February, 1912.] Annual Report. Xxxi 
At Jaipur the Resident, Lt.-Col. H. L. Showers, C.S.L, has 
offered his good offices to interest Darbar in the Bardic 
work, and some works have been acqui 
Throu gh the good offices of Babu Téan Candra Booker) on, 
son of the late Babu Kanti Candra Mookerjee, C.1.E., a Jai 
girdar of Jaipur, the Sastri was enabled to get a copy of 
the history of Amberjland Jaipur deposited in the temple of 
Jagatsiromaniji at Amber. It begins, as all histories of Jaipur 
begin, with Isvari Simha who migrated from Narvar in Bundel- 
Giend | in the 11th century. He also got that portion of a big 
history of Rajputana which treats of the reign of Prthviraj, 
the last oan king of Delhi and Ajmere. 
Through the good offices of Munshi Devi Prasad, Munsiff 
of Jodhpur, was secured 4 copy of a Diigal-Kosa. The only 
important Bardic work in the Macalister collection, given to 
the Asiatic Society as a loan in perpeemsy by the owner, is a 
collection of Vats, or historical stor 
In the Pustak Prakaé of Soak put is to be found a large 
collection of Bardic works. It contains a large number of 
works composed during the first quarter ot ee 19th century, 
collected by Maharaja Man Singh, of Marwar, with whom the 
British Government came into political relations for the first 
time in that State. The Raji.was a great lover of Bardic 
poetry, a great patron of Bards, and a ee himself of 
no ordinary merit. 
Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government 
Collection ' ee cai in the rooms of the Asiatic 
Society of Bengal, 
During the presidency of Sir Thomas Holland, Mahamaho- 
padhyaya “Hara aprasad Sastri, C.I.E., was asked to prepare 
a catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government Col- 
lection deposited in the Asiatic Society’s rooms. The sanction 
of Government was obtained in September 1909, and the wor 
was begun in earnest in January 1910. Eggling’ s catalogue 
of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the India Office Library was 
pointed out as the model to be followed. 
Some of the manuscripts had already been described b 
Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra in his notices. If his descriptions 
contained all the necessary information about the manuscripts, 
reference only has been given to his works. If his description 
Ww 
manuscripts have been described by competent scholars “ike 
ly Eggling, Peterson, Bhandarkar, Bihler, Aiifrecht and 
the work. 
