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perintendence of Sir William Jones,) and is now 

 fubmitted to the Society; with the original Sanfcrit 

 in Ro'.r.an letters. 



Of the five other infcriptions contained in the 

 accompanying book, and taken from the fame pillar, 

 but in a different character, no traiiUation has been 

 yet procurable. The depofit of them amon^ the So- 

 ciety's papers, and, if they think proper, the publi- 

 cation of an engraving (^f them in their Tranfaclions, 

 may lead to a future explication of them; which muft 

 be alfo facilitated by Captain Hoare's colleftion of 

 the characters. 



The fame chara61ers appear in the infcription on 

 the pillar at Allahabad^ a fpecimen of which, with a 

 modern Arabick and Perfian infcription in the reign 

 of JehangeeR, and a drawing of the pillar, are alfo 

 contained in the accompanying Book. — I have not 

 been able to procure any information refpecling this 

 pillar, and underfland from Moon/Jiee Mohummud 

 MoRAD, who accompanied Captain Hoare, that his 

 inquiries at Allahabad were equally unfucccfsful. 



The Feeroz Shah whofc name is now attached to 

 the Dehlce pillar (though it mull have been erefted 

 as fome Hindoo Monument at a much earlier period) 

 appears from Ferishtuh's Hiftory to have reigned at 

 Dehlce between the years 1351 and 1388; in the laft 

 of which he died at the age of ninety ; and Ferishtuh, 

 in the words of his tranflator Lieutenant Colonel 

 Dow, gives him the following character. 



*' Though no great warrior in the field, he was, 



" bv his excellent i|ualities, well calculated for a reign 



'• of peace. His feverity to the inhabitants of 



" Cumaoon for the afl'alfination of the Governor of .J^x- 



" mana, is a great blot in his reputation. But to this 



" he perhaps was prompted by a religious zeal and 



" enthufiafm : for the perfons murdered were Seids or 



