PROCEEDINGS r^.:^, 



OF THE •' Y 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



SDITED BY 



The jfoNORARY Secretary. 

 No. IV, APRIL, 1900. 



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 if such communications shall be long intermitted ; and it will die away, if 

 they shall entirely cease," — Sir William Jones. 



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Issued 26th April, 1900. 



