548 Asiatic Society. [Oct. 
LyE.v’s Principles of Geology, 3rd vol. 
Theatrum Pontificiale, 5 vols.—purchased by the Society. 
Memoires Concernant les Chinois, 14 vols.—presented by the Secretary. 
Read, a letter from Mr. A. Bou’, Foreign Sec. of the Geological Society 
of France, offering an exchange of their publications against the Journal 
and Transactions of the As. Soc. Resolved, that the exchange be made with 
pleasure, through the Society’s Agent in London. 
Read, also letters from Professor Von Hammer, the Secretaries of the 
Philadelphian and Batavian Societies, &c. relative to the works detailed 
above. 
Antiquities, Statistics, &c. 
Read, a letter from Mr. Turnet, Sec. of the Right Honorable the Go- 
vernor of Ceylon, presenting copies of some inscriptions in the Nagari cha- 
racter, collected by Captain Forszs of the 78th Highlanders, agent in the 
Matele district. 
Thousands of inscriptions, in the same character, are stated to be found in the 
island: but we have not yet any clue to the relative value of these letters in the 
modern Nagari alphabet. They are evidently identical with those of the Kanouj 
coins* and with the inscriptions referred by Mr. Stirxr1e to the Buddhists, or 
Jyns ; which their occurrence in Ceylon certainly tends to confirm. 
Read, a letter from KE. Stiriiwe, Esq. submitting a tabular statement of the 
price of grain at Alligurh, from our first possession of the country, to 1832. 
A statistical report on the population of the town and district of Mur. 
shedabad, drawn up by Mr. H. V. Harsorn, was submitted by Mr. J. R. 
Cotvin. 
[We shall give an abstract of these statements in our next. ] 
Read, a note from Mr. J. H. Stocauetser, presenting some coins, collected 
during his travels in Europe. 
A Fac Simile of an Arabic Inscription, cut in an escarpment of the rock 
at the Fort of Chanderi, was presented by Dr. J. Tyrer, in the name of 
Lieut. Macponaup ; from whose letter, the following extract was read: 
‘* T have discovered an ancient inscription at Chanderi, near which I am now en- 
camped, This place now belongs to Scinp1a, who took it from the former Raja, 
20 years ago. The Fort of Chanderi, which consists of a sandstone wall, flanked by 
circular towers, built upon a steep hill, was in former days considered impregnable. 
Colonel Baptista, of Scinp1A’s service, succeeded after a five months siege in 
starving out the Bundela garrison, and it is now occupied by Marhattatroops. To 
my inquiries into the ancient history of the place, I could obtain no satisfactory 
information. The ignorant Marhattas and Bundelas could only name one famous 
Raja, Stsupa, who flourished in the days of Hindu supremacy, and founded this 
place. It was afterwards rendered famous by being the residence of ALEMerR for 
a short period. The ruins of mosques, sarais, madrissas, and baolies, mahals and 
zenanas, indicate its former magnificence under the Musulman sovereignty. 
There are many ancient inscriptions, but I selected the accompanying, which I 
found upon a famous ghat or passage which has been cut with stupendous labour 
* See page 415 and p. 317. 
