60 Dr. W. Hooy— Oii the idpntijlrafhv nf Kic^inrira, S,-c. [Mat, 1S99,] 



Rai Ram BralmiM. Saiiyal Bahadur oxliibited a living sea-snake and 

 living hybrids between guinea-fowl and eomnion fowls, and made remarks 

 un them. 



Mahamaliopadhyaj^a Haraprasad Shastri exhibited some buddhistic 

 religious objects from Nepal, and made remarks on them. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. O71 the genuineness of the grant of Civasimha to Yidijapnti- 

 thaldiura.—Bij G. A. Grierson, C.I.E., Ph.D., I.C.S. 



The paper ■will be published in the Journal, Part T. 



2. On the iJentijicatlon of Knsindra, VaisCiU and other places 

 mentioned by the Chinese pilgrims. — Bi/ W. HoEV, Lnr. D., T.C.S. 



Abstract. 



I take up the route of Fa Hian after he left Kauauj and I show 

 that the forest of A-li is probably the modern pargana of Asiwan: that 

 the country of the Shachi and its capital lay near the Gogra and that 

 the capital, Pi-so-kia is probably Paska. 1 adhere to Set Mahet as 

 Sravasti and then coming up to the north of the Lumbini garden I 

 place the city of Kapilavastu at or near (^aina-Maina, and indicate the 

 probable location of Krakuchandakula and Kanakamuni's town, but I 

 do not desire to anticipate Major Waddell. 



I then show that Vaisall is at Cherand, and Kusinara at iSewfin. 

 Manjhi is where Buddha left the Lichhavis. Kasia is tlie place where 

 Buddha performed the Renunciation and assumed the Kasaya garment 

 of the mendicant. I make suggestions as to Ramagrama and the stupa 

 known as that of Ramagrama; also as to tlie Charcoal stupa. 



I show that Besarh is the city of the monster Fish and I explain 

 why Asoka placed pillai'S at Kesaria and Araraj. 



Coming back to Kanauj I proceed with Hwen Thsang down the 

 Ganges and offer a suggestion to help in fixing '0-yu-t'o and '0-ye- 

 mu-k'ia the latter being placed at Asui. I reaffirm Kosambi as 

 in the neighbourhood of Kosam. 



Coming along the Ganges from Benares I dispose of the identifica- 

 tion of Ghazipur as ' Cheu-chu ' and I show where the monastery of 

 the ' Unpierced Ears ' was — at Waina — in the Ballia District. In this 

 connection I mention Sikandarpur oix tlie southern bank of tlie 

 Gogra river and, referring to the Rahila palace close to this most ancient 

 spot, I point out that relatively to Sewan (as Kusinara) and Benares 

 it fits in with the place where the pious Brahman entertained Buddha's 

 son long ages after the Great Teacher had himself died. 



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



3. On a curious system of tree- worship in Bengal. — By Mahamaiio- 



PADHTAYA HaRAPRASAD ShaSTRI, M.A. 



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



