February, 1922.| Annual Address. O. 17 
century before the Christian era. In two other papers, he 
discussed the readings of three Kharosthi inscriptions, namely , 
the Shakardara inscription of the year 40, the Mahaban inscrip- 
tion of the year 102, and the Loriyan Tangai inscription of the 
year 318. He also re edited the Sue Vihar copperplate which 
which has an important bearing on the history of Bihar 
towards the close of the Pala rule. But the paper of Mr. 
Majumdar which attracted the most attention was that on the 
Indian literature. O rs contributed by veteran mem- 
bers of the Society we are proud to welcome two which repre- 
sent a good dea borions research, namely, one by Sir 
Mr. Pargiter on a vocabulary of current Bengali words not 
included in ordinary dictionaries. Mr. Stapleton found time 
amidst pressing official duties to carry on his important 
researches on the History and Ethnology of North Eastern 
India, while Mr. Seth gave an account of the oldest Christian 
tomb with bi-lingual inscriptions, which stands in the Arme- 
nian cemetery at Agra. Mr. J. van Manen carried us beyond 
the limits of India and discoursed with characteristic erudition 
on Tibetan repartee songs and on the relation between the 
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