PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



EDITED BY 



JhE |iONORARY jS ECRETARIES. 



No. III. MAECH, 1883, 



" The bounds of its investigation will be the geographical limits of Asia : and 

 I within these limits its inquiries will be extended to whatever is performed by 

 man or produced by nature." — Sir William Jones. 



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