PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



•For April, 1876. 



The monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday 

 the 5th April, 1876, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



Col. H. L. Thuillier, C. S. I., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced — 



1. — From Pandit Brahma- vatra Samadhyayi, a co-pj of Srimadvao*ata- 

 tam, with commentary, Sridharasvami, Nos . 1 to 3 and 5 to 8, and a copy 

 of the " Sama Veda Sanhita (Chanda Archika)". 



2. — Prom Dr. T. Oldham, several numbers of the Journal and Pro- 

 ceedings. 



3.— From the Hon'ble E. C. Bayley, C. S. I., 9 volmnes of the 

 Journal, and 7 of the Proceedings. 



4. — From the Marquis Doria, Genoa, Vols. 2 to 6 of the " Amiali 

 del Museo Civico di Storia Naturali di Geneva. 



5. — From Dr. T. Oldham, two gold coins, forwarded by Mr. W. Bourne, 

 and two copper coins. 



Mr. Blochmajsit said — The two gold coins, presented to the Society 

 by Mr. Bom-ne thi-ough Dr. Oldham, were a Dutch ducat of 1818, and an 

 old Venetian sequin, a facsimile of which was published by Mr. Burgess in 

 his " Indian Antiquary", Vol. II, 1873, p. 213. Mr. Bourne's specimen, 

 however, was no forgery. These coins were of interest from the fact 

 that they had been obtained in the Jain temple of Baidyanath, near Deogarh, 

 where they had been deposited as offerings by some j)ilgrims. 



The other two coins presented by Dr. Oldham are two small Muham- 

 madan copper coins. The legend is scarcely legible : on one of them he 

 could make out the name Ibrdhiin. Mr. Wynne, who obtained them from 

 Dadji, Thakur of Nurrha, Ivachh, says they are pice of the coinage of 

 the Rdja Vigo or Vigu, foimd 40 years ago at the ruins of Vigu Kot, 

 half way between Banuio ke Bazar and Sindrl, near the Allah Band, the 

 embankment in the Ran of Kachh formed during the earthquake of 1819. 



