1837.] Proceedings of the Asiatic 'Society. 233 



before it was quite dry, and consequently bent the cast. Into this, on its arrival, 

 I cast one with clay, prepared by a native potter ; and the sketch is taken from 

 that, by my native draftsman ; with this difference — that the enclosed sketch shews 

 the sculpture as on the marble, with the borders in a straight line. I shall have the 

 pleasure of offering the clay cast to the acceptance of the Society. It is«heady pack- 

 ed, and shall be forwarded by the first opportunity. The drawing 1 beg may be re- 

 turned. This Buddo-Grecian sculpture will, I think, be acknowledged as one more 

 lent in support of the opinion urged in the concluding part of the sixth paper of your 

 September number, 1S36." 



[We hope to present a drawing of the cast shortly. — Ed.] 

 With reference to your hopes of finding other specimens of the " Silenus Sculp- 

 ture" at Muttra, I fear they will end in disappointment, for I have most minutely 

 examined every hole aud corner. Indo-Scythie coins are found constantly and in 

 great numbers. I propose sending you a statement of those most common in India 

 to contrast with that of Mr. Masson at Cabul in the 57th number, page 547, 1836. 



A notice and drawings of a colossal alto-relievo, called Mata kunr, 

 near Kdsia Thdna, in the eastern division of the Gorakhpur district, were 

 forwarded by Mr. D. Liston. 



Received by the Herefordshire from Bombay, a series of facsimiles of 

 the inscriptions at Girnar, (Girinagar,) very beautifully copied under 

 Mr. Wathen's superintendence from the original facsimiles lately taken 

 by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, President Bombay As. Soc. for transmission to 

 M. Jacquet of Paris. 



These most valuable copies, occupying eight folios of 6 and 8 feet in length, 

 comprise inscriptions in the three or four distinct characters now familiar to us. 

 They are mostly in a good state of preservation, and one in the No. 2 l&th character 

 seems capable of being decyphered without much difficulty. The Rev. Dr. Mill 

 was requested to undertake the examination of this important document. 



Mr. Wathen writes, that he has lately visited the caves of Kaneri in Salsette, and 

 has had the inscriptions taken down by an experienced hand : — they seem to be in 

 the character of the " Prescott" coins (of Saurashtra and CutchJ. The caves are a 

 collections of Buddhist temples, and there has been a large city on the mountain 

 above. There are also the remains of a pillar similar to those of Anuradhapura in 

 Ceylon, and a number of tanks cut in the solid rock, which are evidence of a large 

 population besides the priests of the temple. " I explored the mountain until I 

 came to one cave in which a dehgopa had been built of large blue stones, and the 

 remains of the chhatra which touched the top of the cave are still visible. Some one, 

 however, has been digging down into it, and I fear the relics have been carried off. 

 I however intend to have it re-examiued." 



Literary Communications. 



The Rev. Mr. Yates submitted a critical notice of the Sanskrit poem, 

 entitled the Naishadha of Sri Harsha, of which the first volume was 

 lately published by the Society with the tika of Prem Chand Pandit. 



Captain Ouseley, Sec. College Fort William, submitted, through the 

 Secretary, a letter from Lieut.-Col. Francrlin, M. R. A. S v regarding a 

 proposal made by him to the Oriental Translation Committee of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, for the translation of some works from the ancient clas- 

 sics, and some of the best English authors into the languages of the East. 



[Much of the Colonel's proposal has been already accomplished in this country ; 

 — we have even now before us a bold prospectus for a version of the Iliad in Ben- 

 gali by Greecechunder, with a sample of the fust book rendered line for line from 

 Pope. We have Gay's Fables — Kasselas — and the Percy Anecdotes. Maps, too, 

 and works of Science, as Maioet's Natural Philosophy, Hutton, and Euclid, — not 

 to omit the Persian edition of Marcus Antoninus by the Baron Von Hammer. Any 

 additions to this rising oriental library which England can furnish will of course be 

 acceptable, and it is gratifying to see the influence of a contemporary of Sir Wil- 

 liam Jones directed to so useful a project. — Ed.] 



Extract of a letter from Major Dixon, Political Agent in Mhairwdr, 

 was read, stating that in compliance with the Society's wish he had with 

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