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I then had the honour of myself reading a short report on the 

 progress of tlie Linguistic Survey of India, which had been 

 first suggested by the Oriental Congress held at Vienna in 

 1886. A discussion followed in which Lord Reay, Prof. 

 Pischel, Dr. Burgess, Prof. Kuhn, and Dr. Buehler joined. 

 The followingresolution was proposed by Prof. Kuhn, seconded 

 by Dr. Buehler and carried unanimously : — • 



"The Indian Section of the 11th International Con- 

 gress of Orientalists expresses its grateful thanks to the 

 Government of India for having adopted the Resolution 

 passed at the Congress »held at Vienna in 1886, recommend- 

 ing the. undertaking of a Systematic Survey of the Languages 

 of India. It again desires to place on record the services to 

 Linguistic Science which will be rendered by the Scheme, 

 when it has been brought to completion." 

 Baron Textor de Ravisi read a paper on " A mural Inscription in 

 the Temple of Udaipur in Malwa." It was resolved that, 

 " Considering the historical importance of this inscription, and 

 that there are two contradictory translations of it, viz., that 

 of Kamala-kanta (for the Bengal Asiatic Society), and that 

 of Father R. P. Burthey (of the Society of Jesus), the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal should be requested to take steps to 

 obtain an accurate copy of this inscription, for comparison with 

 that published by Prinsep and published in his Essays." 

 Dr. Lueders offered some remarks on King Nami, and endeavoured 

 to prove that the prose of the Jatakas, which is certainly 

 posterior to that of the Grathas, was composed in Ceylon. 

 M. Feer then read a paper on the Jatakas in the Works of 

 Hiuen Tsiang. He was followed by Mr. Wickremasingha on 

 the development of the Singalese Alphabet. A resolution was 

 then passed thanking the Government of Ceylon for the 

 publication of its Archaeological Reports and of the Maha- 

 varh9a. The Section expressed the hope that the work so 

 happily commenced would not be abandoned. 

 Mr. Dharmapala read a paper " On Thana." He was followed by 

 Dr. Oertel on the Jaiminiya-brahmana. The sitting concluded 

 Avith a paper by M. Lavalee-Poussin on " Une Pratique des 

 Tantras." He described the various Buddhist Tantric Schools 

 ( anuttarayogatantras). 

 The Section before breaking up for the day passed the resolution 

 regarding Dr. Stein's translation of the Rajataraqginl already 

 referred to. 



