G2 Buins in Orisd. — Koch Bihar, Koch Sdjo, Sfc. [Apeil, 



cord is now known, as far as I am aware. The views of the " Palatium quod 

 Laknoi dicitur, ripse Gumatis adsitum," and " Palatium Banglse, sen Fesabadi 

 recens conditum, Gagrse ripse adsitum," are also deserving of notice ; 

 the ruins of the latter, over parts of which the river sand has now 

 drifted, I have personally visited and examined, and can testify to the 

 resemblance. There are other sketches of interest in this volume, (now 

 before you), which are valuable as the only representations now in existence 

 such as Datiah, Gwaliar, Ajigarh, Gorak'hpur, &c. 



"Without trespassing longer on your attention, I would notice in con- 

 clusion, that Father TiefPentaller states that he had prepared an account of 

 the beasts, trees, and plants of India, illustrated with coloured drawings, 

 but this was never published, nor conld I ascertain what had become of it. 

 After careful enquiry and examination of the ecclesiastical records at Luck- 

 now, in 1855, no such MSS. were then in existence, and it is to be feared 

 that they have perished, like so many other precious dociun.ents, left to the 

 ravages of white ants in this country, through the neglect and carelessness of 

 their custodians. 



6. — More Buddhist Buins in Orisd, — hy J. Beames, Esq., C. S. 



Mr. Beames's paper contains a few additional remarks to his paper on 

 the Ruins of Kopari, printed in last year's Journal, and will be printed in 

 the forthcoming number. 



7. — Koch Bihar, Koch Hdjo, and Asdm, in the IQth and V7th centuries, ac- 

 cording to the ATcbarndmah, the Bddishdhndmah, and the Kathiyah i 

 'Ihriyah, — hy H. Blochmais"]!^, M. A., Calcutta Madrasah. 



(Abstract.) 

 Mr. Blochmann read the introduction of his paper and a chapter on 

 Asam and the Asamese in 1662, according to the Fathiyah i 'Ihriyah of 

 Shihabuddin. He traced the Eastern frontier of Bengal at the time of the 

 Mughuls from the P'hani River, east of Bhaluah and Nawak'hali, along the 

 western portion of Tiparah over Silhat and Latu (or Ladii, as spelt by Mu- 

 hammadan historians) to the southern part of Parganah Karibari, from 

 where the Brahmaputra formed the boundary as far as Parganah Bhitarband ; 

 from thence the boundary passed westward to Patgaon and the north of 

 Purniah. Morang, Koch Bihar, Koch Hajo, Kamrup, and Asam did not 

 belong to the empire under Akbar. 



Dming the reign of Jahangir, Koch Hajo, which coincides with the 

 modern district of Gwalpara, was conquered and annexed : and under Shah- 

 jahan Kamrup, or Lower Asam between Gwalpara and Gauhati, -was also 

 occupied. Towards the end of Shahjahan's reign, the Koch Bihar and 



