103 H. Beveridge — Note on the site of Ghiaspur. [April, 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next 



meeting : — 



Bon'ble Sir C. A. Elliott. K. C. S. I., C. I. E., Lieutenant-Governor 

 of Bengal, ]>roposed by the President, seconded by Col. J. Waterhouse. 



G. W. Forrest, Esq., I!. A., Assistant Secretary to the Government 

 of India, Home Department, proposed by Col. J. Waterhouse, seconded 

 by C. Little, Esq., M. A. 



Lieutenant W. A. Harrison, R. E., Fort William, proposed by F. J. 

 Rowe, Esq., M. A., seconded by C. Little, Esq., M. A. 



Colonel T. H. Haldich, R. E., Survey of India, proposed by Col. J. 

 Waterhouse, seconded by C. Little, Esq., M. A. 



The PRESIDENT announced that in consequence of his approaching 

 departure from India on furlough, it would be necessary for him to 

 place his resignation in the hands of the Society. In doing so, he begged 

 again to express his thanks to the Society for the honour they had done 

 him in electing him a second time to the office of President, an honour 

 of which he was deeply sensible. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. An Account of the Journey of a Bengal Pandit to Tibet in 1037 - 

 38 A. D., by Bromton, the founder of the Grand Hierarchy of Tibet. — By 

 Babu Sakat Chandra Da's, C. I. E. 



The Paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



2. Brief note on the site of Ghiaspur, Bengal, — By H. Beveridge, 



Esq, C. S. 



Thomas in his initial coinage of Bengal, J. A. S. B. for 18G7, 

 pp. 50, 51 and 62 mentions a mint-town in Bengal named Ghiaspur and 

 says that he has been unable to identify it. I beg to suggesl thai it 

 is Ghiaspur on the left bank on the Bhagirat hi between Baluchar and 



Jangipur. 



On the right bank of the Bhagirathi on the way from Baranagar 

 (famous for Rani Bhowani's temples) to Raghunathganj opposite 

 Jangipur, there is a place called Ghiasabad. It is described by Captain 

 bayard in J. A. S. I!, for 1853, p. 577, and two stones from there are 

 now j,, the Indian Museum. ( Vide Dr. Anderson's Catalogue, Vol. M. 

 s. v. Ghiasabad.) 



At Ghiasabad [ saw the dargah described by Captain Layard. It 

 is in a desolate condition, but contains lour Mahomedan tombs. Cue 

 [ s in the centre and is higher than the others. I was told thai it was the 



tomb Of Ghiassuddin Sultan Ahl-i-Qoresh, and thai the other three 



Ul|r those of his wife and two daughters. Captain Layard was unable 



