PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



EDITED BY 



The ffoNORARY Secretary. 



No. IV. APEIL, 1904. 



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I i-KlWTED AT THE BAPTIIST MISSION PKESS, AND FUULISUED HX THE 

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1904. 



Issued June 11th, 1904. 



