1890.] President — Fact^iviile inscription from a mosque at Snri. 243 



and the date on it was clear. The inscription related to a grant of land 

 by a Jain. Raja Rajeiidralala Mitra's translation and remarks would 

 be published in the Journal. 



The inscription is of interest as affording the names of 4 kings 

 hitherto unknown to history who flourished in Bengal before the Pala 

 kings who belong to the 9th century. 



The President exhibited a badly executed facsimile of an inscrip- 

 tion from a mosque in the town of Suri. The inscription had originally 

 no connection with the mosque, and was said to have lain for many years 

 in the Collectorate before it was made over to the builder of the mosque 

 and placed by him upon it. The inscription was dated 922 A. H. 

 (1616) and related to tlie famous Hosain Shah of Gaur. Possibly it 

 was the same inscription as that described in our Journal, XXX, 

 389-390, The lacsimile was too imperfect to admit of its being read. 



Pandit Harapras.4D Shastra exhibited a copper-plate inscription of 

 the last century from Oiissa. 



The Secretary read an invitation for the second Inter-Ornitho- 

 logical Congress to be held at Budapest in May, 1891 forwarded by the 

 Chancellor of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Consulate, 

 Calcutta, at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna. 



The following papers wei'e read — 



1. Some additional species of Labiatae, hy Dr. D. Prain. 

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



2. On place and river names in the Darjeeling district and Sikhiin 

 hy Dr. L. a. Waddell. 



This and Raja Rajendralala Mitra's paper on the Ashrafpur inscrip- 

 tion will be published in Part I of the Journal. 



< 3. Note on the ' Manik-tham ' monolith in the Puraniya (Purneah) 

 district, (with a shetcli and coin). — By L. A. Waddell, M. B 



The only notice of this ancient monument which seems to be on 

 record is a brief and admittedly vague note by Dr. Buchanan, in his 

 report for the Puraniya district.* Lately having had an opportunity 

 of examining the pillar with some care,t I beg to forward the follow- 

 ing brief description of it. 



* Eastern India III, p. 55. 



t The existence of thia pillar was bronght to my notice by Dr. Picachy, the 

 Civil Surgeon of Parneah. 



