Iy2 H. Beveridge — The Era of Lahshmana Sena. [Auo. 



The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : 



R. S. Whiteway, Esq. 

 Babu Rangakil Mukherji. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following member : 

 The Hon. Sir Ashley Eden. 



The Natural History Secretary exhibited some antiquities dis- 

 covered in the Miri, or Citadel, of Quetta, by Major J. T. Garwood, 

 R. E. 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitra submitted a diagram illustrating the 

 positions of the Moon and the shadow of the Earth during the partial 

 eclipse of the moon on the night of the 3rd August, 1887, which he 

 had received from some Pandits of his acquaintance at Alwar. 



The following papers were read — 



1. Notes on Indian Rhynchota. Heteroptera, No. 3. — By E. T. 

 Atkinson, Esq., C. S., President. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



2. On the Ghiroptera of Nepal. — By Dr. J. Scully. 

 The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



3. Notes on recent Neolithic and Palceolithic finds in South India. — 

 By R. Bruce Foote, Esq., E. G. S., F. M. U., Ojfg. Director Geological 

 Survey of India. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



4. The Era of Lahshmana Sena. — By H. Beveridge, Esq., 0. S. 



(Abstract.) 

 In this paper the author first draws attention to the fact that the 

 era of Lakshmana Sena is mentioned by Abul Fazl in the Akbarnama, 

 according to whom it began in 1119 A. D., and states that although the 

 era has been discussed by more than one scholar it appears that its date, 

 or even the event denoted by it, has not yet been positively ascertained. 

 He then reviews the dates that have been assigned by different writers 

 for the commencement of the era, and explains how the era came to be 

 mentioned by Abul Fazl, and why there seems to be a probability of the 

 date given by him being correct, there being also a corroboration of it in 

 the Tabaqdt-i-Nasiri. The point being a most interesting one the author 



