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VOL. LVII. 



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JOURNAL 



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ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Vol. LVII, Part II, No. V.— 1888. 



EDITED BY 



J. Wood- M.ASON, Esq. 



VICE-PBESIDENT. 



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 man or produced by nature." — Sir William Jones. 



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