58 Old Sanskrit Inscription. — Aracanese Coin. [April, 



Kota. The first book of Chand does not, as has been supposed, consist of 

 uninteresting invocations. " At stanza 45," Mr. Beames says in a letter, 

 " begins the legendary history of the Eajpiit race mth the story of Parikshita, 

 then follows Janamejayu's serpent sacrifice, the foundation of Mt. Abii by 

 the sage Yasishta, the birth of the Chauhan from the fire fountain (Avala- 

 kunda) ; the lives and deeds of the earlier sovereigns of the race, Bisal Deo, 

 Ana Deo, Sarang, and Anal Deo ; the building of Ajmir, and Sambhari ; the 

 bii'th of Somesar ; the father of Prit'hiraj ; the gathering of the clans for the 

 great fight with the Chalukyas (which Chand dates Samvat 936, by a curious 

 error) ; a long and most valuable list is here afforded of the old Royal races 

 of the Rajputs, of great antiquarian interest ; the birth of Chand himself at 

 Labor ; and last, though not least, the bii'th of Prit'hiraj himself. I do not 

 hesitate to say that the first book, one of the longest in the whole poem, is 

 also one of the most important and interesting. The second book is more 

 legendary, but contains a great many valuable historical and geographical 

 notices." 



Mr. Beames also promises to contuiue his conti'ibutions to Chand, which 

 to all Hindi scholars will be of the greatest assistance. 

 3. — On an Aracanese Coin, — hy Capt. Gr. E. Frtee, Officiating Deputt- 



COMMISSIOKEE, SaN'DOWAT. 



Before entering upon the subject of his paper, Capt. Fiyer said he wish- 

 ed to say a few words respecting the two fragments of stone, now exhibited, 

 together with a photograph by Capt. Waterhouse, beariag an inscription in 

 old Sanskrit characters of about the 8th or 10th century A. D. The pieces 

 of stone had been handed to him just before his departure from San do way by 

 a native ofiicial who stated that they had been found in the jungle near the 

 village of Byeewa in the Sandoway District. 



Babii Pratapachandra Ghosha to whom the inscription had been shown, 

 considered the characters to comprise in four small lines the first couplet of 

 the Buddhist text, and he proposes to read them thus : — 



(1.) Ye dharma hetu pra 



(2.) bhava hetun tesham Tatha 9ubha 



(3.) Teshan Tatha gata hyava 



(4.) Vat evam vadi Maha Sramana. 



These words are not exactly the same as in the inscription on the stone 

 extracted from the Sarnath tope near Banaras (vide PI. IX, Vol. IV, Joui'. 

 As. Soc. Bengal), but the differences are immaterial. 



Capt. Fryer promised on his retm-n to cause search to be made for the 

 remauaing portions of the inscription, and to communicate the results to the 

 Society. 



Capt. Fryer then read his paper, the subject of which is a small silver 

 coin of about the size of a foui'-anna piece. He refers it to the Vaisali 



