12r> TV. Hoeruh on the 7th International Congress of Orientalists. [April, 



" Mr. Cecil Bendall, of the British Museum, then read a paper on a 

 manuscript and an inscription discovered by him during his late tour in 

 India, in a character not hitherto noticed. The manuscript was a frag- 

 ment of a rare work on grammar used by the Buddhists, and was bought 

 in Nepal. The inscription was in the Calcutta Museum. Nothing waa 

 known about the character, and the alphabet was possibly one of those 

 alluded to in works of the Buddhists. In the discussion which followed, 

 Professor R. von Roth and Professor E. Kuhn took part. 



" Dr. Pollak next announced the preparation of a German- Persian 

 Dictionary. 



" Professor Biihler laid on the table the following works : — 



(1) A specimen of the Atharvavedabhashya by S. P. Pandit. 



(2) The Linganusasana of Vamanacharya by Dr. P. Peterson. 



(3) A paper by Dr. Bhagvanlal Indraji on two Chalukya in- 



sertions. 



" The thanks of the section were voted to the three authors. 



" Professor J. Jolly, the well known TagoreLaw Lecturer, and now 

 Professor of Sanskrit at Wiirzburg, read a short note on the new edition 

 of the Manava Dharmasastra, usually known as the laws of Manu, which 

 he is preparing. It is to be regretted that this valuable work could not 

 be printed in time for the Congress. It will be the first critical edition 

 of this important law-book, and will well deserve the attention both of 

 Indian students and of Indian lawyers. 



" Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar read portions of a long and interesting paper 

 which he had prepared on the result of his search for Sanskrit manu- 

 scripts. At its conclusion the thanks of the section were voted to the 

 Chiefs of Kathiawar, and to the Bombay Government, for deputing 

 Dr. Bhandarkar. 



" Professor A. Weber drew the attention of the members to an Indian 

 edition of the famous controversial work entitled Khalavaktrachapetika 

 or ' a slap in the face of the wicked.' 



" The first meeting of the section fitly terminated with an interesting 

 ceremony. Professor E. Windisch, of Leipzig, the Secretary of the 

 German Oriental Society, reminded the section that yesterday was the 

 hundredth anniversary of the birth of Horace Hay man Wilson. All the 

 members present then stood up in reverence of his memory. 



" In the evening we attended a reception at the official residence of 

 the Minister of Public Instruction. 



" On Tuesday, the 28th, the session opened with an important paper 

 by Dr. Hoernlc on an ancient book lately Bound in the Panjab, known as 

 the ' Bakhshali Manuscript,' which lie was fche firsi to decipher. Tin- 

 contents of the {taper were too technical for a detailed account to he 



