1895.] farat Candra Das — Note on JDolmlzang. 39 



(2.) A rupee of Rafi'u-d-Darajat, with the word ^i>\^ instead 

 of ^j^. 



(3.) A gold raoliar of Zainu-l-'Abidin, of Kashmir, dated 851, 

 This is in lovely preservation, and is the only one known. 



(4.) A dam of Akbar's, struck at Kalanaur, the place where he 

 was crowned. 



(5.) A half-dam of Ibrahim Sur, — the only one known. 



I never expected to find any one of these coins. So it may happen 

 that some day I may come across a rupee of Lohgarh. 



You are at liberty to print my letter to Mr. Irvine, and to use as 

 much of this as you like. 



I am, 



Yours sincerely, 



ChAS. J. RODGERS. 



The General Secretary read a letter from Mohanto Omrao Giri 

 Gossain asking for the return of the two Tibetan MSS. entitled "Lam 

 Rim Chhen-po " and " Rdorje Hehbau Chhenpohi Lam Gyi Rim-pa," 

 the presentation of which was announced in the Society's Proceedings 

 for January 1892, and announced that the Council had accordingly 

 ordered the MSS. to be returned. 



The Hon. Sir C. A. Elliott, Vice-President, exhibited a copy of 

 the Tibetan block-print volume entitled " DoKalzang." 



Babu fARAT Candra Das read the following note on the above : — 

 In examining the Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs contained 

 in the Asiatic Society's Library, I have found a very old manuscript 

 volume of " Dokalzang." Its leaves are almost all worm-eaten with 

 the exception of the title-page, which is in a fair state of preservation. 

 The title-page begins with two ornamental letters, called " yig-go," or the 

 auspicious head letters, followed by two perpendicular strokes meaning 

 full points. Then in Tibetan character is written the following :— 

 *' Rgya-gar skad-du Arya Bhadra Kalpikanama Mahayana Sutra." In 

 the language of India, the sacred Mahayana aphorism, called the " Glorious 

 Age." The text of this manuscript volume is full of mistakes. The 

 block-print volume belonging to the Hon'ble Sir Charles Elliott is 

 a correct edition. It is probably one of the earliest impressions taken 

 from the stereotyped wooden boards that were prepared in 1726 A.D., 

 under the orders of King Miwang. Since then no other edition of 

 this work has appeared in Tibet. When I visited the great Printing 

 Establishment of Narthang, near Tashilhumpo, in 1879, I found that 

 the engraving on the wooden blocks of the Kahgyur had almost 

 become worn out. Recent impressions from them must, therefore, 



