134 International Congress of Orientalists^ Paris. [Nov., 



M. Sylvain Levi, on behalf of M. Barth, laid on the table an 

 important index prepared by Mr. Bloomfield of Bergaigne's 

 well-known *' Religion Vedique." 

 M. Ballin read a communication on the two veterinary treatises 



of Jayadatta and Nakula. 

 M. Speyer read a paper on Gambling in Ancient India. 

 Tuesday, 7tli September, Morning. 



Mr. R. Sewell read a paper entitled " Some points in the Arcbaeoloory 

 of Soatliern India," in which he summed up the progress made 

 in Arcb^ological researches during past years, and indicated 

 the directions in which research could most usefully be made 

 in future. In a second communication he drew attention to 

 the importance of Ancient Tamil Literature, and informed the 

 meeting that Dr. Pope had prepared annotated translations 

 of the " Pura Nannurru " or " Four hundred War- Poems " and 

 of the " Pura Porul Yenba," which is a summary of the former, 

 about two hundred years more modem. Want of funds had 

 hitherto prevented the University of Oxford from publishing 

 this important work. The section resolved that it was most 

 desirable that Dr. Pope's interesting work should be published 

 at an early date. 

 M. Geiger read an interesting account of the Yeddas of Ceylon and 

 their language. A discussion followed, in which Messrs. 

 Wickremasingha, pischel, Ludwig, Rhys Davids, and Lord 

 Reay took part. 

 Count Pulle described an ancient map of India, and urged the 

 importance of the proposal made by M. Levi at the Geneva 

 Congress for the preparation of a Chartography of India. 

 Messrs. Levi, Baehler, and Count de Gubernatis addressed the 

 section on the subject. The following resolution was then 

 agreed to : — 



*' Que le Oongres des Orientalistes de 1897 adresse aux 

 Societes de Geographic des differents pays, et a 

 I'lndia Office la demande d'entreprendre le classement 

 chronologique et la publication des cartes, qui, a 

 differentes epoques, ont ete tracees sur les differents 

 pays d 'Orient." 

 Afternoon. 



. M. Grosset laid on the table a copy of the first volume of his 

 critical edition of the Bharatiya-natya-castra and gave a full 

 account of the whole of this important work. 

 Prof. Hardy read a paper on the Legend of Kujjutara and 



