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as it had yet been effected, had been productive of no very certain 
results. The matter could not, however, be in better hands than 
those of Col. Tennant. He only wished to suggest that those 
members of the Society, who might have the requisite leisure and 
opportunity, should, even with the unaided eye, endeavour to 
observe as carefully as possible the exact apparent shape and 
characteristics of the Corona. He believed that data of very con- 
siderable value might be thus obtained by persons, who knew how 
to observe. 
Later in the evening Ool. Tennant kindly consented to draw up 
some short directions which might serve as a guide to members of 
the Society who might visit localities of the Total Eclipse. 
III.—Noreks oN THREE INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN Cuutta’ Na’apu’r, by 
Ba’su Raxuat Das Harpar. 
Mr. Blochmann read extracts from the paper, which will be pub- 
lished in the second number of the philological part of the Journal. 
The inscriptions are in Sanscrit and Hindi, of the years A. D. 
1665, 1668, and 1737. In one of them (A. D. 1665), a Chutia 
Nagpur Rajah of the name of Raghunath is mentioned. 
Mr. Blochmann said—Babi Rakhal Das Haldar remarks on the 
absence of authenticated historical information regarding Chutia 
Nagpur. Muhammadan historians certainly give very little to 
enable us to verify the details of the family history of the Rajahs. 
I have, however, collected the scattered notices which are found in 
the historical works of the Mughul period, not only regarding 
Chutid Nagpur, but also Pachet and Palamau, and trust ne! may 
throw some light on the history of these districts. 
The notices are taken from the Akbarnémah (Lucknow edition, 
TL., pp. 491, 641), the Zuzuk ¢ Jahangirt (Sayyid Ahmad’s edition, 
p- 155); the Padishahnimah (I., b., p. 817; IL., pp. 248 to 250, and 
356 to 861); and the ’Alamgirnamah (pp. 649 to 660, and p. 972). 
A few additional notes may be gathered from Sarishtahdir Grant’s 
essay on Bengal and Bihar Finances in the Vth Report. 
The extracts will be published in the Journal. They refer to 
the first invasion of Chutia Nagpur (or Kokrah, as it is called,) 
under Shahbaz Khén Kambu, one of Akbar’s generals, in A. D 
