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(2) A complete catalogue to be made of later Aliom coins, and 



any new ones not in the list thus made to be acquired. 



(3) A thorough search to be made for coins of the Koch kings 



and earlier dynasties, if any such can be found. 



(4) A collection and description of Manipuri coins to be under- 



taken under the auspices of the Political Agent, Manipur. 

 Inscriptions — 



(5) A search to be made for copper plate grants by Jaintia and 



other Sylhet rulers. 



(6) Ahom land grant plates to be collated. 



(7) Ahom temple inscriptions to be collated. 



(8) Inscriptions on rocks at Tezpur, on the Siddhe9vara and 



Chandika temples, and at Maibong to be photographed, 

 and rubbings of the same to be taken and sent to some 

 competent scholar for decipherment. 

 Historical documents — 



(9) The Manipur State records to be copied and translated. [This 



work might perhaps be undertaken under the supervision 

 of the Superintendent of the State.] 



(10) The Ahom historical puthis to be copied and translated. 



(11) A thorough search to be made for other historical documents. 

 Quasi' historical writings — 



* I already have a rough trans- (1^) Vamgdvali oi Laksmi Narayan 



lation. to be copied and translated.* 



(13) Vamgavali of Prasiddha Narayan to be copied and translated. 



(14) Arimatta's puthi to be copied and translated. 



(15) A copy of the Kumar a-har ana to be purchased, if available. 



(16) A search to be made for other similar documents, and a 



catalogue of those found to be made in the same form as 

 that adopted in Bengal by the Asiatic Society. 

 Religious Works — 



(17) Copies to be purchased of all old Assamese religious works 



which have been printed. 



(18) A search to be made in the libraries of the sattras with 



a view to ascertaining if they contain any historical 

 matter. 

 Traditions — 



(19) Traditions to be recorded whenever heard of. 



17. Of the above, it seems to me that action is most urgently 



x,_ ^, . , . called for in regard to the decipherment 



Ahom puthis and coins. . " _ ^ lucuo 



of coms m the old Ahom character, and 

 the copying and translation of the Ahom historical puthis. 



