}i Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Be>i>/<iL | -Jan.. 1917.] 



Babu Gobin Lai Mookerjee, Calcutta. 

 . Rai Sahib Srikrishna Mohapatra, Puri. 

 Nawab Murtaza Hosain Khan, Lucknow. 

 Babu Manahar Lai. Barrackpur. 



Captain V. B. Nesfield. I.M.8., Bamla. 



Babu Jyoti Prakas Nandi, Burdwan. 



Babu Surendra Chandra Rai Chaudhuri. Rungpur. 



Babu Girindra Kumar Sen, Calcutta. 



Syed Fida Ali, Arrah. 



Babu Sri Ram Poplai, Jullundur City. 



Kumar Shvma Kumar Tagore. Calcutta. 



Babu Rakhal Das Banerji exhibited a gold coin of Namudra- 

 Gupta found in the Burdwan District of Bengal. 



Babu Rakhal Das Banerji also showed a number of lantern 

 slides of sculptures illustrating the Life-story of Buddha. 



The following papers were read : — 



(Abstract). 



1. Antiquities of Kalna. By Maulavi Abdul Wall. 



It appears that Kalna in the District of Burdwan was a 

 celebrated place during the Muhannnadan Rule. The ruins of 

 a large fort which Mas constructed to command the river are still 

 visible. The tomb and tank of Majlis §ahib are still to be seen 

 there. The first of the three ancient mosques in chronological 

 order was built in 898 H. or 1490 A.D. during the short reign 

 of Nasirud-Din Abul Mujahid Mahmud Shah of the Abyssinian 

 Dynasty The second mosque was built by Ulugh Masnad 



Khan during the still shorter reign of 'Alau'ddin Abul Muzaffar 

 Firoz Shah, grandson of Husayn Shah, in the year 939 B. 

 = 1533 A.D. Omissions in the text of the inscription of this 

 mosque published in the Journal A.S.B. for ls72 have been 

 noted. The third mosque by Sarwar Kiian, an Amir of §ulfcan 



Ghiyathu'd-DinAbu-lM.izahar BahfidurSJnih of the Sur Dyn- 

 asty, was constructed In 960 H.= 1560 A.D. A modem mosque 

 by Khayrullah has been noticed. 



2. The Antiquities of Burdwan. By Maulavi AbdUI- 



Walt. 



Madaran and Mu> 



Wali 



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Wali. 



4. Alam Khan's Mosque at Katwa. Bv Maulavi Abdul 



5. The Topkhana Mosque at Santiwir. Bu Maulavi 



Abdul Wall 



Papers Nos. 2-5 are being published in the Journal. 



The President announced that there would be no meetin 

 of the Medical Section during this month. 



