1897.] N. N. Vasu — Inscription of Nnrasimha Beva II. 145 



Des inscriptions chinoises ont eclairci certains points curieux d'arclieo- 

 logie, et un recueil epigraphiqae, pnblie grace a la munificence eclairee 

 d'un des membres d'honneur du Congies, offre un nouveau champ 

 d'investigations a la perspicacite des sinolojiues. 



La litterature de la Coree vienfc aussi de nous etre revelee grace a 

 la publication d'un ouvrage considerable, fruit de longues et patientes 

 recberches. II me faut enfin, en terminaiit ce tre.s rapide expose, 

 signaler les excellents travaux dus aux recberches des agents europeens 

 en Indo-Chine. 



II me reste a rendre bommage a I'esprit qui a caracterise les dix 

 premiers Congres des Orientalistes. On s'est fait une loi, toujours 

 observee, de professer la tolerance la plus large et le respect le plus 

 absolu pour les opinions et les ideas de cbacun des membres. Les croy- 

 ances sont di verses, mais toutes ont droit a nos justes egards. Nous 

 ne nous ecarterons pas des sages principes de Concorde et de paix, et 

 tons nos efforts tendront a ce que la courte hospitalite que nous vous 

 oifrons, vous soit douce et laisse un souvenir durable dans vos esprits. 



C'est en formant ce voeu que je declare ouverte la onzieme session 

 du Congres international des Orientalistes. 



Ch. Schefer, 



Memhre d^ Vlnstitut, President. 



The President exbibited a silver coin forwarded by the Hevenue 

 Secretary to the Government of Burma and read the following note 

 on it. 



This coin is one of several whicb were found a few monthfe ago 

 in the Shwebo District. Two others, of two different sizes, have been 

 presented by the Burmese Government to the Indian Museum. They 

 belong to the class of so-called symbolical coins. These coins have 

 been described, and figured by Captain Latter in the Journal Asiatic 

 Society, Bengal, Vol XV, page 238, and more largely by Sir Arthur 

 Phayre in the International Numismata Orientalia. The peculiar in- 

 terest of these coins is that no symbolic coin of quite the same type 

 has previously been discovered or (at least) noticed. They represent 

 a new type, and accordingly are of considerable Numismatic value. 



The Philological Secretary read the following communications 



concerning the date of an Inscription of Narasirhha Deva IL, published 



by Babu N. N. Vasu in Journal, Vol. LXV^ 1896, Part I, page 229 ff.) : 



Professor F. Kielhorn, Ph.D., LL.D., C. I. E. , Gottingen writes : — 



The Kendupatna plates of the Gar)ga King Narasimha IT., for an 



edition of which we are indebted to Mr. Nagendra-Natha Vasu, are 



