64 BihUotheca Indica Budget. [Fei^. 



(4) The following' recommendations of the Joint- Secretary are 

 approved : — 



Caturvarga-cintamaiii should not be continued, unless suitable 

 MSS. are available. 



The Ananda^rama Series have undertaken to publish Apararka 

 It may therefore be struck off from the list. 



The following work has been stopped for various reasons : — 

 Lalita-vistara (English Translation). 



The following list of works sanctioned and approved by th'C 

 Council, but not taken in hand,, has been drawn up in order of 

 urgency : — 



1. Hiranya-kegi-siitra (prauta). 9. Bhattotpala's Commentary orr 



2. Baudhayana-sutra (prauta). the Brhat-samluta. 



3. Vipaka-sutra (Jaina). 10. Yajnavalkya-glta (EnglisU 



4. Tawarikh-i-Yamini. Translation). 



6. Tawarikh-i-Wassaf. 11. English Translation of Caraka, 



6. Taju-l-Ma'asir. 12. Translation of Samkhyapra. 



7. Naqa'idu-1-farazdaq wa Jarir. vacana-bhasya. 



8. Karana-grantha. 13. Advaita-cinta-kaustubha. 



The Secretary exhibited drawings from Mahomedan Grave Stones 

 in parts of Kashmir, Chilas and Khagan and some sketches from the 

 Habbakhortan Mosque in Kashmir, forwarded by Mrs. H. G. Murray- 

 Aynsley, and read the following note on them : — 



To — The Philological Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Dear Sir, 



Kashmir would seem to be a most interesting hunting ground 

 in a direction which has hitherto apparently not been very much 

 studied. 



Not only do we find in this country traces of Pre-historic worship, 

 but quite recently only, it has come to my knowledge that the Mahome- 

 dan inhabitants of Kashmir and some adjacent districts, have employed 

 both the Cross and the Svastika on some of their buildings whether 

 as an ornament, or a symbol only, it is not easy to determine, and 

 that they also adopt still, the Greek cross on their grave stones. 

 Enclosed (Plate I) are some specimens of the latter from original draw- 

 ings made on the spot by Dr. Arthur JSTeve (in West Kashmir and in 

 Chilas) when on tour in September and October in this year (1896 ), Dr. 

 A. Neve is one of the Medical Missionaries attached to the C. M. S. 

 in Srinagar, and though he has lived there some eight years, had 

 never discovered the Habbakhorten Mosque, situated about two miles 



