CONTENTS. 



I. Essay on the Philosophy of the Hindus. Part V. By Henry Thomas ^^^ 

 Colebrooke, Esq. Director R.A.S 1 



n. Description of the Ruins of Buddha Gaya. By Dr. Francis Buchanan 



Hamilton, M.R.A.S 40 



in. Observations respecting the Small-Pox and Inoculation in Eastern Coun- 

 tries; with some Account of the Introduction of Vaccination into 

 India. By WhitelawAinslie, M.D. M.R.A.S 52 



IV. A Description of the Agricultural and Revenue Economy of the Village of 



Pudu-vayal, in that part of the Peninsula of India called the Carnatic. 

 By John Hodgson, Esq., M.R.A.S 77 



V. Extracts from the Peking Gazettes, translated by John Francis Davis, Esq. 



M.R.A.S „ 86 



^'I. Geographical Notice of the Frontiers of the Burmese and Chinese Empires, 

 with the Copy of a Chinese Map. By John Francis Davis, Esq 

 M.R.A.S :....... 90 



VII. An Autobiographical Memoir of the early Life of Nana Farnevis. Trans- 



lated from the original Mahratta, by Lieutenant-Colonel John Briggs, 

 M.R.A.S., late Resident at the Court of Satara 95 



VIII. Secret Correspondence of the Court of the Peshwa, Madhij Rao, from the 



Year 1761 to 1772. Translated from the original Mahratta Letters, 

 by Lieut.-Colonel John Briggs, M.R.A.S., &c 109 



IX. On Hindu Courts of Justice. By Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq. 



Director R.A.S j66 



X. Notices of Western Tartary. By John Francis Davis, Esq. M.R.A.S 197 



XI. Some Account of the Ruins of Ahwaz. By Lieutenant Robert Mignan, 



of the First Bombay European Regiment; with Notes by Captain 

 Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussorah 203 



XII. An Essay on the best Means of ascertaining the Affinities of Oriental Lan- 



guages, by Baron William Humboldt, For. M.R.A.S.; contained in 



a Letter addressed to Sir Alexander Johnston, Knt., V.P. R.A.S 213 



XIII. Sketch of Buddhism, derived from the Buddha Scriptures of Nipal. By 



Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq. M.R.A.S. With Plates 222 



For Additional Notes on this Paper see Appendix, No. V. 

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