14 Annual Report. [Jan. & Feb. 



gold coins comprise : a coin of Shri Pratap Harihara (Vijayanagar 

 Dynasty), found in the Ahmednaggar collectorate and a half pagoda of 

 Shri Pratap Deva Raya of the first Vijayanagar Dynasty found in the 

 Poona District. The remaining are not of much importance. 



The question of the proposed amalgamation of the two collections 

 of coins now held separately by the Indian Museum and the Asiatic 

 Society made by the Hon'ble Mr. J. A. Bourdillon was referred to the 

 Trustees of the Indian Museum. The Trustees have asked the Council 

 the probable purchased price of the collections of coins belonging to 

 the Society and Dr. Bloch has undertaken to make the valuation. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



Twenty-five fasciculi were published during the Calendar year 1902 ; 

 of these two were in the Arabic-Persian, and the rest in the Sanskrit 

 Series. The cost of the year's publication came up to Rs. 6,426-0-6. The 

 average cost of fasciculus being Rs. 257 ; Rs. 92 in editing-fees and 

 Rs. 165 in printing charges. 



Three new works have been commenced : two in the Sanskrit Series 

 and one in the Arabic- Persian. 



1. Bodhicaryyavataratika by Prajnakanamati. Since the discovery 

 of Buddhism and Buddhist literature in Nepal by Brian Hodgson in the 

 early part of the nineteenth century, Bodhicaryyavataraby Qantinatha has 

 engaged the attention of Oriental scholars all over the world. It was 

 described at length by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra in his Nepalese Buddhist 

 Literature and published by Professor Minaev at St. Petersburg. It is 

 the best handbook of the later Mahayana School, written in standard 

 Sanskrit and in an engaging style, but without a commentary it could 

 not be thoroughly studied and properly translated. A search was 

 instituted by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri and his efforts 

 was completely successful by the discovery of a complete copy of Prajna- 

 kara's Commentary, and another copy of a portion of it, in 1895. In 1898 

 the same Pandit found a tippana in the Darbar Library, Nepal. 

 Professor La Vallee Poussin of Grhent found a copy of the Tibetan transla- 

 tion of the work in Europe and undertook to bring out an edition of the 

 Text and Commentary filling up the gaps and lacunas in the commentary 

 from the Tibetan. The first fasciculus of his work was published in 

 1902. 



2. patasahasrika Prajnaparamita reported to have been brought up 

 from the Nether world by Nagarjjuna. This too was discovered by 

 Brian Hodgson in Nepal. A Tibetan version of it was published in the 

 Bibliotheca Indica by Babu Pratapa (Jandra Grhosa. The work is in 

 prose, but, if measured in verses of 32 letters each, its extent will come to 



