PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



EDITED BY 



The Honorary Secretaries. 

 No. VII. JULY, 1885. 



" The bounds of its investigation will be the geographical limits of Asia : and 

 within these limits its inquiries will be extended to whatever is performed by 

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



Annual Subscription, 4 rupees. 



Price per Number, 8 annas. 



Postage in India (Additional), 1 anna. 



Price in England, Is. 



1^^ The publications of the Society consist — of the Proceedings, one num- 

 ber of which is issued, as soon as possible, after every monthly meeting, and of 

 the Journal, the annual volume of which is divided into two Parts : Part I being 

 devoted to History, Philology, &c.. Part II to Natural Science ; each part is 

 separately paged and provided with a special index, and one number of each 

 part is published quarterly. Single numbers for sale at the rates given on the 

 last page of cover. 



*#* It is requested that communications for the Journal or Proceedings may be 

 sent under cover to the Honorary Secretaries, Asiatic Soc, to whom all orders for 

 these ^vor^cs are to he addressed in India ; or, in London^ to the Society's Agents, 

 Messrs. Trubner and Co., 57 Sf 59, Ludgate Hill. 



N. B. — In order to ensure papers being read at any monthly Meeting of the 

 Society, they should be in the hands of the Secretaries at least a week before 

 the Meeting. 



CALCUTTA : 



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

 AND PUBLISHED BY THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 57, PARK STREET. 



1885. 



t>c;. 



Issued 27tli August, 1885. 



