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character. Mr. Sen lias been engaged in systematically in- 

 vestigating the history of the Hero-Gods of the Kig Veda, and in 

 the present paper which deals with Trita, he has arrived at a 

 conclusion different from that of Professor Maedonell of 

 Oxford. Mr 



was a 



human being, whereas the learned Oxford Professor regards him 

 as a personification of fire or lightning. The question is 

 obviously of considerable interest from an anthropological poin 

 of view, and the grounds of the respective theorii deserve a 

 fresh examination and comparison. 



In the field of historical research, wr had a number of 

 important papers beginning with the Buddhistic period and 

 terminating with comparatively recent times. Mr. Nanda La! 

 Oey deals with the monastery at Bikramsila where the lasl 

 Buddhist University in the Kingdom of Magadh was founded 

 and maintained. He inclines to the conclusion that the 

 University was established about the middle of the eighth 

 century of the Christian era. a view which remains to b< 



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supported by independent testimony. Mahamahopadhvaya 

 Haraprasad Sastri and Dr. Satis Chandra Vidyabhusan have 

 also made notable contributions in the field of Buddhistic 

 research. The former has discovered a new manuscript of the 

 Buddha Charita in Nepal, which supplies many defects in manu- 

 scripts hitherto available. He has also brought to light an 

 unknown epic by the famous Buddhist author Aswaghose. Dr. 

 Satis Chandra has given an account of a large number of 

 Sanskrit works on Grammar, Prosoly and Lexicography which 

 have been recovered from Tibet. It is now clear beyond 

 reasonable doubt that the Tibetan Monks continued their task 

 of translation of Sanskrit works quite as late as the end of the 



can 



of Sanskrit scholars to undertake the study of Tibetan, we ar- 

 sure to recover from Tibetan sources valuable Sanskrit worl 

 which have long disappeared from this country. 



When we come down to more modern times, we hav< 

 interesting historical questions examined in m vera I papers b; 

 well-known members of the Society. Babu Rakhal Has 

 Banerjee traces the history of Saptagram or Satgaon from th< 

 time of its conquest by the .Mahomedans to the period of th< 



Portuguese Settlement. To this paper is appended a valuable 

 note by Dr. Bloch in which he edits an inscription not included 

 among those deciphered by the late Profesor Blochmann. Babu 

 Rakhal Das Banerjee has also discussed the Mathura inscriptions 

 in the Indian Museum, the true reading and import of which 

 had previously led to some difference of opinion among well- 

 known scholars. Babu Manomohan Chakravarti. who lias for 



manv years past made a special stuly of problems connected 



with the early history of Bemral, has jriven us valuable articles 

 on the temples of Bengal, and has also dealt with several disputed 



