1876.] H. Beverley — Some Bemlts of fhe decent Census of Oalcwtta. Ill 



No. 7. 

 From a rock just outside of the right hand of Bagdad, west gate, 

 Rohtas. 



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Translation. 



" Om. In the Sah's S'aka year of ninety (90), and nine (9), and the 

 sages, (7), and the Indras (14), and the lords of days (12), all added up, 

 (132,) on the day of the festival of the conquest of Cujjid {Madana-vijaya) 

 in the auspicious month of Chaitra, the eleventh of the moon, when the sun, 

 Venus and Juj)iter were in Pisces. When Pratapa, the lord of the earth, 

 had, by his glory, proficient in the recreation of trampling down the 

 Yavanas, whitened the earth, this well {lit. piece of water) delightfully 

 clear lite (the intellect of) wise men, was excavated in this noble hill by the 

 auspicious Madhava. 



" This water, without turbidity, the agent for the wiping out of no 

 small amount of sin, was made, even as own brother to his renown, by 

 Madhava. 



" Even he, Madhava, made here this wide expanse (of water), sweet 

 even as his own words, translucent like a great fountain. 



" In this sin-destroying, waterless spot was made, by Madhava, this 

 well, a basin of invaluable water, even like the ocean, the great reservoir of 

 the waters." 



Mr. H. Beveulet, C. S., made the following remarks regarding certain 

 results of the recent Census of the Town of Calcutta. 



Though the tabulation of the returns was not yet completed, Mr. 

 Beverley thought that a brief summary of some of the results ol)tainod might 

 not be uninteresting to the members of the Society. It was well-known to 

 those present that a census of the Town was taken in 1SG6, and again in 

 1B72. The Census of 1S72 showed a large increase in the population of 



