NEW SERIES. VOL. LXVII. 



CCCLXX 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Vol. LXVII. Part II, No. 1.— 1898. 



EDITED BY 



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



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Issued August 5th, 1898. 



