168 Munahi Debiprasad— Old copper plate Solankhi Mulardja. [Nov. 



Babu Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, proposed by Pandit Haraprasad 

 Sastri, seconded by Babu Ganrdas Bysack. 



Babu Panchanan Mukberji, proposed by Pundit Haraprasad Sastri, 

 seconded by Babu Ganrdas Bysack. 



The Council proposed the following gentleman for election as an 

 Associate Member at the next meeting:— 



P. J. Briihl, Esq., of Seebpur College. Mr. Bruhl is a diligent 

 student of Physics and Botany and is distinguished by his profound 

 knowledge of Ranunculacece. 



The following gentleman has expressed a wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : — 



H. W. Reynolds, Esq., C. S. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following member : - 

 Pandit Prannath Sarasvati, M. A., B. L. 



The following papers were read : — ■ 



1. Note on the Indian Butterflies comprised in the subgenus Padem- 

 ma of the genus Eitplcea.—By Lionel de Nice'ville, Esq FES 

 C. M. Z. S. ' " ' "' 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



2. A specimen of the Padumawati,—By G. A. Grierson, Esq., C. S. 

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



3. The Communal Barracks of Primitive Races— By S. E. Peal, Esq. 

 The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



4. An account of an old copper plate Solankhi Mulardja— By 

 Munshi Debiprasad. Communicated by the Philological Secretary. 



(Abstract.) 

 This copper plate was produced in a Marwar court in A. D 1872 

 and again in A. 1). 1881, in connection with a law suit. It bears an in- 

 scription purporting to be a gift of land to a Brahman who had COI 

 Marwar from Kanauj. The Brahman is called Durga £charya, the son 

 of Durlabha A'charya. The land granted is described as the village 

 Barnak in Satyapnr [Sanchor] which was bounded by the four vil] 

 Banar Gandank, and it is said to be the Bite of the modern village of 

 Baleram. The gram is made by the well-known Solankhi king Mdlaraja 

 and is dahd San, vat 1051, Magha Sndhi 15 on the occasion oJ the lunar" 

 eclipse. This date corresponds with Saturday, L9th Januarj 995 A. D. 

 when there was a lunar eclipse visible at Lanka. 



