February, 1918.] Annual Report. xi 
The Index to the Journal and Proceedings Vol. VILI, 1912, 
was published. The Index for Vol. IX, 1913, is in page proof 
and will be published early this year. The Index for Vol. X, 
1914, has gone to press. 
In connection with the publication of the Numismatic 
Supplement, a Pahlavi fount is being prepared, the Numismatic 
Society of India having promised to contribute half the cost. 
Exchange of Publications. 
During the year the Council accepted two applications for 
exchange of publications, viz.: (1) from the Indian Association 
for the Cultivation of Science ;—the Society’s Journal and Pro- 
ceedings and the Memoirs for their Bulletin, (2) from the 
Journal from 1891 to date, in exchange for publications already 
received. 
Philology, etc. 
Mr. G. D. Sarkar contributed a paper containing some 
traditions about Sultan ‘Ala’-ud-Din Husayn Shah, who became 
King of Bengal in the latter part of the 15th century a.p. 
From these traditions it appears that his early days were con- 
nected more closely with the northern part of the Murshidabad 
district, than any other part of Bengal. The paper is illus- 
trated with 11 inscriptions and 6 plates. 
Maulavi ‘Abdul Wali contributed the following papers: (1) 
On the Antiquities of Burdwan. These antiquities consist of 
the tombs of Pir Bahram, Qutb-ud-Din, Sher Afgan, Khwaja 
Anwar-i-Shahid, and a Jami‘ Mosque erected by Sultan ‘Azim- 
ush-Shan, grandson of the Emperor Aurangzeb. The paper 
is illustrated with copies of inscriptions, found on the tombs 
