XXX Annual Report. [February, 1912. 
(1) Historical works in verse i i, 
(2) pro . 
(3) Songs, verses, ’ stanzas, ballads, etc. .. a ae 
(4) Sto ag Seoeeer «| 
(5) Well-known works on history y ee 8 
(6) Works on prosody a M 6 
(7) Works on literature 5 age eae 
(8) Ancient stories ot a ¥ 
(9) Devotional works eS op <a 
(10) . Works on love 
(11) Mgehs on music 
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(13) Veterinary works 
(14) On elephants es es ve 
(15) On ia xem ve rs oe 
(16) On astr - 
There are in the Raj of Jodhpur altogether 290 villages in- 
habited by hereditary bards called Carans and Bhats, of ae 
160 have been visited; 130 require still to be visited. All t 
Jaigirdars have been requested by the Committee to farnish 
works relating to their own families, and in their own jurisdic- 
tion. But nothing has yet been sent. 
The above gives a fair account of the work done by the 
Bardic Committee at Jodhpur. The untimely death of the late 
a Sardar Singh, aed the consequent change of govern- 
ment at Jodhpur, retarded the progress of the work of the 
Bardic Committee for a time. But the Regent Maharaja Sir 
Partab Singh has taken up the work again in right earnest. 
He has appointed Thakur Sahib Guman “Si ingh Khici, a noble- 
man with fine historical taste, as the Superintendent of the 
Historical Duftar and of the Bardic Departmen 
The same Committee has been continued with Pandit 
Baer ong as Secretary. The report submitted of a year’s 
k by Pandit Ramkaran is very valuable. The Society 
hance that Thakur Sahib Guman Singhji will soon furnish them 
with copies of all works and songs that have as yet been 
collected. 
The Maharaja of Bikanir has asked his Home Member, 
Babu Kamta Prasad, B.A., to form a Bardic Committee as 
soon as possible, and the work there will begin as soon as the 
Maharaja returns from Calcutta. While at Bikanir Mahamaho- 
Haraprasad Sastri, C.IE., examined the very 
valuable library of manuscripts at the Bikanir Fort, which con- 
tains nearly 6,000 manuscripts, of which about 50 are Bardic 
works. The Jodhpur Darbar very kindly lent him the services 
of Bhat Nanu Ram, who searched out inscriptions in the ceno- 
taphs of the Rajas ‘and in the Fort. Nanu Ram is an enthu- 
siastic lover of historical research. 
