

PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



EDITED BY 



The Honorary jSecretaries. 

 No. II. EEBHUAEY, 1885. 



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



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KINTED BY J. W. THOMAS, BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, 

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1885. 



Issued 28th May, 1885. 



