xviii Annual Report. [February, 191". 



The Scheme was submitted to the Government of India, and 

 met with approval, and an annual grant of Rs. 6.000 for a 

 period of five years was sanctioned to meet the cost of Dr. 

 Tessitori's employment, independently of any contributions 

 made by the States of Rajputana. The details of the Scheme 

 for the Summary Survey will be given in the Progress Report 

 for the year. 



In accordance with arrangements made with the Society 

 for the publication of the results of the Survey, two works, 

 which had been prepared during the last year, were sent 

 to Press, and will soon be issued. These are : the Vacanika 

 Rathora Ratana Singhajl ii Mahesadasota ri 1st part, and the first 

 fasciculus of the Descriptive Catalogue of Bardic and Histori- 

 cal MSS., Section i. Part i, dealing with MSS. of prose chronicles 

 extant in Jodhpur. Two more fasciculi of the Descriptive Cata- 

 logue have been prepared during the year these being respec- 

 tively the first fasciculi of Section i. Part ii and of Section ii. 

 Part i. A great part of the l.ardic po< try relating to Bikaner 

 has been examined, and a work is in preparation, in which all the 

 most important com memorat ive songs referring to the Rulers of 

 Bikaner from Rava Viko— the founder— to the present Ruler 

 Maharaja Colonel Sir Ganga Singh, will be collected and edited 

 with critical and explanatorv notes, and English translations. 

 A Progress Report on the Work done during the vear 1916. with 

 appendices, has been prepared as usual, and will be shortly 

 published, it is hoped, in this " Journal." 



No regular search for manuscripts and inscriptions was 

 undertaken till the conclusion of the arrangements, mentioned 

 above between the Government of India and the Bikaner Durbar; 

 and the results of the exploration have therefore been much 

 less notable than is to be expected in normal vears. The ex- 

 ploration of the district was begun onlv in October. The num 

 ber of impressions of inscriptions collected is about 110, *b« 

 number of manuscripts purchased 6. and the number of manu- 

 scripts copied 29. 



Coins. 



Our relations with the N 



™TvV y members of the Numismatic Society an 

 come tendency on the part of members to specialise 



* I 6 Vari °, US branch *s of Indian numismatics Three 



Three num is- 



matic supplements were issued, and a number of valuable con- 

 tL la W« ar ? p aW ? iting Portion. Of chief importance are 

 ssuis anH l Professor «• H. Hodiwala, of Junagadh, on Mughal 



doonL D T p" re T illts ' and the contributions of Mr. F*J 

 doonjee D. J. Parnck, of Bombay, to the further knowledge of 



