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Afternoon. 



The sub-commitfcee appointed to draft tlie resolutions regarding 

 exploration in India submitted its recommendations. The reso- 

 lutions were adopted unanimously. As they are long, I cannot 

 do better than quote the excellent abstract given in the 

 *' Athenaeum." 



1. Thanks to the Government of India and to Sir C. l^lliott, 



Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, *' present at the Congress," for 

 measures already taken for preservation of art treasures in the 

 Swat Valley and neighbourhood, with an urgent request for 

 further precautions against irresponsible private collectors. 



2. Recognition of the eminent services to archaeology of Major 



Deane in this region. 



3. The establishment of an international society, with head 

 quarters in London, for the furtherance of Archaeological ex- 

 plorations, to be called the " India Exploration Fund," with 

 a provisional committee consisting of Lord Reay, Sir A. Lyall, 

 M. Senart (France), Hofrath Buehler (Austria), Professor 

 Pischel (Germany), Professor von Oldenburg (Russia), and 

 Count PuUe (Italy). 



4 & 5. Thanks to the Government of India and to that of 

 Nepal for help in the recent discoveries in the Tarai of the tradi- 

 tional birthplace of Buddha. 



6. Thanks to the Government of Bengal, especially to Sir C. 

 Elliott, Lieutenant-Governor, for the recently established 

 " Asoka Gallery " in the Indian Museum, in which casts of the 

 oldest inscriptions are collected, and copies made available for 

 other institutions. 



The meeting broke up after passing a vote of regret at the absence 

 of Professors Weber, Ascoli, Cowell, and Fausbcell. 

 Friday, 10th September, Morning, 



Professor Bendall laid on the table a copy of his edition off^the 

 Ciksdsamuccaya. This forms the first volume of a new series 

 of works dealing with Buddhism, entitled the " Bibliotheca 

 Buddhica," and published at the expense of the Imperial 

 Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. The Section begged 

 Professor S. von Oldenburg to convey to the Academy its 

 thanks for the light which it is throwing on Buddhist Litera- 

 ture by the publication of this important Series. 



M. Aymonier read a paper on the King Ya9ovarman of Cambodia. 

 In the discussion which followed, Professor Pischel, Dr. 

 Buehler, and M. Senart drew attention to the interest which 



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