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LIST OF THE PLATES IN THIS VOLUME. 



A Map of the Frontiers of the Burmese and Chinese Empires, to illustrate the Geo- 

 graphical Notice by J. F. Davis, Esq. — p. 90. 



The following seven plates are illustrative of Mr. B. H. Hodgson's Sketch of Bud- 

 dhism,— p. 222-257. 



Plate I. a. b. Esoteric Buddhas, styled Yogdmbara and Bigamhara. 



c. d. e.f. g. The Pancha Buddha Dhyani, or Five Celestial Buddhas. 



II. a. b. c. The Updyikd or Theistic Triad. 



d. e.f. The Prajnika or Atheistic Triad. 



g. h. i. h. I. The Pancha Dhyani Bodhi Satwa, or Five Celestial Bodhi-satwas. 



III. The Chaitya, or Deva Patana. 



IV. a. b. c. d. e. The Pancha Dhyani Buddh-saMi. 



f. S&kya Sinha Buddha. 



g. Doha N&tha. 



V. A Kosth&kar, or Composite Chaitya. 



VI. A common Nipal Temple. 



VII. A Bird's-eye View of a Nipalese Vihar. 



The following eighteen plates are illustrative of Dr. B. G. Babington's Account of the 

 Sculptures at Mahamalaipur — p. 258-269. 



1 to 12 are Representations of the various Sculptures. 



13. Alphabet of Ancient Tamil. 



14. Inscription on a Stone Choultry on the north side of the Rocks at Mahamalaipur. 



15. Inscription found near Mahamalaipur, in three kinds of ancient Sanscrit cha- 

 racters. The same in modern Grantha and Devanagari. 



16. Eleven Figures sculptured on the Upper Gallery of one of the Rat'has at Maha- 

 malaipoor. 



Three Figures sculptured on another Rat'ha. 



17. Inscriptions over the Figures on the Rat'has, in the original and Devanagari 

 characters, with English translations. 



18. Characters of the Ancient Inscription in the Ganesha Pagoda at Mahamalaipur, 

 with the corresponding characters in Roman, Devanagari, and Grant'ha. 



Characters of the Ancient Inscriptions over the Bas-relief Figures on the Rat'has at 

 Mahamalaipur, with the corresponding characters in Roman, Devanagari, and Grant'ha. 



