384  Lieul.-Colonel Cotzprooxr on Inscriptions discovered in Ceylon. 
On shewing the Batticaloa inscriptions to two distinguished Orientalists, 
I was informed that the same character is to be met with in the north- 
western parts of India; a fact which tends to prove that a connexion 
existed between those countries and Ceylon at a very remote period. 
I remain, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
(Signed) W. M. G. CoLesrooke. 
