1 copper coin, which I think are interesting, and should be glad to have any of them, — which you consider sufficiently important, described. “T leave it entirely to you to arrange for the description of these coins, as I cannot make a complete description of them myself. I have noted on the list what I know about them; and I believe I have ascribed them cor- rectly in most cases. “The Dera or Derajat mint was situated, I believe, here at Dera Ismail Khan. The coins of this mint now sent nearly all belong to a find (a matka full of coins) at the village of Diwala close to Dera Ismail Khén, made about — 9 “The Derajat coins are very roughly executed, but some of the others : show a superior style, especially the large double rupee of Zaman Shah ° struck at Kabul (No. 11) which I think you will consider a very fine coin.” ; The following is the list of coins, referred to in Mr. Dames’s letter— Gold Coins. f 1, Gold coin of Dera mint. Apparently of Taimur Shah. Obverse. Zarbi Dera. Sana 6. * Reverse. Cannot make out inscription. Date appa- rently (11)92. 2. Au. Herat mint. Taimdr Shah. : Ob. Zarb jalis maimanat manus Hirat (1195 ?). 3 | #. A verse apparently not very clear, containing the 5 4 words ‘Khorshed wa mah’ rhyming with AR | ‘Taimér Shah.’ | 3. Au. Multan mint. Ob, Zarb Daru’l Aman Multan. Sana 14. | 1181 ah wade Sikka (Tai)mur Shah Nizam ba hukm (.., ) L Rastl (...). (4. Au. Meshhed mint. Nadir Shah. Ob. ... in centre: Zarb Meshhed. R. Inscription with name of Nadir Shah. 5, Au. Mohar. ’Al4uddin Mahmud Shah. | Ob. As-sult4nu ’] 4‘zam ’Aldu’d-dunyawa’d-din (...) Abt’l- ' muzaftar Mahmud Shah Khildallah Khilafatuhu. = | R. (Date on margin). Sikandaru’s-Sdni, yaminul khilafat, 3 nasir_ Amiru’l-Méminin. = 46 Au. Modid Ghaznawi. (Cf. coinof Farakhzad, Brit. Mus. Cat. $ | II. No. 546.) | Ob. Area: ......’adal. 7 14 iléhu ilé all4hu wahdah la Sharikulahu. Sani. (Dou- , ble margin.) R. Lillah-Fath. Muhammad Rustlu’lléhi. ~ 1883.] _ 7years ago. Iwas not here myself at that time, but the coins were sent to me by Mr. E. P. Henderson, C. S., who was then stationed here. The gold _ Dera coin I obtained at Dera Ghazi Khan, and the Modid coin from a Sarraf : here who had bought it from a Povindah merchant, the ’Al4-ud-din _ Mahmid at Karndl, and the copper one I put down to Yalduz at Sirsa, Exhibition of Coins of the Durrani Dynasty, Se. 97 Al-Qaim b’amru’llahi Shahabu’d-daulat. Modud. (Single margin). 98 Exhibition of Ooins of the Durrani Dynasty, Se. [May, Silver Coins. (7. Ar. & Rupees of Ahmad Shéh, Derajat mint, year 28. 8. Ar, Rupee of Taimir Shah, Peshawar mint—‘Sana jalis zarb — Peshawar’—in tughra. a 9, “Ar. 2 Rupees of Taimtir Shéh. Derajdt mint, one dated 1199, one 11, 10. Ar. 1 Rupee similar to 9. Difference in inscription. | 11. Ar. Double rupee (about 360 grains). Kabul mint. Zaman Shah. Ob, Sikka-i har do jahan, rivaj-i-daulat, ba ném-i-Shah Zaman, qarar yaft ba-hukm-i- Khudae, Margin...... Zad bar sim wa zar ba hukm-i-Ilahi er Zaman,..... * 2 fev. (In tughra.) Zarb Sana Daru’l Saltanat Kabul. = 412. Ar. Rupee of Zaman Shah.- Derajat mint, year 8 (out of 3.) FA | 138. Ar. 2 Rupees of Zaman Shah. Ahmaddb4d mint ? 14. Ar. 3 Rupees of Mahmud Shah (out of 7), Derajat mint. Dates 24, 1226, 1227. | 15. Ar. 8 Rupees of Mahmtd Shah (out of 8). Herat mint. Dates 1216, 1223, 1224. (The other dates are 1220, 1221, 1225.) 16, Ar. A rupee of Mahmud Shah (Herat) another type. 17. Ar. Rupee of Shah Shujah ul Mulk. Kabul mint, resembling No. 11 in style. 18. Ar. 2 Rupees of Shah Shujah ul Mulk (out of 11) Derajat mint. Dates 1216 and 1224. (19. Rupee of Taimur Shah, Multan mint, 4th year of his reign. (20. A rupee without legible name, resembling in style those of Dera- at mint. 21, A silver coin struck at Isfahan, resembling in style those of the | Persian Mongols. 4 22, Five Persian silver coins, | 23. A silver coin of Babar, date (9) 36. 24. A small silver coin unknown to me. | 25. A copper coin dated 606 bearing a crescent under the date, pro- — L bably of Tajuddin Yalduz, Miscellaneous. Subsequently the following letter, relating to the above coins, was — received from Mr. Dames. 4 “Tn continuation of my letter about Durrani and other coins sent to you, I find that the coin of ’Alau’d-din Mahmud Shah (No. 5 in my list) bas already been described by Mr. Delmerick in the Society’s Journal for i is =e = 1883.) F. 8S. Growse—WNote on the word “ nuthdar” or “nisdr.” 99 1876, p. 295, Pl. VI, No. 19. Mine is, I think, identical with the one there described. “To the list of Durrani coins I should have added some copper coins of Mahmud Shah struck at Multan. One of them bears the date 1230 = 1815 A. D. or three years before the Sikhs took the town. JI also have a Sikh copper coin of Dar-uleAman Multan bearing the date (18) 75 which is the Sambat corresponding to 1818, the date of the capture of Multan. The h. 1280 bears the figure of a lily, and another of Mahmitid’s, the Sikh leaf, which looks as if these were struck under Sikh influence. ‘Some of the Derajat rupees may have been struck by the Sikhs after 1821 (when they took Dera Ismail Khan). They kept up some sort of mint certainly. Mr. Rodgers gives two Derajat Sikh coins in his paper on the coins of the Sikhs. (Journal, 1881, Nos. 49 and 50, Pl. VIII). ** No. 20 in my list, which bears no king’s name, is probably a Sikh coin. One like it which I have not sent seems to bear the date 98, which would be as late as 1841, but I cannot make anything out of the inscriptions except ‘Zarb Derajat.’ “T have been looking through the list of Aurangzeb’s mints given by Mr. Rodgers in the Proceedings for January, and I find I have rupees of three mints not given by him, viz., [lahabad, Champanir and Katak. The Katak one is of the 46th jults, the others undated.” Dr. HorrntE remarked that the coins were of much interest and de- served careful examination and description. He had referred Mr. Dames’s letters to General Cunningham, who in his reply had advised the publication of these coins, as they were toa great extent unknown as yet. Accordingly it was intended to publish descriptions and illustrations of as many of them as on examination would be found deserving of it. The following note was read from Mr. F. S. Growse on the word nuthar’’ or “ nigar.”’ “Tn the Society’s Proceedings for January, which have just reached me, I see some discussion about the word nuthdr, or more correctly nisdr, meaning money or other articles thrown amongst the people at marriages, or other festive occasions, by way of largesse. The Hindi word for the same custom is nichhdvart, which occurs scores of times in Tulsi Das’s Ramayana ; as in the line “ Nan, Bari, Bhat, Nat Ram-nichhdvari pai (I. 826). ‘The barbers, torch-makers, singers and dancers picked up the offerings that had been scattered about Rama.’ ** Or again, “ Karahim nichhavari manigan chira, (1. 852). ‘They scatter around him jewels and vestments.’ “The resemblance between the Arabic nisdér and the Hindi nichhdvart. is so close that the one might easily be a corruption of the other. But it seems improbable that such a thoroughly Indian custom should not have an indigenous name; and, further, the derivation of nichhdvari would ap= ‘ pear to be from the Sanskrit root ship, ‘to throw,’ with the prefix nz, ‘down.’ I see that Mr. Bate in his Hindi Dictionary forms it from niyam © + kshay + var: but this can scarcely be accepted as a very plausible ex- — planation. Anyhow the word does not look like a foreign importation. As to the etymology of wzsdr, I must leave Arabic scholars to speak ; if there is no connection between the two words, the coincidence in sound and meaning is at least curious. Should there be no earlier authority than — Tulsi Das for the use of nichhdvari, it might be a mere adaptation of the sound, such as has converted éntikal into ant kdl, bil mdi into bri; mal, and has helped to popularize many other unintelligible terms of legal phraseology.” The following papers were read :— 1. Notes on the Nangis: a Religious Sect.—By J. W. Parry, Assoc. M. Inst, C. E. These notes were compiled by the author while at Bhiwani on the Rewari-Ferozpur Railway. They are from two sources: (1) Written re- cords in the Bhiwani Tahsil by one Amir Chand, a Deputy Collector, made about 11 years ago; (2) From notes made in conversation with Ramchan- dra the present head of the Nangis at Bhiwani. Itis assumed that the present year 1883 corresponds with the Hindu Sambat 1937. Amir Ohand’s Records. In Magh Sambat 1828, corresponding to our January, 1774, Dedraj, the founder of the sect, was born in the house of Puran Brahman in the village of Dharsu, State Narnoul or Patiala. For the first 5 or 6 years Dedraj fed cattle, but a Mussalman having killed a cow, Dedraj left off feeding cattle and took to cultivating. At 11 years of age he went to Agra to the house of Diwan Dharm Dass and was appointed cook. Here Nangi, Dharm Dass’s bhisti, became acquainted with him; she used to give him patasa, a native sweetmeat, and became devoted to his person. Subsequent= ly Dedraj returned to his native village Dhursu with Nangi, where the Mussalmans complained to the Nawab of Jhujjur that Dedr4j was a Jadi- gar or conjuror. He was imprisoned for two years: when released he came to Mihrampur, district Narnoul, Sambat 1870, or 1816 A. D. He then a went to Churina, district Khetvi, where in Sambat 1892, A. D. 1839, he built - a temple and practised bhajan, gana bajand or worship with songs and music, The report of his practices having spread, many men flocked to hear him, especially Philu Babar, Kaula, Dhand Jhdbar—called the Pan= i, 100 J. W. Parry—Notes on the Nangis. [May, 2 } 1883. | J. W. Parry—Wotes on the Nangis. 101 dars—with Babar’s wife called Daropti. They succeeded in bringing Ded- r4j to Bhiwani where he also preached, but accusations were made against him, and he retired to Metathul, where Ndngi died. Then he obtained another Nangi, a Brahmini inhabitant of Larden, district Jhujjur, who is said to be still alive at Churina. After many vicissitudes Dedraj died at Churina in Magh 1809 at the age of 81 years, A. D. 1855. Ramehandra’s Account. Dedréj Brahmin was son of Puran and was born at Dharsu. Up to the age of 12 he fed cattle. He also sowed kusum or safflower for dyeing clothes: part of the produce he sold as a means of subsistence and a part he gave away incharity. A Mussalman having killeda cow, Dedraj went to Agra and began to cook at the house of Dharm Dass Dewan. Dharm Dass noticed that Dedraj used not to eat anything and insisted upon his par- taking of food: Dedraj then began to do so. Shortly afterwards Dharm Dass sent Dedraj to Calcutta on business with a large consignment. Hn route at Allahabad, the boat struck on shore, and could not be moved, but Gangaji showed herself at night and cleared the boat. At Calcutta, several of the crew were imprisoned, and much of the property was confiscated, but Dedraj succeeded in obtaining the release of property and crew. On his return he became acquainted with Nangi, Baniani, an inhabitant of Narnoul “jo bad chalni thi’’-—who wasa bad character. He begged her to give up her wickedness. She replied “ Main dil se lachar hin, is ko tum rok do nahinto achchhi nahin hogi,” “ I am helpless : you stop it, otherwise it will not fare well with me.’ Dedraj then advised her to throw off all her clothes and clothe herself in plantain leaves: she did so and eventually succeeded in giving up her wickedness also. Dedraj and Nangi then left Dharm Dass without taking anything with them, though Dharm Dass made profuse offers, and arrived at Narnoul. On the road, he asked a villager for water: the request was at first refused and then granted; so God rained much water in that village. At Narnoul, Dedraj put up for some years at the house of Chaitram Jat. Dhanahs, Chumars, etc., began to flock to him, and he preached to them to leave off kam, krodh, moh, lobh, or adultery, anger, affection, and avarice. Dedraj and Nangi then journeyed to Dhursu, but Dedraj’s mother refused him admission to her house as she considered he had degraded himself. He then went on to Ghali where he also preached. Here Nanisik, gold- smith, lived, who, being converted, gave his wife Chanadna to Dedraj as a present. But Chanadna’s brothers maltreated Dedr4j, bruising him with sticks and stones. The pupils of Dedraj began to diminish, because they thought he could not defend himself, but eventually harmony was restored 102 J. W. Parry—Notes on the Nangis. [May, when Dedraj promised not to complain at the Tahsil. He then returned - to Dharsu where the zemindars sent up a complaint to the Nawab of Jhuj- jur that Dedraj was a conjuror and made their wives dance. He was put into prison, but the prisoners being intoxicated with ‘ prem’ (love) began — to dance. Six months afterwards Dedraj was released: he asked the — Nawab why he had been confined, and the Nawab said because there seemed to be just complaints against him. “ But” said the Nawab “tell me truly can you conjure.” “ Certainly I have the power.” “« Show it’”’ said the Nawab. “ Before doing so” replied Dedraj “answer me one question. How many ladies are there in your harem ?” Bac a “Then” said he “ eat 10 pairs of shoes for each lady, or 60 pairs alto- gether, remain patient always in your mind, and afterwards come to me — and I will show you my jadu.” 4 The Nawab was very angry and ordered him out of his territory with © strict injunctions never to return or else he would pay the penalty. ) Dedraj Maharaj then turned his steps to village Churina, district Khee tri, and having built a house began to live. News soon spread: then from Bhiwani there came Babar Singh, Kaula, Philu, Jhadbar Dhana and Babar’s wife Daropti. Besides these there were many others, amongst whom were — Prabhu Lal of the police and Gangaram the father of the present Ramchane — dra. All these people were convinced that Dedraj spoke the truth and the Rajputs began to be converted. In Sambat 1905, Dedraj Maharaj came to Bhiwani where Prabhu Lal spoke well of him at the thanah, and gave hima ~ tokua of brass, a carpet and a kariya for cooking sweetmeats. On leaving Bhiwani, Dedréj travelled to Metathul, 4 kos north, to Kunger, district 4 Hansi, to Pilani, district Jeypur, and the greater part of Bikaneer. In all these places he was féted, collected worshippers and instructed them in the doctrines. He then returned to Churina, and died in Sambat 1909. Nangi, the Baniani, had previously died, but he obtained another Nangi, a Brahmini inhabitant of Laraen, district Jhujjur, who was well acquainted with all the forms and ceremonies, and hence the sect is called Nangi’s Panth. Criticism. It will be noticed that the two narratives are similar in almost every respect, but there are more dates in the former and more miracles in the latter. The chief discrepancy seems to be in the length of incarceration suffered by Dedraj at Jhujjur, being two years in the first case and only six months in the second, but as this latter is only a verbal narrative, this is of slight importance. 1883.] J. W. Parry—Lotes on the Nangis. 103 The points most worthy of consideration seem to be that there were “two Nangis, one a Baniani and the other a Brahmini, and that Churina is the head quarters of the Panth, corresponding to Mecca of the Mussalmans or Jerusalem of Christians, Their Tenets. . The Nangis are Monotheists or Unitarians ; their chief dogma is to abstain from kam, krodh, moh, lobh or adultery, anger, affection, and ava- _ rice. . They state that by singing and fixing the att@ntion on the Deity a _ state of prem, or love, and wajd, or ecstacy, is obtained which cannot be _ reached in any other manner. They also hope in course of time to re- generate the world. They have no caste and the women are not in purdah, Their Worship. The men and women sit on their haunches on the floor of the apart- ment in which the worship takes place, the men on the right of Ram- chandra and the women on the left—though it seems that this is not im- perative, and the sexes may be mixed. In imitation of the patasa given by Nangi to Dedraj, sweetmeats are handed round, which some evil-minded _ individuals state are drugged. 3 Each man and each woman, as he or she enters, is provided with a pair of small cymbals. Each cymbal is fastened by strings at the back to the : thumb; these cymbals can then be worked by combined action of wrist and arm. The principal performers have drums and harps. Many of the . hymns have very pretty airs, e. g., “ Jhagra bhari ho daiya”, and several of ; q oO the women have very clear soprano voices which if properly trained would have a good compass. Each member of the company while singing keeps _ his (or her) body in a constant state of motion, shaking his head the while in unison with the hymn. Gradually the pagris of the men and the saris _ of the women fall off—the religious fervour is now rising. As the ‘prem’ or love and ‘ wajd’ or ecstacy mounts, two or three of the men who have im- -mensely long hair stand up and shake their hair in all directions. Mean- while the music has been getting louder and louder till it swells like an anthem with a full choir. The assembly then presents a most animating and thrilling scene. This vociferation is continued until sheer exhaustion requires a cessation. It will then be noticed that the perspiration stands like beads on the foreheads of each member—even on a cold December’s night. Itis stated that under excess of prem or wajd, the couples get up and dance madly about, or roll on the floor in agonies of terror ; but it is universally acknowledged that the bounds of decency are never exceeded. The paper concluded with several hymns of the Nangis, in the verna- cular, with an English translation, " a J ¢ a 104 —-§. G. Singh-—Birth-Superstitions in the Panjab. [May, 2. Memorandum on the Superstitions connected with birth, and precautions taken and rites performed on the occasion of the birth of a child ame ng the Jats of Hushyarpur, in the Panjéb—By Stzphrz GuRDIAL SiIveH I, C. 8. Communicated by D. IsBerson, C. S. (Abstract. ) . In this paper the author gives an account of various rites and ceremo= nies which a woman of the tribe of Jats considers necessary to be perform- ed for the safety or happiness of her child both before and after its bir he If abortion has ever oc@urred, or if there is any fear of its occurring, she is obliged to carry about with her either a piece of wood taken from a scaffold on which some convict has been hanged, or a pice which has been thrown over the coffin of an old man or woman, or a piece of tiger’s flesh, or , tiger’s claw. The ceremonies performed on the birth of a child are de- scribed at some length, and the precautions taken to ensure a woman Fron all kinds of bad luck and from the malice of witches during her confine= ment are also mentioned. She must keep a fire constantly burning in hey room; grain, an emblem of good luck, has to be kept near the bed; water, being the purifier, should also be in the room as witches are believed to attack the unclean. For the same reason there should be no drain in the house as witches would enter through it, a drain being in the very nature ef things unclean. As witches are said to take the disguise of cats, no cat is allowed in the house, and the most unlucky dream the woman could have is that in which a cat appears. The house should not be swept as this might have the effect of sweeping all the luck out of it. The author then refers to the belief this people have in the influence : of the evil eye and mentions the measures they adopt to counteract its effect, especially in the case of children. If a baby refuses to take its nourishment, the first thought of the mother is that it is under the influence of the evil eye and various tests are described which are used to discover whether this surmise is correct. The next step the mother takes when her suspicions are confirmed is to discover who the person was whose eye fell on the child, and she generally suspects the person who looked at the child longest and who praised him the most. Hence friendly visitors make it a rule not to praise a child much. When next the suspected visitor calls, the child is hidden from his eye, and some earth from under his foot- steps is quietly taken and thrown into the fire. If the person with the evil eye cannot be discovered, recourse is had to the “ cunning man” (sydna) who generally gives some charmed water, with which the baby and the mother are to be washed, or anything else he may think fit to administer. In conclusion, the author remarks :—“ As to the extent to which such beliefs prevail, there are very few men who really believe in them, but there are very few women who do not believe in such things, as all 1883: ] T. P. Hughes—A visit to Kafiristan. 105 “such things are managed by women, and in most eases men do not “come even to know of them. It will appear that on the one hand “some of these superstitious beliefs are the relics of old faiths and man- ners which have in some instances been incorporated in the ‘modern religions, and on the other hand they are the absurd beliefs of an ignorant and eredulous people. It is also manifest that the modern religions dis- 4 eard such superstitions: yet all religions prevalent in the Punjab, Hin- ~duism, Sikhism, and Muhammadanism, have failed to eradicate them and it must be so until women are also edueated, and brought up ‘like men. Truly ‘every candid native must confess that in India women A have their own superstitious religion, which does not practically differ ~ much whether they be nominally Hindus, Muhammadans or Sikhs.” This paper will be published in the Journal, Part I, 1883. 3. A visit to Kafiristan.— By Rey. T. P. Huaugs, B. D. (Abstract.) This paper consists of the diary of a Pathan Christian Evangelist who visited Kafiristan in 1882, together with notes on the habits, &c., of the - Kafirs by the Rev. T. P. Hughes. These notes and the diary appeared 7 originally in the “Civil and Military Gazette.” No European has as yet been able to penetrate into Kafiristan and the country is therefore to a great extent unknown, the little that is known having been obtained from the _ verbal narratives of Muslim and Kafir travellers. The people appear ~ anxious that Europeans should visit them and have given every assurance _ that they would treat them hospitably. The Peshawar Missionaries have received three distinct invitations to visit the country. The people appear _ to be ignorant, superstitious and immoral, and their idolatrous customs have - been made social institutions, but they express great anxiety to be instruct- ed, and the existence of a Muhammadan village three miles from Kamdesh _ proves that they are not bigoted. They have no special name for their j country and call themselves Kafirs, or Infidels, a name given them by the ~ Muhammadans, and their country Kafiru-gul, ze. the Kafir country. © Theft appears to be almost unknown among them and they are more truth- _ ful than the people of India. The punishment for murder (which is not common) is expulsion from the tribe. Domestic slavery has existed in = ; KaAfiristan for many centuries, and every family of respectability possesses slaves. ‘The men slaves appear to remain in the same family, but the female slaves are sold like cattle. An extensive slave trade is carried on with the surrounding Muhammadan tribes, OG I TT O gO OT OO OT IO ; : Pune tC NGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. FoR JuNE, 1889. LS The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 6th June, at 9-15 P. M. Dr. D. WaALDIE, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following presentations were announced :— . 1. From Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I. E..—(1) Baidyanatha Mahat- - mya (MS.); (2) Rubbing of an inscription from a temple in the garden of the Mahant adjoining his matha, Buddha Gaya. a 2. From the Trustees of the Indian Museum,—Catalogue and Hand- Book of the Archzological Collections in the Indian Museum, Part I, by Dr. J. Anderson. (6 copies.) 8. From the Author,—Index Verborum to the Published Text of the Atharva-Veda, by William Dwight Whitney. (Large paper edition). 4, From the Secretary of State for India,—A Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, by Bunyiu Nanjio. 5. From the K. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mtiuchen,—Chur- fiirst Maximilian I. von Bayern, by Felix Stieve. 6. From the K. Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie,—Reis in Oost- en Zuid-Borneo, by Carl Bock. 7. From the Home Department,—(1) Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Home Department, No. 191; (2) Manual of Jurisprudence for Forest Officers, by B, H. Baden-Powell. The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- ing, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : Sirdar Gurdial Singh, C. S. Colonel A. C. Toker. 108 Letter from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. (June, The following gentleman is a candidate for election at the next meet- ing: ; Kumar Isvariprasad Garga, zemindar of Maisadal, proposed by Babu G. D. Bysack, seconded by Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society : G. Nevill, Esq. G. L. Molesworth, Esq. H. H. Nawab Siddeek Hassan, Khan Bahadur, The Covncrt reported that Babu P. N. Bose, B. Sc., F. G. §., had been elected Member of Council and Natural History Secretary, subject — to the approval of the meeting. d The election was confirmed. The Councrn reported that Mr. E. 8. Andrews and Babu Mohendra j Chunder Mukerji had resigned their posts of Assistant Librarian and — Copyist respectively, and that Mr. A. S. Tiery and Babu Amrita Lal Das had been appointed to these posts, subject to the confirmation of the meeting. The appointments were confirmed. The Secretary read the following letter from H. HE. Count Melchior de Lonyay, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, thanking the Council for having presented the Academy with three original letters of Csoma de Ké6rds, the famous Hungarian scholar and traveller. These letters had been presented to the Hungarian Academy at the suggestion of Dr. T. Duka: ““T beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated Calcutta, March Gth, including the three original letters of Csoma de K6rés which the Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was kind enough to present to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, over which I have the honour to preside. — “Tt was a happy idea on the part of Dr. Duka, our fellow-member, to — suggest the presentation of these letters, and the willingness with which " the Council of your Society has effected this desire of our learned fellow has most agreeably surprised us. It is with the most sincerely felt gratitude that we accept these highly valued memorials of our great countryman, and the gift, so complimentary to the donors, will not only be a treasure to the ; archives of our Academy, but it will be guarded like a national relic, as — a test of piety and veneration, felt by every Hungarian for Csoma de — Kérés, whose wonderful achievements in Science have become legendary amongst us. “ T beg leave to ask you, Dear Sir, to present the thanks of the Hunga- — rian Academy to the Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to that — % 1883. ] New Publications in the Bibliotheca Indica, 109 learned Corporation which half a century ago has so nobly and so gener- ously supported our great countryman in his investigations, and which by the present act of generosity has greatly enhanced the esteem felt by every Magyar towards the representative of British learning and genius in the distant East.” The following letters were read from Mr. W. T. Blanford and Prof, W. D. Whitney thanking the Society for haying elected them Honorary Members. Mr. Blanford says :— *« T have only recently received your letter of the 19th February in- forming me that the Asiatic Society of Bengal had done me the honour of electing me an Honorary Member, My absence from England caused delay in the receipt of your letter and has prevented my acknowledging it sooner. “May I request that you will convey to the Council and to the Society my most hearty thanks for the honour theyghave conferred upon me, and assure them that I continue to take as warm an interest in the prosperity of the Society as I have done for many years past.” Professor Whitney writes :— “Your favour of February 27th, notifying me of my election as Honorary Member of the Society which you represent, is duly received ; and I beg you to return on my behalf my best thanks for this distinguish- ed mark of the Society’s confidence, to which I attach the highest impor- tance, and which I shall feel as an additional incitement to effort in furtherance of the branches of knowledge to which it devotes itself. -“T shall do myself the honour to send by mail for the Society’s Library a copy of my Atharva-Veda-Index-Verborum on large paper (you have the ordinary edition already, in the Journal Am. Or. Socy.), and will have also -a copy of my Sanskrit Grammar forwarded by the publishers.” The Councin reported that on the recommendation of the Philologi- eal Committee the publication of the following works in the Bibliotheca Indica had been sanctioned : , 1. Sankhayana Srauta Sttra, to be edited by Dr. A. Hillebrandt. 2. Saunaka’s Sarvdanukramani of the Rig-Veda, to be edited by Dr. R. L. Mitra. _ 3. Tattva Chintamani with the Commentary of Mathura Natha, to be edited by Pandit Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna. 4, Selections from various old Commentaries on Manu, to be edited by Prof. J. Jolly. 5. Brahmagupta’s Karanagrantha, the so-called Khanda-Khddya, to be edited, with a translation and notes, by Dr. G. Tursavt, 110 Letter. from Mr. V. A. Smith regarding Gupta Coins. — [Junn, Dr. A. F. R. Horrnte read the following extracts of a letter frond c Mr. V. A. Smith stating that he was compiling a detailed and classified — Catalogue of the Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty, and that he — would be glad of any fresh information any member might be able to ee { him on the subject : ‘ “The title of my paper will probably be ‘A Detailed and Olassifted ‘4 Catalogue of the Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty, with an Intro- — duction.’ 4 “The materials hardly exist for a comprehensive study of the coins of | the Guptas of the Aphsar inscription, and the other debased types, but I — have noticed them briefly in a Supplement. My Catalogue and Supplement — deal with about 250 specimens, v7z., all the published coins, and the eollec- — tions of the British Museum, India Office, Sir EH. C. Bayley, Mr. A. Grant, — Mr. W. Theobald, and the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In the Introduction — I propose to discuss the types, symbolism, the so-called monograms, weights, find-spots, and comparative rarity of the coins. It may perhaps interest you to know that an investigation of the weights seems to show that the 7 authentic Gupta coins follow three distinct standards, viz., Ghatot Kacha, — Chandragupta IT, about 125 grains (aurez), excepting the wheel variety of archer type of Ch. G. II; Kuméara, 180 grains and Skanda and wheel — variety of Ch. G. II, 134-5 grains. 1 4 “The later coins, as of Nara, follow a standard of about 146 grains, — ¢. €., the suvarna. , “Tf you think that a paragraph in the Proceedings would be likely — to elicit fresh information I have no objection to your stating what Tam trying to do. I do not profess to be a numismatist, but I have devoted much time and labour to this set of coins and think I can give a tolerably | complete account of what is known of them, leaving it for others to fill up — lacune.”’ a The catalogue will be accompanied by four plates, three of coins and — one of monograms. Dr. A. F. R. Horrnte read a Note from Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac, «8, CC LE, FS. A, &., &e., forwarding a Memorandum on the ~ Cromlech of Er-Lannig in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France, by — the Comte de Limur, (with Photographs and Specimens). Mr. Rivett-Carnac writes : “‘ Considering it of importance that the stone implements found by — Mr. J. Cockburn and myself in the North-West Provinces of India should be compared with the types of implements found in various parts of Europe, — specimens were sent to the chief Museums, and to many gentlemen inter- a ested in antiquarian research in Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. — I have received and am still receiving interesting letters from my corre~ — spondents on the subject. 1883. ] Note on Antiquities from the Isle of Er-Lanniq. 111 “ By a recent mail the Comte de Limur, the distinguished antiquarian, whose private Museum of Antiquities in the Hotel de Limur near Vannes, Morbihan, is well known, has been good enough to send me specimens of remains dug from prehistoric tumuli of Brittany by himself on the 10th of March last, which are described in the accompanying Memorandum. The relics are, I think, of great interest as resembling the Indian finds, and ~ I submit them to the Society with a request that after exhibition they may be presented to the Indian Museum, Calcutta. “IT need not refer to the circumstances under which the implements were found as they are described in the Memorandum. But I may remark on the striking resemblance they bear to the Indian finds. Writing on the 9th April, the Comte de Limur says, ‘I have been struck with the extraordinary similarity existing between the celts you have so kindly sent - me and our own types. Had I not put marks on them it would have been impossible to distinguish yours from those in my collection here.’ ”’ In the Memorandum forwarded by the Comte de Limur, after remark- ing on the great number and gigantic size of the Megalithic remains in the department of Morbihan, he proceeds to describe the antiquarian re- mains on the Island of Er-Lannig in the Gulf of Morbihan, consisting of two Cromlechs, one of which is only partially visible at the very lowest tides. The soil within the circle of the Cromlechs is full of all sorts of relics, mostly fragments of pottery. These remains are very little known, as, owing to the dangerous currents and rocks surrounding the island, it is only possible to land on it for a few moments at high or low water. For this reason specimens from the Cromlechs of Er-Lannig are rarely met with. The only collections known to the Comte de Limur are one of Dr. de Closmadene, one presented to the Museum of St. Germain in St. Germain en Lange by Dr. de Closmadene, one presented by the Comte de Limur and Mr. Cusse to the “ Société Polymathique de Morbihan,” the Count’s own collection, and this which he now presents to Mr. Rivett-Carnac. ‘The following is a list of the articles presented : No. 1. Thick pottery not turned on the wheel. No. 2. The same, but not so thick. No. 3. Ditto. No. 4. Edge border of a vase.—fired pottery. No. 5. Arrow-head. Flint (silex). No. 6. Scraper, delicately chipped. No. 7. Fragment of flint-knife (burnt). No. 8. Arrow head. No! 9. Drill. No, 10. Another kind of drill, 112 C. J. Rodgers—Note on a “nisar’”’ of Shah Jahan. (June, No. 11. Chips or flakes. " No. 12. Burnt flake. i No. 18. Arrow-head, burnt and charred. No. 14. Scraper, burnt. No. 15. Charcoal. No. 16. Piece of pottery with a design. A curious fact in connection with these fragments is that most of the flints bear traces of a fierce fire to which they were evidently subjected — after they had been chipped. Many are cracked and splintered. 4 The Memorandum was illustrated by photographs of antiquarian | remains in Morbihan, and a map of the Isle of Er-Lannig. e In accordance with Mr. Rivett-Carnac’s wishes, these specimens will be made over to the Indian Museum. ’ Dr. A. F. R. Horry te read the following note by Mr. C, J. Rodgers _ on a nisaér of Shah Jahan in the Delhi Museum: “This sd” is a remarkable coin. One of the nisars of Jahangir — drawn is apparently one-eighth of a rupee in weight. One of those of © Aurangzeb is also of the same weight, and one a sixteenth. But this one — is a half-rupee in weight, weighing as it does 86 grains. I discovered it in the Dehli Museum Collection in the latter part of 1880, It was in the strong box wrapped up in a small bit of paper along with some other — coins. All the coins in the Dehli museum are kept in this same strong box. We can judge of the amount of interest shown in the coins of this — collection from the fact that for two whole years no one had ever asked to — see them. No one knows of their existence. They are not visible to ordinary visitors. To all intents and purposes the collection would be — just as useful were it away from Dehli. There is no catalogue of the — coins. The whole of our Museums need to be worked up and to be con- verted into institutions from which instruction and pleasure may be derived — by their supporters, the public. 1883.) Library. 113 “‘T am indebted for permission to draw and weigh this coin to the kind offices of J. D. Tremlett, M. A., Commissioner of Dehli,a numismatist and archeologist of no mean order.”’ 2) > * ea ae Ls oe Soy oan Dr. A. F. R. Horrnte exhibited a clay seal, forwarded by Mr. Rivett- Carnac, C.S., C. I. E., F.S. A. 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TOR puLy § jprucust, 1883, The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the Ist August, 1883, at 9°15 P. mM. Tue How’sre H. J. Reynowps, President, in the Chair. The Covunci reported that no meeting was held in July as a quorum of members was not present. The minutes of the June meeting were read and confirmed. The following presentations were announced :— 1. From the Secretary of State for India,—(1) The Vinayapitakam, by Dr. H. Oldenberg, Vol. V.; (2) Miuller’s “Sacred Books of the East,” Vols. XVII, XIX, and XXIII. 2. From the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences,—(1) Catalogus der Numismatische Afdeeling van het Museum; (2) Chineesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek van het Emoi Dialekt, by J. J. C. Francken and C. F. M. de Grijs. 3. From the Authors and Translators,—(1) Offenes Schreiben als Antwort auf Herrn Baron Osten-Sacken’s “ Critical Review” meiner Arbeit iiber die Notacanthen, by Friedrich Brauer ; (2) The Religious Sects of the Hindus, Part III, by Okhoy Kumar Dutt; (3) The Development of the Mineral Resources of India, by A. N. Pearson; (4) Sanskrit Worter- buch by Otto Bohtlingk, Part IV; (5) On some Effects produced by Landslips and Movements of the Soil-cap, and their resemblances to pheno- mena which are generally attributed to other agencies, and (6) On recent additions to our knowledge of the Gold-bearing Rocks of Southern India, by V. Ball; (7) Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung, by Fr. Paetel; (8) 120 Presentations. [Jury & Avaust, A Chapter from Brunnhofer’s Life of Giordano Bruno. Translated from — the German, by N. Triibner; (9) On the Fresh- Water Shells of the Island of Socotra collected by J. Bayley Balfour, Part III, and (10) On speci- — mens of the male and female of Phasianus humie from Munipur, by Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen ; (11) The Ramayana of Tulsi DAs, translated from — the original Hindi, by F. S. Growse ; (22) Catalogue of Fishing Appliances” sent to the International Fisheries Bicheno, London, by the Government of Bengal, compiled by Dr. J. Anderson; (13) Alphabetical Index to , Mr. C. Marvin’s Works and Translations dina Central Asia generally, | prepared by Major W. E. Gowan. | 4. From the Madras Government,—Suggestions regarding Forest — Administration in the Madras Presidency, by Dr. D. Brandis. 5. From the Secretaria de Fomento, Guatemala—Informe que el Jefe de la Seccion de Estadistica, sobre los trabajos ejecutados durante el ano de 1882. ® 6. From the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India,— Report on the Meteorology of India in 1881 (Seventh year). By H. F.- Blanford. 7. From the Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society—Oriental Sthdicg ; by Hugh Nevill, Part I, Study No. 11, Part 1. 8. From the Surveyor-General of India,—(1) Account of the Operas tions of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, Vol. IX; (2) General Report on the Operations of the Survey of India during 1881-82; (8) Map of Turkestan, in four sheets, 6th Edition. 9. From the Australian Museum, Sydney,—Report of the Trustees for 1882. . 10. From the Committee, Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition— Meteorology, by H. Mohn. . 11. From the Secretary of the Interior, United States,—Compendium of the Tenth Census (June 1st, 1880), Parts I and II. 12. From the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press—Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cam- _ bridge, by Cecil Bendall. | 13. From R. D. Oldham, Esq.,—Photograph of an Edict of Asoka at Kalsi in Jaonsar. | 14. From the Curator of Ancient Monuments in India,—Memoran-— dum on ancient Monuments in Eusofzai. : In presenting the photograph of the Edict of Asoka to the Society, — Mr. Oldham remarked : q The Edict of Asoka, of which I have the pleasure to present a photo-— graph to the Society, is situated about two miles south of the small town of Kalsi close to the junction of the Pous and Jumna rivers in Jaonsar. It 1883. ] Edict of Asoka at Kalsi. 121 is carved on two faces of a huge block of quartzite, the third or northern face having carved on it an outline sketch of an elephant which has been very much libelled in the transcript given in General’ A. Cunningham’s “Corpus Inscriptionum ;” the stone stands in a niche cut in the steep slope separating the upper terrace, on which is the dak bungalow, from a lower one, which is again raised above the low lands bordering the Jumna, the drop in each case being about 40 feet. When originally discovered it is said (and its position bears out the statement) to have been partly imbedded in the slope of gravel, so that one would be tempted to suppose that since it had been set up the rivers had deposited some 40 feet of gravel, and then, cutting these away just sufficiently to exhibit the stone, had again cut down the level of their beds another 40 feet, This, how- ever, is extremely improbable, for, not only is the time that can be granted a bare 2000 years, but in the Dun close by are old wells, said to date from the same period and certainly of great antiquity, which shew no signs of there having been any deposition or erosion in their vicinity. I can only suppose that the stone on which the inscription is carved must have been selected on account of its size and that the gravel, which then covered a considerable portion of it, was removed sufficiently to exhibit the stone in its entirety ; in course of time the memory of its founder died away, the banks surrounding it on three sides fell in and partially covered it once more till it was discovered and re-excavated by Mr. Forest. At first it was allowed to stand unprotected but an idea having entered the head of the British soldier that it was the tomb of Alexander the Great, it was found necessary to protect it by the wooden paling shewn in the photograph. The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- ing, was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary Member : Kumar Isvariprasad Garga, Zemindar of Maisadal. The following gentlemen are candidates for ballot at the next meet- ing : 1. KR. R. Pope, Esq., C. S., proposed by G. S. Leonard, Esq., seconded by Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. 2. E.E. A. Kuster, Esq., Darbhanga, proposed by G. A. Grierson» Esq., seconded by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. 3. Hdward E. Oliver, Esq., C. E., proposed by H. F. Blanford, Esq,, seconded by Dr. W. Schlich. 4. Dr. Aghorenath Chatterjee, D. Sc., proposed by Babu P. N. Bose, seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 5. Babu Nanda Kumar Ray, M. B., C. M., proposed by Babu P. N. Bose, seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 6. Manomohan Ghose, Esq., Barrister-at-law, proposed by Babu P. N. B ose, seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 122 - Purchase of Coins. [Jury & Aveusr The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society— A. W. Garrett, Esq. Babu Sreenath Chunder. Babu Judav Chandra Goswami. Lieut.-Col. R. de Bourbel. The Councrn reported that Colonel A. C. Toker had been elected a member of the Philological Committee and Mr. Amir Ali a member of the — History and Archeology Committee. The Councin reported that Mr. J. Eliot had resigned the Honorary — Treasurership of the Society as he was going on leave and that Mr. F. W. Peterson had kindly consented to undertake the duties of Treasurer. | The Counctt reported that they had learnt through Dr. Sprenger and Mr. Grote of the existence of a new MS. of the Isabah in the Khedivian Library at Cairo, and that they were endeavouring to obtain through | Government either the loan or a transcript of it for the Society’s edition of the work in the Bibliotheca Indica. ] Dr. Sprenger writes : “In the Catalogue of the Khedivian Library at Cairo printed in A. H. 1289 occurs in p. 35a copy of the Is4b4 (Biographical Dictionary of — persons who knew Muhammad) in six parts. I think at this moment either the loan of this copy, or at least a transcript, might be obtained by the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for completing the edition commenced by me. “The book contains so many proper names and dates that the acquisi= tion of another copy would be useful even for those parts which are pub= lished or of which there is a Manuscript in Calcutta, for it is very desirable that as many Manuscripts as are procurable be compared and the variants and necessary corrections be added at the end.” The Secretary reported that the following Coins had been acne under the Treasure Trove Act: | 44 copper coins found at Fatehgarh, in the Furrukhabad District, North-West Provinces : , 6 gold coins found in Madhubpore, Thana Jehanabad, District of Hooghly : i 39 silver coins found to the north of Doulutpore in, Thana Dewan, Serai, Murshidabad District. ; Regarding this purchase of coins, the Philological Secretary remarked : The Gupta coins all belong to well-known types, but some of those purchased by me were not in the Society’s collection, while others showed | 1883.] J. Cockburn— Recent existence of Rhinoceros indicusin W.W.P. 123 new “monograms.” I believe they will be noticed by Mr. Smith in his forthcoming Essay on the Gupta coins. The Bengal coins were mainly of Nasiru-d-din Mahmtd Shah I, and his successor Ruknu-d-din Barbak Shah. Among them were a large num- ber of entirely new types ; thus several of Barbak Shah, giving his entire names and titles: ‘‘ Ruknu-d-din Abul Mujahid Barbak Shah.” One of Mahmid’s coins gave the new date 864. What is particularly worthy of notice is that the coins (many dated) of both Mahmid Shah and Barbak Shab call them indifferently, Abul Mujahid and Abtl Muzaffar ; thus showing that these two Sultans were in the habit of using both names. Descriptions and drawings of these Bengal coins will be published in the Journal, Part I. The following papers were read— 1. On the recent existence of Rhinoceros indicus in the North-West Pro- vinces, and a description of an Archaic Rock painting from Mirzapur representing the hunting of this animal. By Joun Cocxsurn. (With Lilustrations). While hunting in the ravines of the Ken river, two miles due south of the town of Banda, Mr. Cockburn’s attention was attracted by a num- ber of minute fragments of teeth which whitened the surface of a ridge. On closer examination he identified the outlines of the skull of a rhinoce- ros; and on digging up the spot, several fragments of bone were discovered which, when examined by Mr. Cockburn and Mr. R. Lydekker, were found to be those of Rhinoceros indicus. In addition to this piece of evidence of the existence of this animal in the North-West Provinces, Mr. Cockburn has lately come across two or three drawings of the rhinoceros in some caves he has explored. The most important of these drawings is one obtained from the Ghormangur Rock shelter near the fortress of Bijaigarh in the Mirzapur District. Mr. Cockburn has made a tracing of the drawing which was exhibited at the meeting. Six men are shown attacking a rhinoceros. One of these men the animal has tossed with his horn, while another, wearing an unusually large head-plume, endeavours to draw the animal off by attacking him in the rear with a spear. The other men are all armed with spears: only one of them appears to be entirely naked, all the others having on a short kilt, probably resembling the fringed kilts worn by savages in all parts of the world. Mr. Cockburn concludes his paper by mentioning his reasons for believing the spears shown in the drawing to have been made of wood and stone only. This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 124 S. E. Peal—A trip up the Dihing Basin. [Jury & Avaust, 2. Notes of a trip up the Dihing Basin to Dapha Pani, &c., January and Hebruary, 1882.—By 8. FE. Prat. 1 Mr. Peal explains the object of his trip as being to make enquiries — connected with the feasibility of a trade route from Assam to the east towards the Shan States to China. Taking into consideration the unsettled state of Upper Burmah, and the fact that explorations for this purpose are more needful east than west of Nawadi, Mr. Peal chose for his trip the — upper Dihing basin, previously visited by only one European, Wilcox, in — 1827. Starting from Jaipur on the Dihing, Mr. Peal went by land to | Makum, and then, passing Tora Kusi, went on to Bor Phakial where he secured a canoe and proceeded up the stream past Tirapmuk, Moko, Paka-i-ling, Kerim Pani, Bisa, as far as Loaung: here the canoe was made | over to the Loaung Gam’s keeping, and the party proceeded by land to — Bishi and then on to the Dapha Pani. Here they found a very wide, gras. sy and flat valley extending some miles towards the north and bounded on the west by a spur, while to the east, running north and south, was a very remarkable level and straight cliff, alluded to by Wilcox who visited the — | place in 1827. This cliff was so level and straight as to look very like a huge railway embankment; and at a short distance behind could be seen ~ another similar cliff, extending for some miles. Mr. Peal was informed by ~ one of his carriers, a Kampti, that there is only one passage up to the plateau above in the whole length of about seven miles: the top of the | first cliff is perfectly flat and level to the foot of the second cliff, and then ~ flat again for a long way in. Mr. Peal suggests that the land was once continuous between the western spur and the crest of the east cliff and that the whole Dapha Pani valley has been slowly cut out to its present depth. The river appears to have a rapid fall, and in the rains the floods — must be heavy and violent extending right across the valley. After spend- ing a few days in this locality, Mr. Peal commenced his return journey. On his journey Mr. Peal obtained as much geographical and other information as he could, both from actual observation and from the men ; . he met, and concludes his paper by giving a summary of the results — of his trip. First, as to the direct route up Dihing or Diyun Kha, past Bisa, Bishi and Khomong for Mung Kamti, he learnt that the route as far as he went, and possibly as far as Khomong, is not so difficult as he had ex- pected. The great difficulty is the want of supplies: as the country is — uninhabited, supplies for about ten days have to be carried. There are — fewer villages now than there were in Wilcox’s time, asin a certain tract of — country where Wilcox passed five or six villages, Mr. Peal found none. Mr. — Peal frequently saw the signs of former villages and always where indicated in Wilcox’s map, though the names there given are not spelt correctly, for 1883.] J. Cockburn—Petrographs in the caves of the Kaimur Range. 125 instance, Insoong for Nchong, Puseelah for Bisa-la, &c. This want of population does not exist to the same degree east of the Mli Kha, whence there are several routes eastward. According to the Kunungs and a Kamti, the Domai is the same as the Shoemai and a somewhat larger stream than the Mli Kha, confirming the supposition of Dr. Clement Williams and of Dr. Anderson, who read a paper on this river some years ago in which he fairly showed it to be the main source of the Irawadi. If a route is ever feasible between Assam and, say, Atentse, vid Mung Kamti and the Lutze or Kunung country, it will be, in Mr. Peal’s opinion, by the construction of light wire bridges over the numerous deep valleys or gorges and moun- tain torrents which at present are extremely difficult to ford or ferry. Mr. Peal, however, is doubtful whether such a route would after all be of much practical use. The difficulty of getting out of Asam at the eastern extremity is one thing, but that of getting into China is quite another. He is, too, of the opinion that the idea of a so-called “ neutral zone” sur- rounding Asam on the east and south-east is erroneous, and gives his reasons for believing that the tracts lying to the east and south are claimed by the king of Burma. Mr. Peal’s paper was illustrated by maps and sketches and will be published in Part II of the Journal. 3. A short account of the Petrographs in the caves or rock-shelters of the Kaimur Range in the Mirzapur District—By Joun Cocxsurn. (With Illustrations). Caves, strictly so-called, are uncommon in the sandstone formation of the Kaimur Range, although they are met with occasionally ; but what are termed rock-shelters are exceedingly numerous throughout the Kaimurs. Many of these contain drawings in red pigment representing men, women and animals, weapons, utensils, symbols of religion, &c.: hunting scenes predominate. | ; The rock shelters observed by Mr. Cockburn are all in the eas- tern half of the Mirzapur district, taking Mirzapur as a centre, and may be classified as follows: The Ahraura group. (1) Chunadari in the gorge of the Gudheye nadi, (2) Bhalduri, (3) Murround, 23 miles from Sookerit, (4) Kupsa near Ahraura. The Chakia group. (1) Rajduree, gorge of the Chanduparbah, (2) Amcbhua. Robertsganj group. (1) Temple mound cave, village of Roump, (2) Symbol cave, (3) Lohri shelter, (4) The Ghat cave and a number of others, all within a radius of three miles. 126 J. Cockburn—Petrographs in the caves of Kaimur Range. { Juiy & Au ‘. Shahganj group. Leckunia, five miles south-east of Rajpur, Sorhow cave and a great number in Kandakote itself and in the vicinity. t Bijaygarh group. (1) Harni Harna, a mile from the fortress of Bijay- garh, (2) Dharan Ghat near Peepurdar, (8) Gomunwa, (4) Chora two miles south of Mow Kalian bridge. The Leckunia rock shelter was the first Mr. Cockburn visited and itd proved to be one of the most interesting, The following are a few of the objects depicted on its walls: figure of a man strangling a python, five — human figures apparently dancing, a man throwing what Mr. Cockburn — supposes to be the wonguim or “ come-back boomerang,” a bull bison, a — savage spearing a sambar hind and many others. In the Sorhow ghat_ eave, Mr. Cockburn found more than a thousand agate and other imple- ments, a selection from which was exhibited at the meeting. A number — of pieces of hematite and a flat obtusely pointed pencil of chalk were also found. On grinding these up with oil, Mr. Cockburn was enabled to pro- duce colours exactly like those used in the cave drawings. ‘This shelter also yielded a number of pieces of pottery and fragments of split and charred bones. In the Ghat shelter there were no drawings of animals, but yards of curious scroll-like characters which look like writing. A speci- — men of these characters Mr. Cockburn has sent down to Dr. Rajendraladla Mitra to decipher. ; In discussing the history and ethnology of the Mirzapur district, Mr. — Cockburn states that the aboriginal tribes inhabiting the district at the present day are Kols, Gonds, Cheroos, Baigas, Khurwars, Bhoyas — or Bhoinhars, Bhuttias, Domes, Moosahirs, Chamars and Manjis. The — Cheroos, Bhoyas and Bhuttias are said to be branches of the same family, and are most likely the authors of the petrographs. The petrographs themselves Mr. Cockburn does not consider to be more than six or seven centuries old, and he is disposed to think that many of them will prove to be of even later date. ; The author is preparing his paper for publication in the Journal, Part II. In the discussion that followed the reading of Mr. Cockburn’s paper, — great doubt was expressed as to whether drawings made merely by hematite on the surface of sandstone could last in such perfect preservation for so long a time as was supposed by Mr. Cockburn. | if me i 7883." P. N. Bose—Note on Méhishmatt. 127 4, Note on Mihishmati or Mahesvara (Mahesar) on the Narmada, and the identification of Hiowen Thsang’s ‘ Mahesvarapura,’—By P. N. Boss, eos, £. G. S Last year in a short paper on some pottery found at Mahegvara on the Narmada, I cited the authority of General Cunningham for its identi- fication with the “ Mo-hi-shi-fa-lo-pu-lo” of Hiouen Thsang.* Ona subse- quent reference to his work, however, I found that his “ Mahesvarapura”’ is quite a different place, the limits of its territory being fixed approximate- ly as “extending from Dumoh and Leoni (?) on the west to the sources of _ the Narbada on the east.’’+ Mahesvara (the place of my finds) being, as will be shewn in the sequel of this note, a city of great antiquity, and the only one of that name on the Narmada, I concluded, with culpable haste no doubt, that it must be identical with the “Mahesvarapura” of General Cunningham, and omitted to examine his description closely. The place identified by this eminent archeologist is known as Mandla or Garh-Mandla, south of Jabbalpur, also on the Narmada like our Mahesvara, but no less than 800 miles to the east. The ancient name of Mandla is given as Makawatit by Tod. Sleeman in a paper on the “Gurha Mandla Rajas”’ in the Journal of the Asiatic Society§ spells this as “‘ Mahikmati’”; and General Cunningham changes it to “ Mahishmati- pura,” though quoting Sleeman as his sole authority. Granting this alteration to be warrantable, it is nowhere mentioned as “ Mahesvarapura ” or “ Mahesvara,” and unless it could be shewn that this name was also applied to ancient Mandla, the identification of Hiouen Thsang’s ‘‘ Mahesvarapura’”’ with it is certainly questionable. Starting from Jajhoti (modern Khajura), a journey of 900 li to the north is stated to have brought the Chinese pilgrim to Mahesvarapura.|| General Cunningham proposes to read this as “900 li (or 150 miles) to the south,” in which position he finds Mandla. But he, having got the pilgrim there, does not find any means of getting him out of it. The following passage concludes the notice of Mahesvarapura in the Memoirs : ‘«‘En sortant de ces pays, il revint dans le royaume de MKaiu-tche-lo (Gourdjdjara), puis il reprit la route du Nord. Aprés avoir fait dix neuf * Journ. As. Soc. Vol. LI, part I, p. 228. + “Ancient Geography ” p. 489. ‘Leoni’ is probably a misprint for Seoni, { “ Rajasthan,” Vol. II, p. 445, (quoted in the Central Prov. Gaz. Introduction, p. 1.) § Op. cit. for 1837, p. 622. | ‘‘ Mémoires de Hiouen Thsang,”’ II. p. 169. 128 P. N. Bose—WNote on Mihishmatt. Biuns cents li a travers des plaines sauvages et des déserts dangereux, il pas le grand fleuve Sintou, et arriva au royaume du méme nom.” a Now, Gurjara [Kiu- tche-lo] to which Hiouen Thsang returned from his Mahesvarapura is nearly 600 miles from Mandla ina straight line ; whereas the language of the text just cited would convey the impression that the two kingdoms were in close proximity. Besides, it is not likely that he would go so far out of his way to visit a heretic town of compara= tive insignificance, as Mandla must have been at the time. Again, the pilgrim distinctly states that the king of Mahesvarapura was a Brahmana. On the other hand, we have the unquestionable testi- mony of an inscription that the king of Mandla at the time of his visit was of Gond-Rajput descent,* whose highest pretensions could never have risen any higher than the style of a Kshatriya; and a cultured traveller of Hiouen Thsang’s stamp would surely know the difference — between Kshatriyas and Brdhmanas. M. L. Vivien de Saint Martin identifies Mahesvarapura with Mache- rif It is 180 miles north—10° or 15°—west of Jajhoti. The distance and bearing agree as closely as may be expected with that given in the Memoirs, vz., “150 miles to the north.”’ Besides, its position harmonises — remarkably with the statement in the “ Memoirs ” already quoted, v7z., that ; leaving the territory of Mahesvarapura, the pilgrim re-entered the king- dom of Gurjara. The eastern boundary of this kingdom, which is given as extending from Junjhnu to Mt. Abu along the Aravalis,f is only 100 — miles from the town of Macheri, and must have touched upon the western — limit of the kingdom of that name as its circuit is given as 500 miles.§ I think, on the whole, the probabilities are in favour of M. L. Vivien daa St. Martin’s identification. General Cunningham also considers the Mahega-Mandala to whichis Asoka sent the Thero Mahadeva to be the same as Mandla. There is absolutely no proof whatever that the place, if anciently called by this name, ever had Mahega for a prefix. Besides, so early as B. C. 240, Mandla was probably a place of little importance. On the other hand, my supposition that ‘ Mahesa-Mandala” is probably preserved in the names | “ Mahesvara” and “ Mandalesvara,” which are only four miles apart, also- resis on very scant data. . The proofs of the antiquity of our Mahesvara, however, are overwhelm- ing. I did not cite them as they are chiefly of a traditional character; but I find their cumulative evidence to be by no means inconsiderable. * Sleeman, Journ. As, Soc. 1837, p. 625. The reigning king at the time was either Gopaél Sa or Bhopal Sa. 4 t Op. cit. p. 408. { Cunningham, op. cit. p. 312. § Cunningham, op. cit. p. 489. 1883.] «PLN. Bose—WNote on Méhishmaté. 129 Mahesvara was anciently known as Mahishmati after Mahishmat, seventh in descent from Yadu.* The city is called by this latter name in inscriptions dated so late as the time of the Emperor Akbar. A small river which joins the Narmada east of it is still known as Mahishmati. Mahishmati was visited by Sahadeva during his campaign of con- quest.¢ It is also noticed in the Mahabharata, Udyogaparva,t as well as in the A’di-, Vana-, and Anusdsana-parvas, chiefly in connection with the thousand.armed Kartaviryarjuna. In the last named parva he is described as “lord of this whole world, living in Mahishmati. This Haihaya of unquestioned valour ruled over the whole sea-girt earth with its ocean and continents.’’§ Ravana, the king of Lanka, is mentioned in the Vishnu Purdnal| as having been taken prisoner at Mahishmati by Kartavirya and kept con- fined like a wild beast in a corner of the city. When Kartavirya lived it is impossible to tell. Heseems to have been the contemporary of Ravana and Paragurdma, and so many anecdotes of supernatural strength have gathered round his name that he appears to us almost as a mythical personage. Nevertheless, it is surprising how numer- ous are the traditions still preserved of him at Mahesvara. There isa well- known fall, a little below the city, which is called Sahasradhara after the thousand-armed king. And what concerns us more closely, the ruins at Mandal kho are still held to be those of his capital—the ancient Mahish- mati or, as it is popularly known, the Sehasra-bahu-ki-bastt. Col. Wilford identifies Mahishmati as Choli-Mahesvara,{ which is identical with our Mahesvara, Choli being a small town four miles to the north of it. Fitz-Edward Hall who paid a visit to the place confirms this identification** and Col. Todf+ also mentions Mahesvara as “ Sahasra- vahuka basti.”’ 5. Are there Tenses in Arabic ?—By Grorce Huauss, C. 8., late Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford. By tenses are understood determinations of the verb to time past, present, or future, by modifications of the verb itself. The European * Wilson’s Vishnu Purana, Vol. IV, p. 54, (Book IV, Ch. XI). + Mahabharata, Sabhaparvan, verses 1124, 1130, &e. ft See Wilson’s Vishnu Purdna, Vol. II, pp. 166-67. § See Muir’s Sanskrit Texts, I. pp. 448, ff. || Op. cit. 1V.11, 3. The Bhagavat Purdna relates the same story. See Muir, op. cit. Vol. I, p. 478. 7 As. Res. IX, p. 105. ** Wilson’s “ Vishnu Purana,” Vol. II, p. 167. tt “ Antiquities of Rajasthén” (Vol. I, p. 39, note) quoted by F., Hall, Vishnu Purana, IV, p. 59. “iy ‘re at . ‘ We Kt ‘ta Gy af. o 130 G. Hughes—Are there Tenses iw Arabic? [Jury & il grammars distinguish in Arabie two primary tenses, the madi and the mudari’. The classification is taken from the native grammarians, and the only question that can arise is whether it has been adopted in the sense in which it was put forth. The account given is that the madi is, in meaning and applications, equivalent to preterite, mudari’ meaning “ analogical ” and being so called because it partakes of the nature of the substantive. This is division is clearly illogical, and therefore suspicious, and suggests a belie that the full sense of the terms may not have been apprehended. Ta suspicion is confirmed when we find that while the mdd¢ is primarily assigned to the denotation of the past, there are numerous cases where it must be used for present and future, while the mudari’, appropriated to present and future, is of constant use in reference to the past. ; The verb mada means, inter alia, and according to the convention al system of rendering, praeteriit, abiit res, but this would make madi* mean not praeteriius but practeriens. It also means penetravit, perrexth in ve. In the Muntaha-l-Arab, which resumes the bulk of Arabian dic- tionaries, the renderings of mad into Persian are gtzarindah o qati’-i har chih bashad o sher-i-besha o shamshir o mard-i-ras& dar umiur, 2, é., effective, trenchant, lion of the jungle, sword, capable in affairs. : If, then, the madi be taken to be the effective, actual, form of the verb, while the mudari’ is negatively defined as not effective, not actual, and quasi substantive, we have a clear provisional account of the matter, but one which excludes any immediate recognition of tense. The result stands thus :— English Present | I write . I am writing English Past I wrote I was writing English Future | I shall write I shall be writing The Arabic madi The Arabic mudari’ wa katabtu aktubu 4S} The system of syntax, not the system of inflexion, provides the re- quisite adjustments of the Arabic verb to express relations of time. This account of the matter is confirmed by the alternative technica terms for the mAdi and mudari,’ v7z., ’abir and ghabir, (= overt ar d covert), and is not contradicted by anything but the practice of European grammarians, which, in consequence, is terribly involved and embarrassing to the student, I may say embarrassing to themselves. There have hoa no more consummate masters of grammatical science than De Sacy and Mr, Howell. Yet they differ in their normal translation of the simplest type of an Arabic sentence. [5 css 155 eles J De Sacy meet renders ? == “If you were to do so and so, I should do so and so”; Mr, Howell, es a — -1883.] G. Hughes—Are there Tenses in Arabic ? 131 _ “Tf you had done so and so, I should have done so and so.” Neither is wrong ; neither would seem to be right. Hach adds of his own a degree of definition wanting in the detached original. So tremendous a disparity between the verbal apparatus of Aryan and Semite naturally and necessarily cannot have failed of large external results. The Aryan tense system is rigidly demarcated on its surface. Mr. Cope could not “agree with Mr. Shilleto, crit. not. on Demosth. de F. L 228, in thinking that the addition of temporal particles such as dpri, rodAdats, od more, can make any difference whatever in the ‘ nature’ or sense of the tense: the translation of the Greek aorist by our perfect in such eases is a mere matter of idiom.’’ The Semite has one form for perfect past, pre- sent and future; another form for imperfect past, present and future. That is all. The most illustrious instances of the disparity emerge when a Semitic thinker expresses himself in an Aryantongue. Professor Jowett’s dissertation on Modes of Time and Place in Scripture is very instructive upon this point, and I venture to think that the demonstrated lack of tenses in the Semitic verb offers a simple solution of the facts he has observed. I append some extracts. “The general result of our enquiry thus far is that the modes of time in the New Testament converge towards the present moment. Not, of course, that there is no past or no future ; but that they met in the 7éAy rav aidvor, which are at once the revelation of both.” ‘These mixed modes of time and place are no longer mixed to us, but clear and distinct. We live in the light of history and of nature, and can never mingle together what is in- ward and what is without us. We cannot but imagine, everywhere, and at all times, heaven to be different from earth, the past from the future and present. No inward conscience can ever efface the limits that separate them. No ‘contemplation of things under the form of eternity’ will take us from the realities of life.” All this may be so, but it will be well to remember that these modes are the essential modes of the Semitic tongues and not peculiar to the New Testament. With the Semites speech meant thought; thought was at once an act and a fact, and from that act and fact they dated and deduced things in time and space. The Aryan reverses the process, subordinating the manifestation of thought to the assumed externality of the objects of thought. . The CHAIRMAN announced that the next meeting would be held on Wednesday, the 7th November, 1883. NNN NS I ee 132 Library. [Jury & Avaust, i a PIBRARY, The following additions have been made to the Library since the Meeting held in June last. J] RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Baltimore. 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Lefroy. { The SxcreTary reported that the following Gentlemen had been elected members of the Society by the Council during the recess, in aqeonm ) ance with Rule 7: | R. R. Pope, Esq. KE. E. A. Kuster, Esq. E. E. Oliver, Esq. Dr. Aghorenath Chatterji. Babu Nanda Kumar Roy. ; Manomohan Ghose, Esq. ps The following gentlemen are candidates for election at next meeting : 1. Lieut. T. 8. Boileau, proposed by Major CG. R, Macgregor, | seconded by Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. ti 1883.] : Coins purchased. 141 2. Otto Chrestien Rehling Moéller, Esq., Tukvar, Darjiling, pro- posed by L. de Nicéville, Esq., seconded by Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. The SEecRETARY reported that Wazir-ud-doulah Mudabbir-ul-Mulk Khalif Syad Mohamed Hussun Khan Bahadur had intimated his desire to withdraw from the Society. The PRESIDENT reported that Dr. Krishna Dhana Ghosha and Dr. E. Lawrie were largely in arrears of subscription to the Society, and that registered letters had been sent to them in accordance with Rule 37. As no notice had been taken of these, their names would be suspended for a month as defaulters in the Society’s meeting room, and, unless the sum due be paid in the meantime, they will be declared removed from the Society at its next meeting. In accordance with Rule 388, this fact will be notified in the’ Proceedings. The Councin reported that Babu P. N. Bose had resigned the Na- tural History Secretaryship of the Society and that Mr. L. de Nicéville had been elected a member of Council, and appointed to officiate as Natural History Secretary till Mr. Wood-Mason’s return, subject to the confirma- tion of the Society. The election was unanimously confirmed. The Counci reported that they had appointed Mr. J. H. Elliott as Assistant Librarian in the place of Mr. A. S. 'Tiery who had resigned. The SxcRrTary reported that intimation had been received that the Governor-General in Council had applied to the Secretary of State for India requesting him to take the necessary steps to obtain for the Society from the Egyptian Government the loan of the copy of the Icdbah now in the Khedivian library at Cairo, and referred to in the Proceedings for August : or, if this could not be done, enquiring whether a transcript of the work could be arranged for, and at what cost. The SzcrEerary reported that the following coins had been acquired under the Treasure Trove Act : 3 silver coins of Shah Ghazi from the sub-divisional officer, Hajeepore ; 5 silver coins found on the banks of the river Dwarikegvar, near the village Pithaipore, in th4na Bishenpore, District Bankoora, from the Collector of Bankoora ; 11 silver coins (of ’Alauddin Muhammad Shah and Tajuddin Firuz Shah) found in the fields of Madzah Karinja of the Lauji Pargana, Balaghat District, Nagpur Division, from the Deputy Commissioner of Balaghat ; 6 silver coins of Muhammad Shah and Aurangzib, from the Deputy Coimmissioner of Raipur, Chhattisgarh Division ; 142 Reply by Mr. Beames to Dr. Mitra. [Nov., | 15 silver coins (Moghal, 9 round, 6 square) from the Collector of | Allahabad. The PurmotogicaL SEcRETARY reported that a communication had — been received from Prof. Max Miller stating that an edition of the Sarvanukrama was about to be published in the Anecdota Oxoniensia. Dr. R. L. Mitra would not therefore add this work to his edition of Sau- naka’s Brihaddevata, as had been proposed. The PHinoLoeicat SEcRETARY read the following note by Mr. Beames in reply to the remarks made by Dr, Mitra on his paper on the History of Orissa, published in the March Proceedings : With regard to Dr. Mitra’s remarks on my paper on the History of — Orissa in the Proceedings for March last, I have one or two explanations — to make. The first remark is to the effect that I have ignored the labours of what Dr. Mitra calls my ‘ predecessors,” Messrs. Hunter and ‘Toynbee. The fact is that both these gentlemen derived most of ther information from me, and it was not necessary for me to mention that certain facts stated in my paper had been communicated to and used by them. My paper is entitled ‘“‘ Notes ’’, and does not pretend to be exhaustive. It adds a number of new facts to those already recorded and is not confined to Balasore. It originally formed part of a manual of that district, and in consequence more attention is given to that district than to other parts of Orissa, but sufficient notice of other parts occurs to justify the title. As to the meaning of the word “ Balasore,” when I first began to collect notes for Dr. Hunter in 1869 the local Pandits informed me that the word was Bdla + iSwara, the youthful lord, 7. e., Krishna. As I got to know more about the matter I began to doubt this derivation. The word 7Swara is as far as I know always restricted to Siva and only rarely applied to Krishna, ‘There is no temple to the youthful Krishna in or near Balasore, whereas in the village of Old Balasore (Purana Banegwar), which was the original place of that name, there still exists a small, rude and very ancient — temple of Banegwara Mahadeva. Siva worship, as we know, preceded Krishna worship in Orissa, and — temples to Siva all bearing the title iswara in one or another compound — form are found all over the country. As to the element Ban in the present case the Pandits were divided in opinion, some holding that it was from vana = forest, others deriving it from vdna = arrow, In favour of — the former I adduced the large number of names of places beginning with — ban “forest” all over Northern Orissa, while in support of the latter may be mentioned the local legend which places the capital of the legendary — king Bdna near Balasore: one mass of ruins in the town still bears the — 1883.] Exhibition of Coins. 143 name of his daughter Usha (the U’sha merh). Legends connected with the Arrow are common all over the north of Balasore and west of Midnapore. As to the philological arguments which shew that there was little or no connexion between Orissa and Bengal in pre-Muhammedan times, I see Dr. Mitra thinks them untenable. He is welcome to that opinion. That Dantin was accessible from Magadha does not prove that the country south of the Subarnarekha was so accessible, nor can any historical argument be based on vague Buddhist legends. But, as Dr. Mitra observes, all this was discussed ten or twelve years ago and there is no use in going over it again. Idid not then know any thing about Midnapore. Now that Iam acquainted with that district I have found many new facts which strikingly confirm my old opinion that Orissa was colonized from Behar and not from Bengal, and that Ooriya is a more archaic form of Magadhi Prakrit than Bengali. Dr. Horrnte exhibited impressions from a gold coin belonging to Mr. Walter Campbell, and read some extracts from his letter accompanying the impressiuns. The coin had been found in the ruins of Gaur, and Mr. Campbell thought it might be one of the Empress Riziyah of the year 688 A. H. Dr. Hoernle observed that he had not been able to identify the coin, but it certainly was not a coin of Riziyah, as it did not show the well-known and very distinct type of the early Delhi coins. The type of Mr. Campbell’s coin was a comparatively late one ; it very closely resembled some types of Akbar’s coinage, and was particularly like Akbar’s coin No. DCCCXIII, in Plate XX XIX of Marsden’s Numismata Orientalia. The impressions were too indistinct to make out the name which Mr. Campbell had incorrectly read as Riziyah ; nor could he discover any figured date 638. If there was a date on the margin, it might possibly be 938 ; but in any case, it must be some date in the 10th century A. H.* Dr. A. F. R. Horrnuze exhibited 2 gold coins forwarded by Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac. He remarked that one of them was a Kadphises coin of a well-known kind of which the Society possessed several specimens. The other gold coin which was one of Kumara Gupta he believed to be unique. It showed on the obverse three standing figures, which appeared to represent Buddha, worshipped by two women, one on either side of him, The figure on the reverse apparently was the usual device of Lakshmi sitting on the lotus throne. The combination of Buddhistic and Brahmanic devices—it rightly identified—was a curious and unusual feature. * Subsequently to the meeting another communication was received from Mr. Campbell in which he identified the coin as one of Shir Shah (A. H. 947-952). In- dependently, the same identification was made by Major W. F. Prideaux, who had an opportunity of examining the impression after the meeting. 144 The following is an extract from a note on it by Genl. A. Cunning- 1am : “TI have not been able to make anything out of the marginal legend of Mr. Carnac’s gold Gupta coin. But the name of the king is undoubted- — ly Kumara Gupta—which is inscribed in two lines between the figures, thus ; BF 45 5 bh? A & o = The reverse legend looks like yya¥ Apranasha. The following papers were read— 1. The Sélivahana EHra,—By V. A. Surru, C. 8. Prof. Max Miller observes, “Though I have throughout called the era which begins 78 A, D. the Saka era, or the S4ka, I cannot admit that it is wrong to call it the Sdalivahana era, or speak of it, as Dr. Kern does, | as the era which Anglice, but not in Sanskrit, is called Salivahana era.” The only examples of the application of the name of S4livahana to the — Saka era in Sanskrit writings which Max Miiller can adduce are two, The first is the colophon of a Sanskrit work edited at Bombay in the year — 1863 A. D., and the second is the colophon of a MS. copy of the Mu- — hirtamartanda in which the date is expressed both as the year 1498 of — the Saka era, and as the year 1493 from the birth of Sélivahana.* The recently published Jain inscription from the Lalitpur district in Bundelkhand is interesting as affording an earlier example of the applica-— tion of Sdlivdbana’s name to the Sidka era, being dated “in the year of © King Vikramaditya 1481, that of S’dlivihana 13846.” The exact date specified corresponds to the end of April or the beginning of May 1424 A. D. according to Dr. Rajendraléla Mitra.f The genuineness of the inscription is indubitable. " | ? * Max Miller, ‘ India, What can it Teach us?’ p. 800 (1883). a t J. A.S, B. Vol. LIl, Pt. I, (1883) pp. 68, 76. j ; 1883.] J. Beames—Old Dutch hatchments in Chinsurah Church. 145 2. Old Dutch hatchments in Chinsurah Church.—.By J. Brass, C. 8. High up near the roof of the old Dutch church at Chinsurah, now used as a station church by the residents of Hooghly and Chinsurah, hang, and have hung for thirteen years, strange-looking old hatchments lozenge- shaped, such as are hung on the fronts of houses in England where the owner has lately died. In the gloom of the lofty church it is impossible to make them out, but recently they were taken down while the church was under repair, and I seized the opportunity to copy them. They may be interesting as contributions to the history of the last century in India, and as the paint and gilding are fast peeling off, so that in a few years’ time they will be undecipherable—in fact one or two of them are nearly so already—it may be as well to put them on record before it is too late. It is somewhat curious that the hatchments always show the arms and crest of the deceased, but not always his name. In some cases only the initials are given. The name can of course be identified from the arms by any one acquainted with Dutch heraldry. As the Society’s pub- lications are sent to the Royal Institute of Philology at the Hague, these records of their dead countrymen will probably be found interesting there. It would be troublesome to give sketches of the coats of arms. I therefore describe them, or to speak accurately, blazon them in heraldic language. I. Tammerus Canter Visscher in leeven Opper Koopman secunde der Bengaalsche Directie en-opper hoofde te Cassimbasaar Geb: te Pen ...* in Vriesland den 11 Augustus ann: 1729 ob: te Cassimbasaar den ...* Januar: ann 1778 oud 48 jaaren 5 maanden en 20 daagen. Arms — crest* coat, quarterly. 1S and 4 argent two _ muskets crossed in saltire over a sword in pale, all proper. 2"4 sable, 3 mullets in fess, or ; 8! gules three scollops argent. II. No coat of arms. J Isinck geb: 9 Julij 1709 te Groningen. Ges- torven 25 Sept. 17 :..* Il. J. A. Bodle ob: 15 Dect. 1774 Aet. 45. No crest. Arms—dquarterly, 18* and 4th sable an angel displayed proper: 2°24 and 384 azure, three fleurs de lys or, coronet of marquis, supporters, 2 griffins, party per pale azure & argent. * The latter part of this word has peeled off; so also the date and crest. Mr. Visschzr was not buried at Chinsurah. His tomb is still standing in the Dutch Cemetery at Cassimbazar: on it his birthplace is given as Pingjum, a village near Har- lingen on the west coast of Friesland. See Murray’s Handbook to Bengal, p. 174. 146 J. Beames—Old Dutch hatchments in Chinsurah Church. [Nov., q IV. R. B. Obijt 28 Nov" a 1738. | Crest.—a bear sejant sable. Arms—gules two bears sejant sable. — Knight’s helmet. : Vi | Obijt—De Hasenvelter den 26 October anno 1676. Below this are — two names each over a coat of arms. Van Wissel. Van Essen. Only one coat is decipherable, viz., crest—a demi hare courant; arms—gules two stars or, in chief a hare courant or. VI. Obijt. W. A. den 13 Augustus an®- 1668. Crest—a moor’s head couped sable filletted or; arms—or, two fleurs de — lys gules. VII. Den Weledelen Achtbaaren Heer George Louis Vernet* in leven Di- recteur van Bengalen, gebooren tot’s Gravenhage Di 11 Januarij an% 1711 obijt tot Batavia den 13 December 1775 oud 64 jaar. No crest. Arms—gules a bend sinister argent, in dexter chief a star argent. | Vit. : Boudewijn Verselewel Faure in leeven oud eerste Secretarius van de — Hooge Regiering en Directeur van Bengalen. Geboren tot Dendermonde q den 25 Jan‘i- 1734 obijt tot Bengalen den 6 Meij a°- 1770 oud 36 jaaren — 3 maan™ en 1] daagen. ‘ Crest—two wings argent and gules. Arms—party per fess or, and chequy of argent & gules in chief a bull’s head couped sable. IX. Theodora Hendrica Piekenbroek, in leeven Huijsvrouw van D. Agtb™ — Heer Boudewijn Verselevel Faure oud eerste secretaris van D. Hooge — Regering en Directeur van Beagalen, geboren tot Batavia 21 Julij anno ~ 1746 Obijt tot Bengalen den 27 Maart a 1770 oud 23 jaaven 8 maan™ en 6 daagen. ; Arms on a lozenge—argent a griffin rampant gules—surmounted by the coronet of a countess. * Heer Vernet was the builder of the Chinsurah church as is recorded on a small tablet over the east entrance. As he died at Batavia, this is probably only a memorial — like Visscher’s. Mr. Vernet’s memory should be cherished by all Englishmen on ~ account of the generous succour which he afforded to our countryman Holwell when ~ he passed Cosimbazar a prisoner on his way to Murshidabad after the tragedy of the Black Hole, a ' [ ‘ hs ‘a | i fi ‘ j Fa he 1883. ] Genl. Cunningham—felics from Ancient Persia. 147 X. Pieter Brueys van’s Hage Opper Koopman en Hoofde Administrateur Overleeden te Chintsura, den 23 Augustus A 1793 in den Ouderdom _ van 52 Jaaren 9 maanden 17 dagen. Crest—a flower gules: arms—party per pale vert and argent, dexter a column argent crowned or, sinister a flower gules. XI. P.V. D. Obijt 12 Janu: A 1701. Crest—3 torches argent flamed gules: arms—party per fess gules & sable (not very clear). ET. N. B. Obijt 19 Meij A ° 1688. Crest—horse’s head erased argent: arms—party per pale argent & _ sable dexter a demi-eagle displayed sable, sinister a trade mark ? Re XIII. Obijt. b. v. h. (in german minuscules) den. 9 Juni anno 1665. Arms, or, in chief a lion decouped gules, in base 3 pellets. Crest—lion _ decouped gules. 3. Ltelics from Ancient Persia, No. I11.—By Generat A. Cunnine- HAM, C. 8, I. (Abstract.) Since writing his second notice of the very curious and interesting discoveries of Ancient Persian Relics on the northern bank of the Oxus, General Cunningham has obtained three more gold ornaments, and about _ twenty more coins in all metals. The coins consist of a gold Daric and a silver Sigle, of the old Per- sian mint ; a tetradrachm and four drachmas of Antiochus Soter; a gold stater and three copper coins of Diodotus of two different types ; a tetra- drachm, a silver Obolus, and a copper coin of Kuthydemus ; three tetra- drachms of Antimachus Theos,. with a drachma and a nickel coin of Agathokles. The silver obolus of Huthydemus is of the standing Herakles type, and is, General Cunningham believes, unique. General Cunningham again remarks on the continued absence of any Parthian coins, which, as he has said before, goes far to prove that the deposit must have been made before the time of Mithridates I (Arsakes VI). The absence of the coins of Eukratides, the contemporary of Mithridates I, points to the same conclu- sion ; and General Cunningham now feels pretty confident that the deposit - must have been made before their time, and not later than 200 to 180 B. C. The principal ornament is a gold cylinder of fine workmanship, much superior to that of any Persian gems that General Cunningham has seen. There are two distinct scenes represented on the cylinder, both illustrating 148 R. L. Mitra—On Gonardiya and Gonikaputra. [No re the same subject of a Persian soldier or chief putting to death prisoners who, General Cunningham thinks, must be Indians from their dress. te this identification of the dress be correct, then the gold cylinder must be as old as the time of Darius Hystaspes, who was the only Persian king who had been engaged in war with the Indians. ; The second gold object is a circular dise four inches and three quark in diameter and has a border one quarter inch in diameter, ornamented with the conventional Greek representation of water. In the middle in very bold relief is represented aman riding a Sea Lion, or Lion with a Fish’s tail. There are no holes or loops of any kind on the back to suggest what may have been the possible use of this large plaque. 1t might per- haps have formed the breast ornament of a king’s or noble’s dress, such as is seen on an Assyrian royal robe in the sculptures of Nimrud. But there are no holes round the edge by which it could have been sewn on. The third gold ornament is an Antelope—represented in the act of leaping, with its forelegs doubled up, and its hindlegs outstretched. The hindlegs rest upon an upright flat tablet one inch and a half in height and one inch broad with a highly ornamented border on each face. There is an oblong hole under the stomach, half an inch by one quarter, which looks as if it had been intended for the insertion of some slight staff or handle. In this case it might have been carried in the hand as the symbol of some order, just as the Fish (or Mahi Maratib) is carried at the pre- sent day. i General Cunningham has met a man at Simla who has several times visited the spot where these Oxus relics were found. The place is oni stage to the north of the Oxus, and is called Kawadian, a large ancient town on the high road to Samarkand, The guess that General Cunning- ham made in his first paper on these relics that the find-spot was the old town of Kobadian of the Arab Geographers turns out to be correct. General Cunningham has heard also that the owner of the land has now sold the right of exploration to a single speculator. This paper will be published in full with plates in the Journal, Part. %, 4. On Gonardiya and Gonikaputra as names of Patanjalt.— By me RasenpraLana Mirra, C. I. E. . q (Abstract.) Quoting two passages from the Mahdbhashya, Professor Goldstiicker hy in his essay on Panini, shows that Patanjali was the son of one Gonikéy and that his native country was Gonarda. The passages merely cite the opinions of authors of the names of Gonardiya and Gonikdputra, without saying who they were; but Kaiyata, Hemachandra, Bhattoji Dikshita and Nagoji Bhatta take Gonardiya to be the same as Patanjali, and the las accepts Gonikaputra to imply the same individual. Dr. Mitra contro verts q 1883. } A. F. R, Hoernle—A new find of Muhammadan Ooins. 149 _ these opinions. He shows that the manner in which the names have been _ ¢ited in the Mahabhashya does not suggest the idea that Patanjali is _ quoting himself, and the context shows that he is citing opinions adverse _ tohis own. He then quotes a number of passages from the Kdma-sétra _ of Vatsydyana to prove that there lived, long before the time of Patanjali, _ two authors of the names of Gonardiya and Gonikdputra respectively, and _ that the presumption is strong that these are the authors whom Patanjali has cited. He finally retracts the opinion he had expressed in the Preface _ to his edition of the Yoga Sitra regarding the parentage and native country of Patanjali. This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. 5. Ona new find of Muhammadan Coins of Bengal including some hither- o to unknown ones of Mahmid Shah I and Bérbak Shah.—By Dr. A. F. R. HoEernte. (Abstract.) 4 A treasure consisting of 85 silver coins was found by some coolies while working at an embankment to the north of Daulatpore and south of _ Bansigram in the thana Dewan Serai, District Murshidabad. As usual the coins were forwarded to the Society for examination and thus came into Dr. Hoernle’s hands. The examination showed that there were 2 - coins of Abul Mujahid Sikandar Shah, one of Ghiydsu-d-din A’zam Shah, _ one of Shihdbu-d-din Bayazid Shah, one of Jaldlu-d-din Muhammad Shdh, 85 of NAsiru-d-din Mahmid Shah I, 45 of Ruknu-d-din Bérbak Shah. _ A large number of these coins are very much disfigured by shroff-marks. { There are several circumstances which give these coins a particular interest. In the first place nearly half of the coins of Ruknu-d-din Bar- _ bak Shah are entirely new ; and among the coins of Nasiru-d-din Mahmid Shah I there are no less than six new types. In the second place these coins settle a curious point regarding the use of the so-called kunyat or | a patronymic appellation, showing that some rulers habitually used two ee kunyats. These coins show that both Nasiru-d-din and Ruknu-d-din were i in the habit of using both names,—Abdl Muzaffar and Abul Mujahid. In He the third place, one of these coins fixes a new date for Mahmud Shah I, showing that he was reigning in the year 864, Another is noteworthy because its reverse shows that Nasiru-d-din claimed to be the grandson 4 of Ilyas Shah and a son of Abdl Mujahid Sikandar Shah. There is a iy curious ance between One of oe coins of Barbak Shah and a coin of " ‘Vol. XLII of the Society’s J ond The reeeinbbneet is particularly _ striking in the reverse. This paper will also be published in full in the Journal, Part I. ay 150 L. de Nicéville—Butterflies occurring in Sikkim. [Nov 6. Third list of Butterflies occurring in Sikkim an the month a 5 October, with notes on habits, fe.—By L. pre Nice’viu1e, (Abstract.) In this paper are enumerated 80 species not previously recorded as — occurring in that month, bringing the total up to 283 species. Several — new species are described, as well as the hitherto unknown opposite sexes — of previously known species. Mr. de Nicéville states his belief that in — Sikkim quite 500 species of Butterflies exist, and hopes to bring the — number of species occurring in the single month of October up to 350, — if not to 400. He also remarked that as far as he knew the richness of the Lepidopterous, fauna of Sikkim was exceeded by some parts of Brazil alone ; and that the lists he was publishing should be very useful to Lepi- dopterists, as previous records are few and brief respecting the exact localities and elevations where the described Butterflies from Darjiling occur. As a matter of fact but few species occur in Darjiling proper at all, the majority of the so-called Darjiling species being caught by the Lepchas in the low hot valleys in the neighbourhood. 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From the Officer in Charge, Tidal and Levelling Operations, Survey of India,—(1) ‘Tide Tables for the Indian Ports for 1884; (2) Tide Tables for the River Hooghly for 1884 (sheet and pamphlet). 11. From Dr. Ram Das Sen,—Dosa Sandarshani, by Gangadhar Raya Kaviratna Kaviraj. 12. From the Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam,—De Toerako’s afeebeeld en beschreven door H. Schlegel onder medewerking van G. F. Westerman. ’ In drawing special attention to Mr. Ball’s pamphlet, entitled ‘A Geologist’s Contribution to the History of India,” the Naruran History SECRETARY said— Professor Ball has in this pamphlet attempted to identify the sources whence the mineral productions mentioned by the historians of India, from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century, were derived. Since his departure from India, the rich library of Trinity College, Dublin, has enabled him to add considerably to the facts which had been collected by — him in this country and communicated to the Asiatic Society in several papers published in the Jowrnal. Mr. Ball has placed within the reach of histo- rians a number of facts that serve to elucidate several subjects hitherto puzzling to those unacquainted with the results which have been arrived at by the systematic examination of the Geology of India. The conclusions which he draws are: 1. The great antiquity of the knowledge possessed by the natives of India with reference to certain metallurgical processes, is, Mr. Ball thinks, fairly established. The most notable of these is, undoubtedly, that by which wootz or cast steel was manufactured. Probably the method of refining gold which is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari is also very old; but — we have no earlier record of it. Mr. Ball questions the accuracy of a statement made by Strabo, or at least its applicability even in his time to the whole of India, where he says, “‘ The Indians, unacquainted with mining and smelting, are ignorant of their own wealth.” 2. Many ancient long-forgotten mines, of which the names alone have survived in more or less archaic garbs, have, by the methods here | adopted, been identified with modern sites. In most of these cases geologi- — | cal evidence has established these conclusions, and in some instances they | have been further ratified by local traditions acquired as the result of personal inquiries. 3. Several fables of world-wide notoriety have been shown to have 1883. | Centenary Meeting. 163 had their origin in facts connected with customs which were formerly little understood, but, being stili in practice, are now susceptible of close exami- nation and explanation. The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- ing, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : I. Lieutenant T. S. Boileau. 2. Otto Chrestien Rehling Moller, Esq. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meet- ing: Dr. G. Bidie, Superintendent, Government Central Museum, Madras, proposed by Dr. Anderson, seconded by H. F. Blanford, Esq. Babu Rai Sohun Lall, proposed by Moulvi Kabiruddin Ahmad, seconded by Dr. H. W. M‘Cann. The following gentlemen have expressed their desire to withdraw from the Society : C. J. Sharpe, Esq. Babu O. C. Dutt. The PRESIDENT announced that, in accordance with Rules 37 and 388 of the Society’s Byelaws, the names of the following gentlemen had been posted up as defaulting members since the last Monthly General Meeting, and would now be removed from the List of Members, and that their removal would be notified in the Proceedings : Dr. Krishna Dhana Ghosha. Dr. E. Lawrie. The PRESIDENT announced that it was proposed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Society’s first meeting by a Centenary Meeting, on the 15th January, 1884, at which six special Centenary Honorary Members would be elected, and that it was also proposed to further celebrate the anniversary by a subscription dinner to be given in the Society’s rooms, at which it was hoped that H. E. the Viceroy, as Patron of the Society, would be present. The following papers were read— 1. A collection of Folksongs from Ghazipur.— Collected by Basu JOGEN- DRANATH Rat. Contributed by W. Irvine, C. S. This will be published in the Journal, Part I. The PRestDEnt, in calling upon Dr. Hoernle to read the next paper, said that a melancholy interest attached to the paper now to be read, as its author had lately been removed by a sudden and violent death. Mr. de 164 F. A. de Roepstorfi—A Nicobarese Tule. (Dec, Roepstorff was well known to them all as a constant and valued contribu- : | tor to the Society, and it would be remembered that only last year he had been elected an Associate Member, on the recommendation of the Council, — as an acknowledgment of the good work he had done. He had now fallen — by the hand of an assassin, the murderer being a havildar under his com- mand, who apparently wished to revenge himself for some punishment which it had been found necessary to inflict uponhim. He (the President) was sure he had the concurrence of the meeting in expressing his sense of the loss the Society had sustained by Mr. de Roepstorff’s death. 2. Translation of a Nicobarese Tale.—By F. A. DE ROEPSTORFF. (Abstract.) Both racial characteristics and the historical traditions of a people are commonly found embedded in their religious rites and in their popular tales. This is especially true in the case of uncivilised tribes. Mr. de — Roepstorff has therefore, while pursuing his studies in the Nicobar language with the object of reducing it to writing, made it a point to note down the characteristic religious usages of the Nicobarese and also to chronicle the : tales in vogue amongst them. Mr. de Roepstorff has prepared a paper on the funeral rites and ceremonies of the Nicobarese, and he has no difficulty in discovering the meaning and significance of these rites, but he finds the ease is very different with regard to any historical references and traditions that may be hidden in the tales of the Nicobarese. He ascribes this diffie culty to a most singular custom which prevails among the people which ~ | must effectually hinder the ‘‘ making of history ” or at any rate the trans- | mission of historical narrative. By a strict rule which has all the sanction | of Nicobarese superstition no man’s name may be mentioned after death. To such a length is this custom followed that when, as is frequently a the case, the man’s name happens to be the Nicobarese equivalent for such — words as Fowl, Hat, Fire, Road, &e., the use of these words is carefully eschewed for the future not only in their particular sense as being the : personal designation of the deceased, but even as the names of the articles they represent. The words die out of the language and either new words — i are coined in their place, or substitutes for the disused words are found in other Nicobarese dialects or in some foreign language. Owing to this very — peculiar custom it is not to be expected that much can be gathered from their tales as to the past history of this people. Still they are, as a rule, . worth preserving, for they exhibit traces of religious ideas which prevailed in former times, of great conflicts and of Nicobarese humour. It is possi- _| ble that the Tale of Tiomberombi may be of foreign, perhaps of Malay, | origin. If so, it must have been introduced generations ago, for it now abounds with the peculiarities which characterise the Nicobarese people " ee eS a et cae a a ea — = PRESS Gr eee 1883. | J. W. Parry—Memorandum on a couple of stones. 165 and has been wholly adopted as their own. ‘The plot of the story is simple enough. The two points of interest in it are the magical powers exercised by the hero and the introduction of animals talking. Mr. de Roepstorff has given the Nicobar text transliterated into English characters and as literal a translation as possible, with some explanatory and critical notes. This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. 3. The Town of Bulandshahr.—By F. S. Growss, M. A., C.S8., C. I. E. This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. 4, Memorandum on a couple of stones found in the Cumbum Talug of the Kurnul District, Madras.— By J. W. Parry, Assoc. Mem. Inst. C. LH. From June to August of the present year, a large Enquirer’s Camp was formed near the 75th mile of the Nandiol-Cumbum Road, at a place ealled Digametta. The object was a survey for a Railway through the Nandicanameh pass of the Nala Malla Hills. Soon after joining the camp, the author was shewn a couple of stones bearing inscriptions lying in the camping ground. He was just in time to prevent the inscription of the smaller stone from being totally obliterated, as one of the lascars had utilized its flat surface for grinding his curry powder, and hence several words could not be deciphered: these are shewn in asterisks. There is no village at the camping ground, but a temple once existed, as there is a large bowli, some ruins, and a couple of pieces of sculpture. At page 98 of Mr. Sewell’s “ Madras Antiquarian Remains” under the head “ Krishnamsettipalle,”’ it is stated, “ Five miles west of the village are 2 stones bearing inscriptions. Both are illegible.’ As Digametta is about 5 miles west of Krishnamsettipalle, there can be no doubt that these are the identical stones referred to. It is, however, due to Mr. Sewell to state that at page 1, Vol. I, he commences by saying— “I am confident, in the case of very many of the inscriptions so characterized [as illegible], a skilled epigraphist will find no difficulty in deciphering them. The First Stone, is nearly circular, having a diameter of 3 feet 2inches. Thickness varies from 5in.to8in. Itis of quartzite, and the letters are very distinct, about 1 inch in height and =4,th in depth. The masons who cut the inscriptions must have had fine ae cae stone chisels as we know that quartzite has a tendency to fly irregularly. The surface of the stone is so uneven that it is impossible to take off good copies of the inscriptions ; one copy, however, was sent to Mr. Sewell who was asked to state the probable date. Mr. Sewell replied that he regretted he was unable to give the subject any attention as he was just about to proceed to England on leave. 166 J. W. Parry—Memorandum on a couple of stones. [Duc., Top. . i A copy of the inscription in the original characters will be found in the a :* the English translation is as follows :— . [1] ? Itis granted. [2.] Tan. the ceremony of clothing, adorning ete., of the idol. [3.] To perform properly. [4.] Who is the son of .... [5.] In the year........in the month of August and September, light fortnight, the son of Basava. [6.] Who is the Lord of the Town. . [7.] Whois the worshipper of the lotus-like feet of the god of the town. [8] Those that go walking in the mountain pass (called) Nandica- namah. | [9.] The platform at the gate of the Golden Feet of the god. [10.] Having searched in the midst of the great portico, shining beauti- fully. [11.] The son of the Great Tadava kings caused the order to be given, - [12.] In the mountain pass of Nandi (all) those that carry without fail. [13.] Every year for land............ given BE Cotton, ..... a [15.] As we gave, (you go On) ..eseees [16, 17, 18, 19.] enjoying the gift as long as the sun and moon shall continue, if our order be violated here (they) will (surely) have the sin of killing a cow at the Ganges. | Bottom. [1.] In the year of Yura (?) [2.] In the month of March, happily having all his names, he who i is the God of great gods. {3.] Cows that go in the mountain pass of Nandi. [4.] All (those who) known from the beginning to the end. [5.] A retinue of heroes in the portico of the Great Invincible God { Bhadra. [6.] Who is to be worshipped having adorable names. [7.] Order given for the god Bhadra, for oblation consisting of boiled! rice to the god Virabhadra. [8.] For ceremonies for adorning, clothing, etc., of the idol (the fol- lowing) are the items prescribed: in the mountain pass of Nandi. [9.] One rukha for every bullock carrying corn (in the mountain pass). — [10.j One rukha for nuts and cotton......4. * The three inscriptions in Mr. Parry’s paper are published separately in an | Appendix, as no Press in Calcutta possessed the requisite type, and it was found neces= sary to get them printed in Madras,—Zd. 4 F 1883.] J. W. Parry—Memorandum on a couple of stones. 167 [11.] One rukha for each of these, namely coins....... ; [12.] As we gave, to last as long as the sun and moon. [13, 14.] If the order be violated even by a line then the sin of _ killing cows on the banks of the Ganges, [15, 16.] (Cannot be made out)...... [17.] By order of Panimappa son of Rama. [18.] Subhadramallama ........ [19.] A deed of gift protecting the request of Subhadramallama. Note. The author is indebted to Mr. M. Sheshagiri Shastri, Professor of Sanskrit and Telugu at the Presidency College, Madras, for the above trans- lation. Several pandits and munshis have endeavoured to make an Hnglish translation, but could only succeed in giving the purport of the inscription. Mr. Shastri requests, however, that it may be stated that the forms are very archaic, and he believes there have been errors in copying, so that he will not guarantee the absolute accuracy of the translation unless he first of all sees the original stone or photographs of it. One rukha was probably equal to 1 anna 3 pies. In Sewell’s ‘ Dynas- ties of Southern India’ no such king as Panimappa is mentioned, but possi- bly Singhana II, 1209—1247 A. D., is meant, because he “ claims to have _ conquered the king of Telunga (Telingana),” and is sometimes called Tribhu- vanamalla ; and also because there are “38 inscriptions of his reign extant which prove that the kingdom had extended in size.” The Second Stone is rectangular, being 3 feet 1 inch by 1 foot 8} inch. The thickness varies from 10 inches to 13 inches. The stone would weigh about 94 maunds. It is probably quartzite but looks like a fine-grained sandstone. The formation of the letters of this stone is totally different from that of the first stone, and the words too are more difficult, being chiefly Sanskrit written in Telugu character. It is therefore certain that some other individual wrote this inscrip- tion, but as the purport is the same, v7z., the violation of the order being equal to the sin of killing a cow on the banks of the Ganges, and as the same dynasty of the Yaduvas is referred to, it is probable that the dates are contemporaneous. A copy of the inscription in the original Telugu characters will be found in the Appendix. Mr. Shastri is unable to decipher the first 5 lines, but submits the following as an approximate translation of the remainder. [5.] The dynasty of Yadu. [6.] The moon of that;dynasty—the sun and the moon. 168 V. A. Smith— Gold coins of the Gupta Dynasty. [Dec., (7.] Who belong to the ie (of the sun and the moon). [8.] (9.] Having killed a Brahmin on the banks of the Ganges. [10.] Having killed a cow (on daa banks of the Ganges). (11, 12.] ? The Nandial-Cumbum cartroad is made through the Nandicanamah | pass and probably followed the identical path referred to in these inscrip- | tions. 5. A Classified and Detailed Catalogue of the Gold coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty of Northern India. With an Introductory Essay.—By | Vincent A, Surru, B. A., (Dubl.), B. C.S. (with 4 Plates and a Table of weights). (Abstract ) This communication consists of two parts, an Introductory Essay, and a Detailed Catalogue. The Introductory Essay is divided into seven sections, and discusses generally the gold coinage of the imperial Gupta dynasty, which terminated — | with Skanda Gupta. The imitative barbarous issues are noticed as briefly as possible. The coins are divided, with reference to characteristic obverse devices, into 18 types. ‘The reverse devices are grouped under nine heads, | and an attempt is made to investigate the origin and meaning both of | obverse and reverse devices. On some points the writer ventures to differ — from the opinions commonly held. The. relation of the so-called mono- grams to the similar marks on the Indo-Scythian coins is examined. It is © shown that the Indo-Scythian and Gupta ‘ monograms ’ are probably neither | the marks of mint cities, nor of functionaries, and that the Gupta mono- — grams are not mere imitations of the Indo-Scythian ones; and the hypo- thesis is proposed that all the monograms on both series of coins should be regarded as religious symbols of meaning at present unknown, | The subject of weights is treated in detail, and discussed at length, | the weighments of 165 coins being tabulated and analysed. The general — result is that the undisputed coins of the imperial Guptas appear to have — been coined according to three standards of weight, viz., - Ghatot Kacha, Chandra Gupta I, Samudra Gupta, and Chandra Gupta — II (except wheel variety of Archer type) we. ssseeseens . about 125. grs. Kumara Gupta Mahendra ......ssccccescecccese §f) )) Leman Skanda Gupta, and wheel variety of ChandraGuptaII , 1384 ,, The coins of barbarous type, such as those of Nara Gupta, were struck — on a different standard, which appears to have been about 146 grains. These last coins are regarded as revivals of the ancient suvarna, the weight — of the raté being assumed as 1°825 grain. All available information respecting the find-spots or provenance of the —-1883.] V. A. Smith— Gold Coins of the Gupta Dynasty. 169 Gupta gold coins is collated and tabulated, with the result that the over- 2 whelming majority of the coins, concerning the locality of which anything is known, are shown to come from the eastern parts of Oudh and the North West Provinces or from Bengal. Only five or six specimens can be traced to Kanauj, while about 470 (excluding rude barbarous coins) are known to come from eastern districts. , As an inference from this result, and from the evidence of the Puranas and of the distribution of architectural remains, and for other reasons, the conclusion is reached that Kanauj was not, as is usually supposed, the Gupta capital, and arguments are adduced for believing that Patna (Pataliputra) may have been the capital and chief mint city, which must have been situated east of Kanauj. The Catalogue comprises notices of all the published coins of the series discussed, and of all the specimens of the same in the collections of the British Museum, India office, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Sir EK. C. Bayley, A. Grant, Esq., W. Theobald, Esq., J. Hooper, Esq., and General Cunning- ham, and of a few other coins, including some of those in the Bodleian collection. Each type is defined by a full general description, which is followed by definitions of the several varieties, and by brief particulars of individual coins. Questions of disputed attribution and the like are discussed as occasion arises. The catalogue exhibits a fulness of detail which would be out of place in a treatise on European coins, but, in consideration of the position which _ numismatic evidence must take in the reconstruction of the ancient history of India, the writer has thought it desirable not to suppress details. Every reader has thus the opportunity of examining for himself the evidence on which the opinions expressed are based. The fulness of detail has the further advantage of giving information, for the first time, as to the relative rarity of the various types and varieties, and as to the deficiencies in the public collections. The coin plates have been prepared by the Antotype Company from plaster casts of coins in the British Museum and India office collections, and, so far as the incompleteness of the series in those cabinets permitted, one coin at least of each type has been figured. The opportunity has been taken of figuring some hitherto unpublished varieties of well-known types. The writer is much indebted to the officials of the Coin Room in the Bri- tish Museum for the permission to have casts taken of as many coins as he might desire, and to Mr. J. R. Sawyer, Director of Works of the Anto- type Company, for the skill and care bestowed on the production of the plates. The assistance received from other gentlemen is duly acknow- ledged in the concluding section of the Introductory Essay. This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. Eee eres eee eee 170 Library. [Dec., PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the Meets ing held in November last. 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Ps i. 13 q ue Pe re-elected member of Council pam le 40 i % elected member of the Philological Committee 56 | Aba Mujahid Sikandar Shah, coins of ... ner ...09, 149 | Abil Muzaffar ate ie cry Aides) 149 _ Agathocles, coin of age ee a Fee el A, ' Agni Purdna 24 Ahmed Khan (Hon. Saya), lacked member a the Bialatyeical F Committee ... 1 te ait sf 56 Ahmed Shah, coins of ... LS i eee 98 _ Air-temperature at different aly aiotia oe ae che 80 Akbar, Sihansah of ie aa ies aaa wise 4 me. coinsof ... Pet of ae oot 0, be -~Akbarnamah RA fae wee oo. 24, 26 ?Alduddin Mahmud Shh, coins of Bs aa peor 14h Allahabad, coins from ... 2 eae ee ee WE ‘Ambar, coins from et i Ee 76 Amendments to Rules 15 Pe 61 af 42 f Amir Ali, elected member of the History and Ar Peslaey Caleattio 122 Biderson (Dr. J.), elected member of the Natural History, History . and Archezology Committees ws A x 57 Andrews (E. S.), Assistant Librarian, Reeth of ee hee UO Bonnal Meeting ... aa ae a a Li x ~~ Report sae eae aE. Eiay Pee 17 Bislops, gold image of ae aa < vee, 148 Antimachus Theos, coins of a ye ssiehy Shel) +p aa de Antiochus Soter, coins of eae oor = iad, eae Apastamba Srauta Stitra dedi we 25, 27 Aphsar inscription dee ove ove 110 Aquarius gold mohur 5 Arabic, tenses in ,.. a 129 . 178 Indez. Aries zodiacal coin ses Ariophanta Arms of old East India Goibah'l casting ‘of the Asoka, photograph of an edict of Associate member, election of Atmospheric absorption Y te oes Aurangzib, 100-gold-mohur piece of " silver coins of 2 coins of me Babar, coin of ou Baghelkhand, discovery of caves, &e., in Balaghat, coins from A Ball (V.), a Geologist’s dgateibaiten to the. History ae indi bya Bankoora, coins from Banerjea (Rev. K. M.), elected ae es of Ae Philolosse Commi Barbak Shah, coin of... ie Bayne (R. R.), on the excavations Pee in the erection of the office of the East Indian Railway and the remains of old Fort William found at the time... eae « reply to remarks on above.. . on further discoveries iid on oy of old Fort “i William i elected member of dis Hisar id Archaeal Ges mittee coe a Beames (J.), elected member of eae Philldaiaal, and History all Archeology Committees ... s on the History of Orissa under Muhammadad Maratha and English rule s reply to Dr. Mitra’s remarks on aes i oid . on old Dutch hatchments in Chinsurah Church Bibliotheca Indica, report on ‘ » works sanctioned for Hablicakibats in Bir Gopalpur, coins from Birth-superstitions in the Panjab Te vee Black-bulb thermometer in vacuo, measurement of solar radiation by Black Hole, discoveries regarding site of et ue Blanford (H. 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S.), elected an i Oadeaaey Mamber shel tg Toate 1 veo Bose(P.N.), elected member of Council and Natural History Secretary 108 i fe on Mahishmati, or Mahesvara on the Narmada dive) EY. § 55 resignation of, as Natural History Secretary nee aa ~ Bourbel (Lt.-Col. R. de), withdrawal of de; a BIAbesa:- bee _ Brace (L. J. K.), elected an Ordinary Member uh ae ive 41 _ Brahmagupta’s Karanagrantha, publication of, sanctioned ... ... 109 - Brandis (Dr. D), compounds for future subscriptions ... ay 42 | Brihaddevata ae aed w ed, Cd) Rae Op Pad ~ Building, report on ae eee i 4 23 _ Bulandshahr, on the town of sai ie 3s nT Lee a Bundelkhand, discovery of caves, &c., in ... ae ae 49 _ Burmese jade i si mae Sere 79 Butterflies occurring in Sikkim in Sarah * Peers 25), _ Cairo, MS. of the Isdibah in the Khedivian Library it PR Viren 3 Cairns ee ao a 49 _ Campbell (W.), impressions oe coin sent ‘e yu daha paw as _ Cancer gold mohur 5,6 ig Cappel (A. J. L.), elected sista of the Ph eeiodl sabi Goin mister 57 iq Carlleyle (A. C.), on lately discovered sepulchral mounds, cairns, caves, cave-paintings, and stone implements Shas 49 _ Caves and cave-paintings iy vat ade ve 49 Cayley (Dr. H.), appointed Scrutineer at need) wa Age Centenary celebration re “ds Be rt) EGS Chandragupta II, coins of oF wid we 110, 168 Charaka Lt 26 B Chatterii Dr. De edisivexsatly) anaes an Pidina: y i Rienhiae er 1 240 " ere: Chintamani Fe ae ,os 25,27 -Chinsurah Church, old Dutch rR renae Vly « dabee ia nts 145 180 Index. Page Chloromelan is obe ; Chloromelanite an rae a. 30 Chunder (Sreenath), Rarer of ee oe ve Clay seal forwarded by Mr. Rivett-Carnac a ee Cockburn (John), on the recent existence of Rhinoceros indie in a the N. W. Provinces ... 123 us on Petrographs in the caves or roske shelters Fe the Kaimur Range ... 125 Coins, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 23, 41, 59, 76, 96, 99, 110, 112, 129, 141, 143, 147, 149, 168 Coin Cabinet, report on zi 2; Coins Committee, appointment of Sis Commander-in-Chief, remarks on remains of bi Wore William by... Committees for 1883, appointment of _... sae Conversazione 45 Council, abstract of sironeddaanes of, daveng 1882. » election of members of as ae ce oe Croft (A. W.), re-elected member of Council a A elected member of the Library Committee Cronstadtite Crosthwaite (Hon. C. H. T.), bipetea an Guitare Monten Cumbum Taluq, on stones found in the - Cunningham (Major Gen. A.), elected member of the Coins el History and Archeology Committees i # on coin forwarded by Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac 144 ‘. on relics from Ancient Persia, No. III ... 147 Oeiateehare (Dr. D. D.), elected member of the Library and Natu- ral History Committees .., x . 56, oT Cylinder, gold... a ois eee oon) Oe Oyrestis tabula... coe aie eee Dames (M. L.), on Durrani di other coins... ove Dapha Pani, notes of a trip to Mr te a Daric, a gold be uss eee cee 147 Dar-ul-Aman Multan, coin of... ak neh my 9 Das (Amrita Lal), appointed copyist Le . (a De Bourbel (Lt.-Col. R.), withdrawal of ... Deb Pal Deb, copper plate of Dedraj Deogarh, sacra from ruins sake nt ood Anaee Deraj at coin <6 ove Dew-fall, instrument for deta chute oe eS : Index. 181 E Page Dihing Basin, notes of a trip up the we oe eg aS Diodotus, coins of ns s Veto aes areas Douglas (J. C.), elected member of the Finance amines. ots 53 ~ Doulutpore, coins from near ee uke ve sat Ngee > Durrani dynasty, coins of .. af Mais ove 96 Dutch hatchments in Chinsurah Church ae ive aed Ae Dutt (O. C.), withdrawal of ... ae ce oo 163 Earthquake of 31st December, 1881 oak Ga ie eats 60 _ Kast India Company, casting of arms of old a5. 79 Election of members, ... ..8, 41, 55, 76, 96, 107, 121, 140, 163 Eliot (J.), re-elected Treasurer ee Bat Beh ae 3a . resignation of, as Honorary Treasurer nh Be 122 Elliott (J. H.), appointed Asst. Librarian cp sees | haek Er-Lannig, antiquities from isle of pe be ae, LD Huplecta ... oe swe a Sam A: 11 Huthydemus, coin of ae waa Ae Evezard (Major Gen, G. E.), eon a vd atte oi 3 Fatehgarh, coins from : Jah ee Fedden (F’.), elected member a the Piedad Science Shinitees ies 57 Finance, report on ae ree ves 19 fe Committee, sighinemiadh of Gad) Peete 56 Fischer (Prof. Dr.), geological specimens Eibpanaed by oe 79 Folksongs from Ghazipore Sop oa eM eC Eis Fort William, remains of old ... ; ae cee Oy a tablets sanctioned for sites in aay NA talline 42 Garga (Kumar Isvariprasad), elected an Ordinary Aidahee Sp ER Garrett (A. W.), withdrawal of eee Me seem cae tees Gemini zodiacal coin Si 6 Gennoe (T, A. M.), on oe of arms of old East India Satapeay a . 79 Geological specimens forwarded by Dr. Fischer ... San ae 1% Ghatot Kacha Standard, coins of the af A se CU Ghazipore, folksongs from as ai a RE Ghazi Shah, coins of a ae ee) eee Ghiy4s-ud-din A’zam Shah, coin wide bs fc? Gee) ene Ghose (Manomohan), elected Gnauey eecabes! aes 140 Ghosha (Dr. Krishna Dhana), removed from Society under Rules Sioruc ls). ioe we ~L4T 165 Ghosha (P. C.), elected member of ae eee and History and Archeology Committees set .. 56—57 Gibbs (Hon. J.), exhibition ot ERS and setarapune of gold coins = es SNe ere 3 =f a a 182 Index. a a Pag Gibbs (Hon. J.), exhibition of rare Muhammadan coins 4 PS a exhibition of 12 zodiacal gold mohurs .., fe es remarks on Mr. Bayne’s paper on remains i old Fort William ; .j remarks on coins described by Mr. C. J. Rodgas 12, ;; RS re-elected Vice-President... 39 | a < elected member of the Coins, and Hickory sel Archeology Committees des oe 57 @ i - exhibition of gold Ramtinkis i Godwin-Austen (Lieut-Col. H. H.), on animals of various ladon Land Mollusca (Pulmonifera) , ii Gonardiya and Gonikaputra xe wee Goswami (Jadava Chandra), elected an Gina Monthar i) 55 withdrawal of eh coe) ee Gest Nicobar, Ouse from .. sw aa ent | Grierson (G. A.), appointed Baniiveane os 17; 4m ;, » Yemarks on Kutila inscription ‘or Monghae | ss elected member of the Philological Committee ... * Griffith (R.), withdrawal of ... +" 41 - Growse (F. 8.), elected member of the Philclogiant ‘aaa History — and Archeology Committees.. see) shane Gene FA » on the word “ nuthar” or “ sae Aico x. 99 * a on the town of Bulandshahr a Growse’s “ Mathura ’’, remarks on oe sue ite 96 Gupta coins, ae at sae . | DOP Gupta dynasty, gold coins of the a uF .) Can Gurdial Singh (Sirdar), on Birth-superstitions in the Panjab 2.) Jose “ elected an Ordinary Member ... we | LORE Hailstorm at Shamnagar See eae De : fs Hajeepore, coins from | es eo 1) (haa Harding (F. H.), elected an Or chee y Mesh eon hae ¥ Hatchments in Chinsurah Church see oll .. 1468 Helicarion ... ni fe owe Pe oe Helicide a8 owe bias as ii Hemadri’s Chaturvarga Ghimaanaa:. .. 26, 200 Hill (S. A.), on measurement of clas radiation i black- bulb ther- mometer in vacuo eee eee vee ; e » elected an ordinary member sas ie 96 Hiouen Thsang’s Mahesvarapura, identification of ... ne, 127° Hipparchia digna ah 0 History and Archeology Conapibies, pe patnptens Ob, oo. «6 Oe Index. 183 z Poge q Hoernle (Dr. A. F, R.), re-elected Philological Secretary ... ... 39 ks i on rupees sent by Mr. R. H. Wilson of Midnapur a“ iy 59 mw ‘ remarks on Durrani and slice coins a, 99 a " on impression of coin from Mr. W. Camp- bell bad ale? ae ee se a on coins from Mr ipieatie Carnae aio! TIS 3 £ on a new find of Mubhammadan coins ... 149 _ Honorary Members, election of fis ") i) °2s ah - Honorary Secretaries and Treasurer, vote of thanks tt FOREN AA 39 | | _ Hughes (G.), on tenses in Arabic 8 ca, Zo _ Hughes (Rev. T. P.), a Visit to Kaiiisten ne 105 _ Hume (A. O.), elected member of the Natural History @eutnittcs 56 Humidity at different elevations, observations of aay \ee; 80 f - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, letter from : meat OS. _ Hushyarpur, superstitions prevailing among the Jats a eres) ese), Yoke Indian Museum, report on... sels ss Oke 19 - India region, Rhopalocera from ... ae pecuts (Ns-2. 71 Indo-Scythian coins sh a ait aw) (ub6S _ Inscriptions 45, 59, 165 Institutions with which eabiecr eee been aeaiged eas 27 _ hvine (W.), folksongs contributed by ae Jeo sta. din iS re - Tsdbah ae $28 flele 5 24, 26, 122 _ dade oo See ae fae eaVetth Jock 79 Jadeite, celts of ... te bee Be 80 Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Shah, coins of ihe eet nae wee | Jaonsar, edict of Asokain ... fy 2B | _ Jats of Hushyarputr, superstitions Revailing among i wea Se Jehangir, gold zodiac of Bs om uz. a 5 i] » . square gold mohur of __... Sch LM 6 Be eoins, of e of on ar 12 _ Kadphises, coin of Sy se By von Sodees) TR _ Kafiristan, a visit to x re te we (EES _ Kaimur Range, petrographs Pra in ee 2. Seat 6) ON a1) Ee _ Kalsi, edict of Asoka near __.., Re oaks ig) ne a Katantra ... ve te Bx weatbite: 25 Katha Sarit Sagara ot BAe 2S _ Khalif Syad Mohamed Siok Shion Buh Sd Of) sce EAE be Khanda-Khadya Age te ue ad _ Khedivian Library, a new MS. of és: Isabah in ioe ie sae gee ; 4 King (Dr. G.), elected member of the Natural History Committee 56 ~Ae ve ~S Br 184 Index. ; Kumara Gupta, coin of sae Ak ace | 14 Kumara Gupta Mahendra, coins of ... a — Kumara standard, coins of the a . to Kuster (EK. E. A.), elected Ordinary Mecaber wr ooo, ake Kutila inscription from Monghyr 45, Lafont (Rev. Fr. E.), elected member of ae Physical Scene Commins 57 Lalita Vistara__.... se “es wee .. 24, 26a Lamiyyet-el-Arab és 3) 26 Lawrie (Dr. E.), removed from Sennen under Rules 37 & 38 141, 163 Lee (J. Bridges), remarks on Mr. Blanford’s paper on Sun-thermo- 4 meter observations ... 47 # on a new instrument for dutasMintng the dope § fall Lh te sie ee 66 Leo zodiacal coin ... ast ite ies ES 6 Lepidoptera Rhopalocera a ome . 10,495 Library, additions to i 13, 50, “TL, 89, 113, 132, 150, 170 » report on Ba Em nas 3 |) , Committee, appointment af ef wae . S68 Limur (Comte de), antiquities from isle of Er-Lannig, forwarded by 110° Logan (R.), appointed auditor a oe 40 i; » elected member of the Finance ene: ae 56 London Agency, report on = 21 Lyall (C. J,), elected member of the (Rigi gical ‘Commitices . | Lydekker (R.), withdrawal of x o 5 M‘Cann (Dr. H. W.), re-elected General eae 3 remarks on remains of old Fort William By Mab eae or (W.), withdrawal of Macrochlamys 3 Ce Se is Madhubpore, coins from Se a ee Maheégvara and Mahegvarapura a is we Mahi P4l Deb, inscription of ie Mie ose) Olea 45 Ma4hishmati a ee a ss | Lag Mahmid Shah, coins of a? ans eos | ott OSS Mahbmid Shah I, coin of ah ae . iin Manrach, nephrite knife from lake- celine of Manu, publication of selections from commentaries on, sanctioned... 1 > Marshall (Major G. F. L.), on a new species of Hipparchia (Lepz- doptera Ehopalocera) from the N. W. Himalayas elected member of the Natural ‘Bolas Committee .. Index. 185 Page Medlicott (H. B ),"re-elected member of Council HON TaD, 39 elected member of the Finance, Library, Natural History and Physical Science Cummittees ...56—57 PP) 9 Bs A note on Chloromelanite Me 4 PDAS 80 Members, removal of, under Rules 37 and 388 A 141, 163 Meteorological instrument for determining the dew-fall, a new... 66 Mirzapur, discovery of caves, &c., in 49 5 rock-painting from.. by 123 Mitra (Dr. R. L.), re-elected Wick Préatiout ie a 39 i A note on Kutila inscription from Méechor nr 46 io s elected member of the Finance, Library, Philo- logical, Coins, and History and Archzology Committees is ...00—57 x 2 on a Sanskrit naieiption from eesti c 59 . " remarks on Mr. Beames’s notes on History of Orissa ... Se ...68, 142 a * on Gonardiya and Gahikawutia a an Bhar Modiid Ghaznawi, coin of te SF Moghul coins 141 Molesworth (G. L.), oe eres sho: a 108 Moller (O. C. R.), elected an Ordinary Member 163 Mollusca - ve 10 Mongbyr, Kutila Parention fen - ie By hle Pe, 45 Monthly General Meetings, 1, 40, 55, 75, 95, 107, 119, 189, 161 Muhammadan coins wee .. 4, 149 Muhammad Shah, coins of sais imide. VALE Mukaryji (Raj Krishna), elected an dedihary Miskibere mh: 96 Mukerji (Mohendra Chunder), resignation of 108 Miiller (Max), communication from 14.2 Muntakhabe-ut-Tawarikh 25 Murshidabad, coins from ix wee 149 Nadir Shah, coin of 97 Nangis, notes on the 100 Nagdid of El Ferazdaq and i erir 26 Nara, coins of _... ites 1% ane 110 » Gupta, coins of ... bt Ud slate 168 Nasipur, coins from dea * ve Nasiru-d-din Mahmid Shah I, coins of bi 1238, 149 Nasrat Shah, bin Husain Shah, coin of ... ees 60 Natural History Committee, appointment of $33 56 09, L41 . PA Secretary, election of = c ~, 186 Index. Page Nazardna medals oe 4 Nephrite ade she bas see 79 Nevill (G.), a ee of bes sls 1... eee New Zealand, nephrite from ... 79 Nicéville (L. de), on a new species of Outedtis (Lepidowmenn Rint 4 palocera) from Great Nicobar Ae 49 * ‘ remarks on Mr. Blantord’s paper on Sun- shade | meter observations... 49 ., » elected member of the Natural History Commmitien 574 + mo on new and little-known Rhopalocera from the 4 Indian Region ... W149 * Z elected member of Council ad Natural “Hiletome Secretary... . 1g on butterflies occurring in eciaen a in . Ootahad . Lo0m Micholdon (R. W.), withdrawal of ug on ; Nicobar, Cyrestis from Great Ack in toe eee Nicobarese Tale, translation of a one ne . i6aa Nirukta ... ae a tg vos) bee Nisars -.. 13, 59,99 Noor Jehan and J sfiesins wold saaren of, 7 im 5 “ Nuthars ”’ isk wae!) hea N.-W. Provinces, Pxnacée: iotious 3 in the a 123 q Obolus, a silver 147 O’Kinealy (Hon. J.), elated setae of the Philologiaal Cominthian 56 Oldham (R. D.), elected member of the Natural History Committee 57 i remarks on an edict of Asoka near Kalsi ... ... 120 4 Gisek (E. E.), elected Ordinary Member . vias .. 140@ Orissa, notes on the History of i si ws |) 68, 14 Pakour, coins from Ps na “ik 76 Pal Rajas ... 45 Pandit (Prannath), sleetadd peiier of the Likeens and ‘Hietaee and Archzxology Committees ous 8 .-. 06—57 Panjab, birth-superstitions in the a a Parasara Madhava Smriti sh sek sible eY 25 Parisishta Parvan Se a a ood ee 25 Parry (J. W.), on the Nangis: a religious sect ie -. 100m 2 a on stones found in the Cumbum Taluq of the ¥ Kurnul district . Le. ey Patanjala Yoga Sutra oan tid sie ... 24, 26 Patanjali_... we 1. Peal (S. E.), elected tapes of the Russia Evia Committee .., Index. 187 3 Page Peal (S. E.), notes of a trip up the Dihing Basin to Dapha Pani, &ce. 124 Pedler (Alex.), re-elected Member of Council eae 40 Gs », elected member of the Finance and Physical eucea Committees oi neh vee O6—57 Persia, on relics from Ancient us hol COAR Peterson (F. W.), appointed Honorary Rice Lov tent ieee Philological Committee, appointment of . BH by, 56 Physical Science Committee, eee rer (ee. Reider te 57 Pisces zodiacal coin soe said bist 6 Plowden (Major T.), elected an sOtdinan Member aotlinies 3 Pope, (R. R.), elected an Ordinary Member ree eit 14g Prakritadhyaya ... a oi tei sve 26 -Praékrita Lakshana ae oer ens oe 25 Presentations _... ip 1, 40, 55, 75, 95, 107, ‘119, 139, 161 President, election of ... 39 Prideaux (Major W. F.), elected snedabst of the ‘Colts Ber tteas 57 Prithiraj Rasau .. i Py bk oes 25 Publications, report on .., ae 3, elected member of the Library and Physical j Science Committees o's ie -. =o 6 — 57 Westland (J.), appointed Auditor Le oe oe 40 ;. » re-elected member of Council .. orate 40 . 5, elected member of the Finance Committee ahs 56 Westmacott (EH. V.), note on Kutila inscription from Monghyr .. 45 Wheeler (P. C.), letter of apology from .. ve oe 3 Whitney (Dr. W. D.), elected an Honorary Member eo. | eas: hy a 3 : letter from is aif os) |) 100m Withdrawal of members, on 3, 41, 96, 108, 122, 141, 163 Yoga Sttra.. ee a ee oo (a ae Zodiacal gold mohurs ae we oe ee 5 Zaman Shah, coins of .. hist ni os atten 98 [APPENDIX.] LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, PN THE 3isT PECEMBER, 1882. LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS R. = Resident. N. R. = Non-Resident. N.S. = Non-Subscribing. L. M. = Life Members. F. M. = Foreign Members, N. B.—Members who have changed their residence since this list was drawn up are requested to give intimation of such a change to the Secretaries, in order that the necessary alteration may be made in the subsequent edition. Errors of omissions in the following list should also be communicated to the Secretaries. Members who are about to leave India and do not intend to return are parti- | cularly requested to notify to the Secretaries whether it is their desire to continue members of the Society; otherwise, in accordance with Rule 40 of the Bye-Laws, their names will be removed from the list at the expiration of three years from the time of their leaving India. Date of Election. 1860 Dee. 5.| R. | Abdul-Latif, Khan Bahadur, Nawab, c.1.. Calcutta, 1868 Sept. 2.| N.S. | Adam, R M., Depy. Commissioner, Salt Revenue. Europe. 1860 July 4.|N.R.| Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Sayyid, c. s, 1. Aligark. 1872 April 8. | N.R.| Ahsan-ullah, Nawab. "Dacca. 1860 April 4. | N.S. | Aitchison, J. E. T., M. D., Surgeon-Major, 29th N. i Europe. | 1882 May 3.|N.R.| Alijah Amir-ul-Mulk Syed Mahomed Siddeek Hassan, H. H. Nawab, Khan Bahadur. Bhopal. N.S 1878 Mar. 6. Allen, G. W., c. 1. £. Hurope. 1874 June 3.| R. Amir Ali, Sayyid, Barrister-at-Law. Calcutta. 1882 Mar. 1.| R. | Amir Hussain, Syed, Khan Bahadur. Caleutta, 1865 Jan.11.| R. | Anderson, John, M. D., F. R. 8., F.L. 8. , Superintendent, Indian ‘Museurh. Ouloutta. 1 1875 Feb. 3. .| Armstrong, J., Surgeon, Beng. Army. Htawah. General. Europe. . .| Attar Singh Bahadur, Sirdar, ¢, 1. B., M. vu. F., Chief of Bhadour, Ludiana. 4 N.R 1871 Sept. 6. | N.S. | Atkinson, Hawit Felix Thomas, B. A., ©. 8., Acct.-— 1869 Feb. 3. | N.R . |.N.R.| Baden-Powell, Baden Henry, c. s., Conservator of 1870 Feb. 2 Forests. Lahore. 1873 Aug. 6.| N.S. | Badgley, Major William Francis, s. c., Offg. Deputy | Superintendent of Surveys. Europe. a 1862 Feb. 5.|N.R.| Baisak, Gaurdds, Deputy Magistrate. Maldah. 1859 Aug. 3.) R. Balaichand Sifiha. Calcutta. 1865 Nov. 7. | N.S. | Ball, Valentine, M. A..F. B.8., F. @ 8., Trinity Colle Dublin. Date of Election, i 1860 Nov. 1. 1882 Aug.31. 1869 Dec. 1. | 1879 Aug.28. 1881 Aug. 3. 1859 May 4. 1878 June 5. 1873 Feb. 5. 1864 Sept. 7. 1878 Sept.25. | N. 1881 Mar. 2. 1862 Oct. 8. 1872 Aug. 7. 1876 Nov.15. 1878 Oct. 4. 1879 Mar. 5. 1875 July 7. 1857 Mar. 4. 1859 Aug. 3. 1873 April 2. 1879 Aug.28, 1880 Nov. 3. 1877 May 2. 1876 Nov.15. 1868 Jan. 15. 1876 May 4. 1860 Mar. 7. 1879 Jan. 8. ili Banerjea, Rev. Kristo Mohun, tn. dD. Oaleutta. Barclay, Arthur, mM. B., Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service. Calcutta. .| Barker, R. A., mM. v., Civil Surgeon. Nya Dumka, Santhal Pergunnahs. .| Barkley, D. G., m. a, c. 8., Off. Commissioner. Lahore. .| Barstow, Henry Clements, c. 8., Magistrate and Col- lector. Oawnpore. .| Bayley, The Hon’ble Sir Edward Clive, B. ¢. 8., K.C.8.1., Cc. 1. E. Europe. Bayley, O.S., co. s., Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal. Calcutta. Bayne, R. R., mM. BR. I. B. A. Draughtsman, Chief Engineer’s Office, HE. I. Railway. Calcutta. .| Beames, John, B. c. s , Offg. Commissioner, Burdwan Division. Chinsurah. .| Beighton, T. D., c. s., Offg. Judge. Burdwan, .| Benett, W. C. Cawnpore. .| Bernard, Charles Edward, oc. s., Offg. Chief Com- missioner. B. Burmah. Beverley, Henry, M. a., ¢, 8., District and Sessions Judge, 24-Pergunnahs and Hugli. -Hurope. .| Beveridge, Henry, c. 8., District and Sessions Judge. Patna. Bhakta, Krishna Gopal. Calcutta. 3 Biddulph, Major J., B. 8. c. Sirdarpur, Mhow, C. I. Black, F. C., Asst. Engineer, Jhansi, W. W. P. .| Blanford, H. F., a. R. Ss. M., F. BR. 8., F. @. 8., Mete- orological Reporter, Govt. of India. Calcutta. .| Blanford, W. T., a. B.S. M., F.B.S., F. G.S., F. BR. G.S., F. Zz. 8. Huwrope. .| Blisset, T., Superintendent, Telegraph Stores. Kur- rachee. Blyth, W. D., B. A., c. 8., Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal. Calcutta. .| Bose, Pramatha Nath, B. Sc., F. @. 8., Geological Survey of India. Camp, Mandhatta, Nimar, 0. P Bourdillon, James Austin, c. s., Inspector-General of Registration. Calcutta. .| Bowie, Major M. M., Depy. Commissioner. Wagpur. .| Boxwell, John, c. s. Darbhanga. Bradshaw, Brigade-Surgeon A. F. Hurope. .R.| Brandis, Dietrich, PH. D., F. L. S., F. B. 8., Inspector- General of Forests. dadras. ) Browne, J. F., c. 8, M. B.A. S., Offg. District and Sessions Judge, 24-Pergunnahs. Calcutta, Date of Election. 1879 April 2. 1869 Jan. 20. 1873 Mar. 5. 1880 Mar. 3. 1881 Feb. 2. 1876 Nov.15. 1882 May 3 1881. Mar. 2 1879 Nov. 5 1881 Mar. 2 1880 May 5 1880 Jan. 7. 1861 Mar. 1 1880 Nov. 3 1874 Aug. 5 2 1881 Mar. 2. 1877 Aug.30. 1878 Feb. 6. 1880 Aug.26. 1881 May 4. 1874 Nov. 4. 1881 Mar. 2. 1876 Mar. 1. 1877 June 6. 1874 Mar. 4. 1877 Feb. 7. 1873 Aug. 6. 1873 Dec. 3. 1877 June 6. F.M. N.R. .| Cadell, Alan, B. a., c. 8., Magistrate. Mirzapore. .| Carlleyle, A. C., Archeological Survey of India .| Carter, Philip John, Depy. Conservator of Forests, .| Channing, Francis Chorley, B.c. 8. Lahore. . Chatterji, Bhairab Chunder, Jessore. | .| Chatterji, Tara Prasada. Bishnupur, Zila Ban- -| Chaudhuri, Harachandra, Zamindar. Sherpur, Mai. .| Chaudhuri, Khirode Chandra Roy, Head Master, Cale Chennell, A. W., Asst. Surveyor, Survey Department, .| Clerk, Lieut.-Colonel Maleolm G. Europe. : Cockburn, John, Asst. Sub-Depy Opium Agel .| Constable, Archibald, Resident Engineer and Personal .| Cook, Capt. L. A. C. Jamrud. ; .| Crawfurd, James, B, A., c. 8., Barrister-at-Law, Offg. Calcutta, The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of. ul. cutta. Cappel, Awd ii. Offg. Director General of Tele- graphs. Europe. Mirzapur. Fangoon. Cayley, Surgeon-Major H., Surgeon, Mayo Native Hospital. Calcutta, Chalmers, James B., c. E. Calcutta. Charles, 'T. E., M.D, F. R. 0. P. Hurope. kura. Chaudhuri, Govinda Kumara. Calcutta. mansingh. legiate School. Krishnaghar, Shillong. Chunder, Sreenath. Calcutta. Clarke, Major Henry Wilberforce, R. =. Hurope. Clarke, Colonel Sir A., RB, E., K. C. M. G., C. B., C. I. Ee Europe. { Chunar. Asst. to Chief Engineer, Oudh and Rohilkund Railway. Lucknow. ; District and Sessions Judge. Maimansingh. Croft, A. W., m. A., Director of Public Instruction. Ther .| Crombie, Alexander, M. D., Civil Surgeon. Dacca. — .| Crooke, William, c. 8. Awagarh, N. W. P. Cunningham, David Douglas, mM. p., Professor, Medical College. Europe. Dames, Mansel Longworth, c. 8., Asst. Commissioner. Europe. a Darbhanga, Maharaja of. Darbhanga. Date of Election. 1865 June 7. 1879 April 2. 1869 April 7. 1856 June 4, 1859 Oct. 6. 1862 May 7. 1880 Dee. 1. 1877 July 4. 1875 Mar. 3. 1882 Mar. l. 1879 Feb. 5. 1877 Aug.30. 1873 April 2. 1881 Mar. 1870 Mar. 1863 May 1879 Mar. 1874 Dec. 1880 April 7. 1871 Dec. 2. 1871 Oct, 4. mb mT AO WwW 1859 Dec. 7. 1863 Jan. 15. 1876 Jan. 5. 1880 April 7, N.R. R. N.R. 1879 July 2.| NR. .| Das, Raja Jaykishan, Bahadur, oc. 8. 1. Bijnor. .| Das, Ram Saran, M. A. Rdmsarandaspir, near Bur ragaon, Eyzabad, Oudh. Day, Dr. Francis, F. L. §., F. Z. 8. Hurope. DeBourbel, Lieut.-Col. Raoul, R. £., Consulting Engineer to the Govt. of india for Guaranteed Railways. Calcutta. .| Delmerick, J. G., Extra Asst. Commissioner. Am- bala City. .| Dhanapati Singh Dughar, Rai Bahadur. Azamganj. .| Dilawar Hasein Ahmad, Maulawi. Brahmanbariah. Diler Jang, Nawab Syad Ashgar Ali, Khan Bahadur, c.8.1. Calcutta. Douglas, J., Supdt. of Telegraph Stores. Alipore. .| Douie, J. M., c. 8., Settlement Officer. Karnal, Panjab. .| Duthie, J. F., Superintendent, Govt. Botanical Gar- dens. Saharunpore. .| Dutt, Kedarnath, Depy. Magte. and Depy. Collector. Baraset, 24-Pergunnahs. Dutt, Omesh Chunder. Calcutta, .| Eden, The Hon’ble Sir Ashley, K.c. 8.1, c¢. 1. E. Hurope. Edinburgh, H. R, H. The Duke of. urope. Edgar, John Ware, c. 8., c. 8. 1., Offg. Commissioner, Presidency Division. Calcutta. Eetvelde, EK. van, Consul-General for Belgium. Cal- cutta. Egerton, The Hon. Sir Robert Eyles, c. s., K. c. 8. L., c.1.E. Hurope. .| Elias, Ney, Joint Commissioner. Ladakh, Eliot, J., M. A, Meteorological Reporter to the Govt. of Bengal. Calcutta, .| Evezard, Major-General G. E. Blair Athol, Coo- noor, ‘V. lgirt Hills. Fath Ali, Maulawi. Calcutta. Fedden, Francis, Asst., Geological Survey of India. Camp, via Bhavnagar P. O., Kattywar. Feistmantel, Ottokar, M. D., Palzontologist, Geologi- cal Survey of India. Calcutta. Fiddian, W., u. a., c. 8., Offg. Magistrate and Col- lector. Bakarganj. Finucane, M., c. 8., Magistrate and Collector. Dar- bhanga. vi Date of Election. 1869 Sept. 1. 1872 Dec. 4. 1876 July 5. 1869 Sept. 1. 1867 Sept. 4. 1880 April 7. 1873 Dec. 1879 Mar. 1859 Aug. 1867 Dec. 1871 May 1877 Dec. 1869 Feb. 1870 May 1880 Aug. 1875 July 1861 Feb. 1882 May 1862 July 1881 Mar, 1863 Nov. 1879 Jan. 1877 Nov. 1876 Nov.15. 1861 Sept. 4. 1878 May 2. 1861 Feb, 6. 1880 Feb. 4. Bio OH oo ge Ae Rica ie Sy st Fisher, John Hadden, c. 8. Europe. . | Forbes, Lieut.-Col. John Greenlaw, R. E. Allakabaae , Foulkes, The Rev. Thos., F.L. 8., M, B. A. 8., F.R. G. Sy Chaplain. Bangalore. ra .| Fryer, Lieut.-Col. G. E., Deputy Commissioner, — Maulmain, B. Burmah. Fyfe, The Rev. W. C., M. A., Principal, Free Church j College. Hurope. t a .| Gajapati, Ananda Ram, Raja of Vizianagram. Vizi- q anagram. .| Gamble, J. S., B. A., Conservator of Forests, Northern : Circle. Madras. Garrett, A. W., m. A., Inspector of Schools, Presy, Circle. Australia. .| Gastrell, Major-General James Eardley (retired). Europe. .|Gay, E., M. a. co. 8., Accountant-General. Bombay. Ghosha, Kaliprasanna. Calcutta. .| Ghosha, Dr. Krishna Dhana. Rangpur. Ghosha, Pratapchandra, B. A. Calcutta. Ghoshal, Raja Satyanand. Oaleutta. Gibbs, The Hon. James, o. 8.1, 0.1. BE, F. BR. G. 8, M. RB. A. 8.. Member of the Governor- General’s Council. Calcutta. .| Girdlestone, Charles Edward Ridgway, c. s., Resi- dent. Katmandu, Nepal. .| Godwin-Austen, Lieut.-Colonel H. H., F. B. 8., F.Z. 8, FR. G. 8. HMurope. .| Golam Sarwar, Maulvi. Calcutta. .| Gordon, Robert, c. E., Executive Engineer, P. W. D. Henzada, B. Bur mah. Gosain, Hem Chunder. Calcutta. .| Gowan, Major-General J. Y. Hurope. .| Gowan, Major W. H. Simla. .| Grant, Alexander, M. I. c. E., Director of State Rail- ways. Hurope. Grierson, George Abraham, o.8., Offg. Magistrate. Patna. .| Griffin, Sir Lepel Henry, c. 8., K. 0. 8. 1., Resident, Indore. .| Griffith, R., m.a., Director of Public Instruction, N. W. P. ‘and Oudh. Allahabad. ., Growse, Frederick Salmon, M. a., c. 8., ©, I. E., Mag. istrate and Collector. Bulandshahr, NV. W. P. Gupta, Beharilal, c. 8. Oaleutta. fe Date of Election. 1867 July 3. 1879 Mar. 1877 Sept.27. 1875 Mar. 1879 Mar. 1875 Aug. 1872 Dec. 1878 Mar, 1873 Jan. 1867 Aug. 65 O Jan. 1872 Dec. . 1866 Mar. 1871 Mar. 18538 Dec. 1874 Feb. 1878 May 1880 Dec. 1869 Aug. 1876 July 1879 Mar. 1881 Feb. 1862 Mar. 1867 Dec. 1878 Aug. 5. 3. 8, 1863 Jan. 15. 1878 Sept.25. 7, 1866 Jan. a 5 4 4., 6 SrA a et Eee ee SP Vil N.S, | Hacket, Charles Augustus, Assistant, Geol. Survey of 242 3 42203 eo & SaaS 2 Fd .| Johnstone, Lieut.-Col. James, Political Agent. ‘Johnstone, P. DeLacy, c. 8. India. Hurope. Harraden, 8. Calcutta. Hart, J., Attorney-at-Law. Calcutta. .| Hendley, Surgeon Major Thomas Holbein, Residency Surgeon. Jaipur, Rajputana. Herschel, Major J., 8. E., F. B. 8., Survey of India. Europe. Hewitt, James Francis Katherinus, sioner. Chota Nagpur. Hoernle, Rev. A. F. R, px. v., Offg, Principal of the Madrasah. Calcutta, Hoey, W. urope. Houstoun, G. L., F. a. 8. Europe. Howell, Mortimer Sloper, c. 8. Shahjehanpur. Hughes, G., c. 8., Assistant Commissioner, Panjab, Europe. Hughes, T. H., a. B. 98. M, F. G. 8., Geol. Survey of India. Hurope. Hughes, Major W. G., M. 8, ¢. Hume, Allan Octavian, c. B., C. S. c. §., Commis- Tavoy, B. Burmah. Allahabad. .| Ibbetson, Denzil Charles Jelf, c. s., Deputy Commis- N.R. sioner of the Punjab Census. Lahore. Irvine, William, c. s., Magistrate and Collector. Ghazipur. Isaac, T, S., 0. BE. Hurope. .| Isvariprasad Singh, Maharaja, K. G. c. 8.1. Benares. Jackson, Surgeon Major Charles Julian. Calcutta. Jackson, Sir L. 8. Hurope. .| Jackson,- William Grierson, B. co. 8. Mirzapur, NV. W. P. Jahan Qadr Muhammad Wahid Ali, Bahadur, Prince. Garden Reach. Jarrad, Lieut. F. W., RB. N., F. B. A. S., Marine Survey Dept. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London. Jarrett, Major H.S., B. 8. c., Secy. to the Board of Examiners. Europe. .| Jenkins, Capt. Thomas Morris, m. 8. c., Asst. Com- missioner and J. P. for Burmah. Bassein. .| Johnstone, Lieut.-Colonel James William Hope, Commissioner. Jallandhar. Ma- nipur, via OCachar. Calcutta, Vili Date of Election. 1873 Dec. 3.|N.R.| Johore, H. H. the Maharaj4 of, xc. 5.1. New Johore, Singapore. N.S. | Jones, Frederick, c. s., Magte. and Collr. ZHurope. — N.R.| Jones, Samuel Simpson, B. A., c. 8., Asst. Commis- sioner, Deoghur Division. Santhal Pergunnahs. & 1873 April 2. 1875 Nov. 38. 1869 April 7 Kabiruddin Ahmad, Maulawi. Calcutta. 1882 Mar, 1. . | Kennedy, Pringle, m. a. Caleutta. 1874 Dec. 2. .| Khudabaksh, Khan Bahadur, Maulawi. Patna. 1867 Dec. 4 King, G., M. B., F. L. 8. Supdt., Royal Botanic — -| Garden. Sibpur. q 1881 Mar. 2 .| King, Lucas White, B. A., LL. B., c. 8., Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Rajanpur. Te R R N.R R N.R 1862 Jan. 15,|N.S. | King, W., Jr., B. A., FG. 8., Depy. Supdt. for Ma- dras, Geol. Survey of India. Hurope. 7 N.R. | Kirton, Surgeon-Major William Henry, F. u. 8., Me- NS | N.R N.R dical Store-Keeper. Meean Meer, Panjab. 1880 Dee. 1. 1880 Jan. 7. . | Kisch, H. M., Mm. a., c. 8. Hurope. 7 1877 Jan. 17. .| Kishor, Kumara Radha Dev, Juvraj of Hill Tipperah. Tipperah. | ; .| Kishore Singh, Maharaja Kumar Harendra. Bettiah. 1882 June 7. 1878 Oct. 4. |N.R.| Lachman Singh, Raja. Bulandshahr. g 1877 Sep. 27. | N.R.| La Touche, James John Digges, B. a., c. 8. Banda. 1881 Feb. 2.| N.S. | Laughlin, Robert Campbell, Asst. Supdt., Govt. Tele= — graph Department. Europe. ; . | N.R.| Lawrie, Dr. E. Lahore. i R, | Lee, J. Bridges, M. A., F. G. 8, F.C. 8.) Fe Ze Sy Barrister-at-Law. Calcutta. 1878 Aug. 7 2 1879 Dec, 3.|N.R.| Leonard, G. S., Asst. Traffic Supdt., N. B. State Ry. 5 7 5 1881 Mar. Saidpur. 1879 Mar. R. | Levinge, H. C., oc. E., Offg. Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal, P. W. D. Calcutta. a 1880 July 7.|N.R.;| Lewis, Rev. Arthur. B. A. Dera Ghazi Khan, . 1873 Feb. R. | Lewis, Timothy Richards, m. B., Special Asst. to the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Calcutta. 1381 Dec. 7.| R. | Logan, R., 0. 8. Calcutta. } q 1866 Jan. 17. | F.M.| Low, James, Surveyor, G. T. Survey (retired). Hurope. 1869 July 7.|N.R.| Lyall, Charles James, B. a., c. 8., Offg. Secy. to the Chief Commissioner of Assam. Shillong. S. | Lydekker, Richard, Asst., Geol. Survey of India, Europe. M.| Lyman, B. Smith. Northampton, Mass., U. &., America. a F N 1875 Jan. 6.| N.S. 1870 April 6, | L ee - 1881 May Date of Election. 1880 Dec. 1. 1868 Dec. 2. 1880 June 2. 1879 Feb. 5. 1876 Jan. 5. 1848 April 5. 1873 Dec. 38. 1880 May 5. 1879 Aug.28. 1881 July 6. 1880 Aug.26. 1882 Aug. 2. 1867 April 3. 1878 April 8. 1864 July 6 1869 Sept. 1872 Nov. 1880 May 1869 July 1873 July 1877 Feb. 1860 Mar. 1877 Mar. 1871 Sept. 1870 July 1874 May 1875 Aug. 1856 Mar. 1876 Dec. 1874 July - PP ABD 2 ®@ SN N NYN Bare N.R. L.M. .| Macdonald, James, ¢. E. Mahomed Firukh Shah, Prince. .| Mahomed Hassan, Khalif Syad, Khan Bahadur, .| Man, E. H., Asst. Supdt. .| Molloy, Major Edward, 5th Goorkhas. M‘Cann, H. W., M. a., D. sc., Professor, Presidency College. Calcutta. Macauliffe, Michael, B. A.,c. 8., Judicial Asst. Gurdas- ur. Europe. Macgregor, Major C. R., 44th N. I. Hurope. .| Macgregor, W., Superintendent, Telegraphs. Dhubri, Assam. Maclagan, Major-General Robert, 8. B, F. B. 8. E., F.R.G. 8. Hurope. MacLeod, Surgeon-Major Kenneth, mu. p. Calcutta. .| MacLeod, Roderick Henry, 3B. c. s., Asst. Magistrate. Kasia, Gorakhpur, N.-W. P. Maconachie, R, c. s., Settlement Secy. to the Finan- cial Commissioner. Hurope. Calcutta. Prime Minister. Puttiala. Mahomed Yusoof, Hon. Moulvie. Calcutta. Mainwaring, Major-General George Byres, s.c. WSe- rampur. Mallet, F. R., Geological Survey of India. Oualcutéa. Mallik, Coomar Devendra. Calcutta. Mallik, Yadulal. Calcutta. Port Blair, Andamans. Mandalik, The Hon. Rao Sahib Visvanath Narayana, c.s.1. Bombay. Markham, Alexander Macaulay, c.s. Mat Bareli,Oudh. .| Marshall, C. W. Berhampur, Bengal. Marshall, Major Geo. Fred. Leycester, R. E., Asst. Secy., Govt. of India, P. W. D. Oalcutta. Medlicott, H. B., M. A., F. B. 9., F. G. 3., Supdt., Geo- logical Survey of India. Calcutta. Medlycott, The Rev. Adolphus Edwin, Px. D., Mili- tary Chaplain. Serozepur, Panjab. Miles, Lieut.-Colonel S. B., s. c., H. M. Agent to Consul General. Zanzibar. Miller, A. B., B. A., Barrister-at-Law, Official Ase signee. Calcutta. Minchin, F. J. V. Aska, Ganjam. Minchin, Colonel C. C. Hissar, Panjab. Mitra, Rajendralala, Rai Bahadur, Li. D., c. 1. Calcutta. Mockler, Major E., Asst. Political Agent. Busrah, Persian Gulf. Molesworth, G. L., c. E., Consulting Engineer to Govt. of India for State Railways. Europe. Abbotabad, Hazara, Panjab. Date of Election. 1881 Dec. 7. 1878 May 2. 1864 Nov. 2. 1879 May 7. 1867 Mar. 6. 1882 Jan. 4. 1880 Aug.26. 1880 Aug.26. 1880 Dec. 1. 1882 Aug. 2. 1876 May 4. 1865 Feb. 1. 1881 Nov. 2. 1880 Aug.26. 1869 July 7. 1871 July 5. 1874 Oct. 4. 1879 Aug.28. 1880 Dec. 1. 1873 Aug. 6. 1880 Aug. 1880 Jan. 1873 Aug. 1880 Jan. 1862 May 1879 Mar. 1871 Dee. 1860 Feb. Le kb ae te itn Se Pa Be ee ES ee ae bite S we .| Oldham, Surgeon-Major O-F., ¥.2.@. 8. Diurmsala, 3 .| Oldham, R. D., a. R. 8s. M., Asst., Geological Survey .| Parry, J. W., c. E,, assoc. M. 1.0. EB, Asst. Engic .| Partridge, Surgeon-Major Samuel Bowen, M. De .| Peal, S. EB. Aideo, vid Sonari. ae .| Pearse, Major-General G. G., c. B., RB. H. A. Ban- Monteath, J. J..m.v. Silchar. Sa Moyle, J. C,, Barrister-at-Law. Moulmein, Burmah, Mukerjea, The Hon. Bhudeva, Inspector of Schools. Chinsurah. | Muir, J. W., M. A, o. 8., Barrister-at-law. Moora N.-W. P. Mukerjea, The Hon. Pearimohan, m. a. Uttarpara. Mukerji, Girijabhushan, mM. a. Calcutta. = Mullick, Benod Behari. Oalcutta. b Nag, Sib Chunder. Chittagong. Napier, J. R. Calcutta. | Narain Singh, Raja Ram. Khyrah, Monghyr. Nash, A. M., mu. a., Professor, Presidency College. Caleutta. Nevill, G., c. M. z. S., Indian Museum. Calcutta. Nicéville, L. de. Caleutta. Nicholson, Richardson Walter, Sub-D Opti 5 Agent. Sultanpur, Oudh. t Nursing Rao, A. V. Vizagapatam. Oates, E. W., c. E., Engineer, P. W. D., Garrison Div., Sittang Canal. Europe. 0’ Kinealy, The Hon’ble James, c. 8., District- acti Sessions Judge, 24- Pergunnahs. Calcutta. . Panjab. of India. Ohakrata. Olpherts, W. G., c. E., Manager, Kaharbari. Oclicnaa Giridhi, E. L R. Pandia, Pandit Mohanlall Vishnulall, Fr. 7. s., Member and Secy., Royal Council of Meywar. Oodeypur. — Pargiter, Frederick E., B. a., c. 8., Officiating Com- missioner of the Sunderbands. Calcutta. Parker, J. C. Calcutta. neer. Bhiwani, vid Dethi. Europe. ae Pawsey, R., c. s., Collector. Hurope. galore. . iq + xl Date of Election. 1873 Aug. 6.| R. | Pedler, Alexander, Fr. c. 8., Professor of Chemistry, Presidency College. Calcutta. 1864 Mar. 2./| N.S. | Pellew, Fleetwood Hugo, co. s., Offg. Commissioner. Europe. 1865 Sept. 6.| N.R.| Peppé, T. F. Arrah. 1881 Aug.25.| R. | Percival, Hugh Melville, mw. a., Professor, Presidency College. Oalcutta. 1877 Aug. 1. | F.M.| Peters, C. T., uw. B., Civil Surgeon. Europe. 1868 May 6.| R. | Peterson, F. W., H. M.’s Mint. Calcutta. 1835 July 1.|F.M.| Phayre, Sir Arthur Purves, x. c. s.1., oc. B. Hurope. 1872 Dec. 4.| R. | Prannath Sarasvati, Pandit, Mm. a., B. L. Bhowanipur. 1880 June 2. N.R.| Prasad Sinh, Thakur Garuradhawaya, Raja of Beswan. 4 Beswan Fort, Aligarh. 1877 Aug.30. | N.R.| Pratapnarayan Singha, Depy. Magistrate. Bantura. 1881 Feb. 2.|; R. | Prideaux, Major William Francis, B. s.c. Calcutta. 1878 Feb. 6.| R. | Prinsep, The Hon’ble H. T., Judge of the High Court. Calcutta. 1871 June 7.| R. | Ramkrishna. Calcutta. 1877 May 2.|N.S. | Ravenshaw, Thomas Edw., c.s. Hurope. 1880 April 7.; R. | Rai, Bipina Chandra, B. u., Munsif. Diamond Harbour. 1868 April 1. | N.R.| Rai, Raja Pramathanath. Digapati. 1877 Aug. 1. | N.R.| Rees, J. C., Asst. Engr.. P. W. D. Thonzai, British Burmah. 1871 July 5. | N.R.| Reid, James Robert, c.8., Collector. Bareilly, Ro- | hileund. 1881 Mar. 2.| R. | Reynolds, The Hon. Herbert John, 3B. a, c. gs. Calcutta. 1880 Aug. 4. | N.R.| Reynolds, Herbert William Ward, c.s. Allahabad. 1860 Jan. 3. | N.R.| Rivett-Carnac, John Henry, c. 8.. c. 15, F. 8. A., Opium Agent. Ghazipur. 1863 April 1. | F.M.| Robertson, Charles, c. s., Secretary to the Govt., N.-W. P. and Oudh. urope. 1878 Sept.25. | R. | Robertson, Rev. J. Calcutta. 1865 Feb. 1.; R. | Robinson, 8. H. Calcutta. 1880 Sept.30. N.R.; Sage, E..M., Asst. Engineer, P. W. D. TZavoy, : British Burmah. 1877 May 2. N.R.| Sandford, W., Rajputana-Malwa Railway. Ajmere, Rajputana. 1870 May 4.| R. | Schlich, Dr. W. Calcutta. 1879 May 7. N.S. | Schroder, J. Europe. 1879 Feb. 5.| BR. | Sconce, Lt.-Col. J.,B.8.c. Calcutta. 1874 July 1.) R. | Scully, Dr. John. Calcutta. 1878 Mar. 6) R. | Sen, Adharlal, B.a. Calcutta. 1874 Dec. 2.' N.R.| Sen, Dr. Ram Das. Berhampur. x1 —s Date of Election. 1882 June 7. | F.M.| Senart E’mile, Membre de Il’Institut de France, Paris. 1882 Aug. 2. . | Serajul Islam, Moulvie. Oalcutta. 1879 Jan. 8. .| Sewell, R., m.c. s. Madras. 1878 May 2. Sharpe, C. J. Calcutta. . 1879 May 7. .| Sheridan, C. J., c. 5, Dist. Engr, Muzuffarnagar, N.-W. P. 1881 Mar. 2. .| Shopland, E. R., Indian Marine, Port Officer. Akyab. 1882 May 3. .| Shyamaldass, Kaviraja, Private Secy. to H. H. the Maharana of Udaipur. Udaipur. Simson, A. Caleutia. Sirkar, Dr Mahendralala. Calcutta. Skrefsrud, Rev. L. O., India Home Mission to the Santhals. Europe. Sladen, Col. E. B., u.s.c. . Sebo Advertising =a “es i .. ©1868) Freight .. oe ee os ee 8412 6 Furniture (teakwood racks) .,. te »» 290 1 On Stationery is an ee oe 20 1000S Postage .. ve or) oe » 423 4 6 Contingencies oe ee ae o 209 (20S Miscellaneous charges incurred by Major H. G. Raverty, for translating Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, from 1870 to the end of 1881 ve oe ee os, 898-10.) Commission on collecting bills .. ve 73>) eB ae 13,622 10 5 To PersonaL Account (Writes off and Miscellaneous) .. 10 14 0 Total Expenditure To Balance.. op ee ve oe Total Rs. 3 28,064 10 1¢ "4 -Y 13,638 8 5 14,431 2 5 No. 2. | with the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Cr. By Balance from last Report .. Ze oH ow, 123.596. 59 11 +. By CasH REcsIPTs. Government allowance ae A ee 9,000 0 0 Publications sold for cash “5 a ow 3,096 5° 2 12,096 5 2 By PERSONAL Account. Sales on credit ae ee we .. 3,402 13 9 Miscellaneous a Aa 50 es 28 14 O 3,431 11 9 Total Income ————-~—— 15,528 011 Total Rs. .. 28,064 10 10 Joun EL ror, J. WestLAND, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Auditor, Asiatic Society of Bengal. XXxil Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund in Account. To Casu EXPENDITURE. Salaries .., tee see aes « ely eS Travelling expenses ... ane vee . 268 22 Printing ... = Ze e . Sip aa Editing charges ues eee eee « iyo oem Stationery ae cee sa bss 3710 O Postage ... ae aan eee bee a i Freight ... oe th aaa ‘os x oe Commission ee ses oe ‘ns 311 0 Contingencies ovo eee tes tee 60 6 9 2,352 5 8 To Persona Account (Writes off and Miscellaneous).., 200 Total Expenditure ——————-__- 2,354 5 3 To Balance vee on os ve 2,479 13 3 Total Rs. ... 4,834 2 6 Eee | No. 3. with the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Cr. By Balance from last Report... = Are ts 1,563 2 6 By CasHu REceEIpPts. Government allowance ts ot »» 38,200 0 0 Publications sold for cash te oe de iL. 0.0 S21ib (0 C By PrersonaLt Account. Publications sold on credit ait she “ee 60 0 O Total Income ——————— 3271 0 8 Total Rs. ... 4,834 2 6 Joun Exrot, J. WESTLAND, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Auditor, Asiatic Society of Bengal. XXiV To Balance from last Report .... To Casu EXPENDITURE. STATEMENT Advances for purchase of Sanskrit MSS., ue of books « 687618 10,775 9 8 ~ 3481 11 6 to members, &c.... een see To Asiatic Society ... oa toe To Oriental Publication Fund ... aes To Sanskrit Manuscripts Preservation Fund ie 600.0% Rs. a 6 et Total Rs. Personal 15,225 11 20,895 14 7 XXV No. 4. Account. Cr. By Cash Receipts... oo vee Rs. 13,125 12 2 By Asiatic Society... ding ose «- 132613 1 By Oriental Publication Fund .. we * 10 14 O By Sanskrit Manuscripts Preservation Fund ae 2° 0 @ —— 14465 7 3 Due to the Due by the By Balances. Society. Society. Old Claims Members _... ent Subscribers to Publi- cations Employees s. Agents oes see Miscellaneous 6,430 7 4 Total Rs. ... 20,895 14 7 J. WESTLAND, Joun Exiort, Auditor. Hony, Secy. and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal, XXVi Dr. To Balance from last Report ... #3 To Cash Po ees ase Total Rs. ir, To Pedestal for Mr. Blochmann’s bust ove To Balance (Servants’ Pension Fund) ere . . Rs. 1,48,300 0 0 1,47,618 0 ( STATEMENT Nominal. Actual. » 7,500 0 0 47,591 1 6 2° . 1,55,800 0 0 1,55,209 1 6 STATEMENT Rue. e7 be Rs. 345 0 @ ove ees 1,007 ll 4 Total Rs. ... 1,882 11 | i vyal XXV1l Nominal. Actual. By Cash Sas eae tis Rs. 2,000 0 0 2,056 4 O By Balance oad ve ee ... 1,538,800 0 0 1,583,152 18 6 Total Rs. .. 1,55,800 0 01,55,209 1 6 Joun Exror, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 6. Funds. Cr. By Balances from { Servants’ Pension Fund Rs. last Report... { Blochmann Memorial Fund vas By Asiatic Society (on account of Pedestal for Mr. Blochmann’s bust) rae Tae vg JoHN Exior, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal. oe tenes J. WESTLAND, Auditor. 1,007 11 4 54 38 4 1,061 14 8 Ania 290 12 8 (emer ee eee Total Rs. see 1,352 11 4 J. WESTLAND, Auditor. XXVii 4 STATEMENT Cash. To Balance from last Report .. ee on Rs. 4,468 8 5 REcEIPTS, To Personal Account eee tee tee oes eee 13,125 12 2 To Asiatic Society can ine soe . 10,112 158 To Oriental Publication Fund As ons . 12,096 5 2 To Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund ,,. ee wy .. 8,2ll Oe To Investments Ro ee sis na .. 2,056 4 Gm To Trust Funds evo eee eee see : vee 290 12 8 Total Rs. .. 45,361 9 6 STATEMENT Balance Y. Dr. | To Personal Account ., “ii po nel Rs. 64380 7 4 | To Cash ; saa eee eee ee eco eee 2,079 12 0 To Investments = eae ae om ... 1,53,152 18 6 . Total Rs. ... 1,61,663 0 10 Xx1x EXPENDITURE. By Personal Account ... By Asiatic Society ... By Oriental Publication Fund By Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund By Investments sae By Trust Funds Sad By Balance ... JoHN Exiot, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal. No. 8. Sheet. By Asiatic Society By Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund By Oriental Publication Fund By Trust Funds eee Joun Entor, Hony. Secy. and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal. uae Rs. 958 6 1 18,412 6 3 bes ww. 18,622 10 5 os «ae > ope ee ove voce) iedoke ve . 345 0 O : 2,079 12 0O Total Rs. ... 45,3861 9 6 J. WESTLAND, Auditor, a Rs. 1,48,744 5 10 ae AND 1S Ss 14,481 2 5 1,007 11 4 Sees Total Rs. ... 1,61,663 _0 10 J. WESTLAND, Auditor. _ PROCEEDINGS: OF THE SOCIETY OF BENGAL. EDITED BY yee fionorarr (PECRETARIES. ‘ ae v = No. ie JANUARY, 1883. the Pride of its investigation will be the Seareshioal limits of Asia: and a aoe jimits its inquiries ver von anaes to > whatever i is performed by Sg ann SUBSCRIPTION, . reteeeveesesrecsscceeve sessecsee 4 FUPECES, Pe Bein POE NUMBER,» ce\iocscseistsceudeshvéccteascese, 8 anviag, PostacE rn InpDIA (ApprtroNaz), botiibatadhatveuvos «ees 'd ANTS ‘Paice IN ENGLAND,. 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