PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



EDITED BY 



The HoNor^ARY jSecretaries. 



JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 

 1897. 



CALCUTTA: 



PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS 



AND PUBLISHED BY THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 57, PARK STREET. 



1897. 



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