1 90 Asiatic Society. [March 



The following letter from the Minister of Public Instruction in France, 

 addressed to the President, was read : 



" Paris, le 24 Juillet, 1835. 



" Monsieur le President, La Soci^te Asiatique de Calcutta, en mettant a la 

 disposition de feu M. Victor Jacquemont, tous les mat<hiaux scientifiques 

 qu'elle poss^dait, lui a donne" les moyens de rassembler des docuinens d'un haut 

 interet sur les Indes Orientales. 



En temoignage des services rendus a notre compatriote, je vous prie, Moa- 

 sieur le President, de vouloir bien faire agr^er a la Societe" de Calcutta ua ex- 

 emplaire de l'ouvrage qui se publie en son nom, par les soins de sa famille et 

 sous les auspices du Gouvernement Francais. 



Je tiens a. votre disposition, Monsieur le President, les livraisons qui ont 

 deja paru : Vous pourrez les faire retirer du Depot des Livres de Souscription au 

 Ministere de l'lnstruction publique par tel moyen que vous jugerez convenable. 



Ager£z, Monsieur le President, l'assurance de ma haute consideration. 



Le Ministre de l'lnstruction publique, 



GUIZOT." 



Resolved, that the President he requested to return thanks for this 

 mark of consideration in the French Government, and that the Secretary 

 take im tiediate steps to obtain possession of the work in question. 



The Secretary announced the transfer and deposit in the Society's 

 rooms of the S mscrit, Persian, Arabic, and Hindui Manuscripts from the 

 College of F<>rt William. 



The number of the Sanscrit worksis 1130 volumes : of the Arabic and Persian2676 

 volumes. A catalogue ranonnee of tiie whole had long since been prepared by 

 the College officers, of which the meeting resolved it should be recommended 

 to the Committee of Papers to undertake the immediate publication, adding to 

 it such other original works as the Society might possess on its own shelves. 



The Secretary apprized the Meeting of the completion of the 2nd volume 



of the Mahabharata, copies of which were ready for distribution to the 



subcribers. 



Museum of Antiquities. 



Read a Note on an Inscription at Bamyan, by M. C. Masson. 

 [Printed in the present number.] 



The two Buddhist Images, with Deva-nagari incriptions, mentioned in a 

 letter from Colonel H. Burney, Resident at Ava, read at the last Meet- 

 ing, were received, and a paper was read on Tagoung, the place of their 

 discovery, an ancient capital of the Burmese empire. 

 [Printed in the present number.] 



A drawing of the full size of the sculptured impression of Gautama's 

 foot in Ava, was presented by Ensign Phayre, with a description of the 

 contents of the several compartments. 



The image brought to the notice of the Society by Lieutenant Kittoe, 

 in January 1835, sought out by Mr. Dean and transmitted for the Mu- 

 seum, had arrived with Col. Colvin's dispatch. 



This image does not seem to possess any characteristic difference from the 

 ordinary sculpture of the Hindus, as had been imagined. The dress and attitude 

 are of common occurrence ; the feet rest on the lotus plant. The head has been 

 struck off, doubtless in the period of the earlier Muhammedan incursions. 



