CONTENTS. 



No. 49.— JANUARY. Page 



I. — Second Memoir on the Ancient Coins found at Beghr£m, in the Kohistan 

 of Kabul. By Charles Masson, .. .. .. ..1 



II. — Quotations from original Sanscrit authorities in proof and illustration 



of Mr. Hodgson's sketch of Buddhism, .. .. ..28 



III. — Sivatherium Giganteum, a new Fossil Ruminant Genus, from the Valley 

 of the Markanda, in the Sivalik branch of the Sub-Himalayan Mountains. 

 By Hugh Falconer, M. D., Superintendent Botanical Garden, Seh£ranpur, 

 and Captain P. T. Cautley, Superintendent Doab Canal, .. ..38 



IV. — Horary Observations of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Wet-bulb 

 Thermometer, made at Calcutta on the 21st and 22nd of December, 1835, 

 by Mr. H. Barrow, Astr. and Math. Inst. -maker to the H. C. .. 51 



V. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. ..52 



VI. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. ..60 



No. 50.— FEBRUARY. 



I. — Account of Rumb6we, one of the States in the interior of Malacca. By 



Lieut. T. J. Newbold, 23rd Regt. Madras Native Infantry, .. ..61 



II. — Quotations from Original Sanscrit Authorities in proof and illustration of 

 Mr. Hodgson's Sketch of Buddhism, .. .. .. ..71 



III. — Notes explanatory of a Collection of Geological Specimens from the 

 country between Hyderabad and Nagpur. By J. G. Malcolmson, Assist- 

 ant Surgeon, Madras Establishment, PI. V. .. .. ..96 



IV. — Description of a New Species of Columba. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Resident in N&pal, .. .. .. .. .. 122 



V. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. ..124 



VI. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. .. 128 



No. 51.— MARCH. 



I. — Memoir of the Life and Writings of St. Nierses Clajensis, surnamed the 



Graceful, Pontiff of Armenia. By Johannes Avdall, .. .. 129 



II.— Discovery of Buddhist Images with Deva-nagari Inscriptions at Tagoung, 

 the Ancient Capital of the Burmese Empire. By Colonel H. Burney, Re- 

 sident at Ava, .. .. .. .. ..157 



III. — On the preparation of Opium for the China market : written in March 

 1835, and then communicated to the Benares and Beha> Agencies. By 

 D. Butter, M. D., Surgeon 63rd B. N. I., late Opium Examiner of the 

 Benares Agency, .. .. .. .. .. 165 



IV. — Catalogue of a Second Collection of Fossil Bones presented to the Asiatic 



Society's Museum, by Colonel Colvin, .. .. .. .. 179 



V.— Notice of a Visit to the Valley of Cashmir in 1836. By the Baron Hugel, 184 



VI. — Note on an Inscription at Bamian. By Mr. C. Masson, .. .. 188 



VII. — Proceeding of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 1S9 



VIII. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. 192 



