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those was at " Sahet Mahet," where he saj's there are a tope and 

 ruins between Ekowna and Bulrampore. The other kingdom was at 

 Benares — they sprang he declares from the Mourya line of Palibo- 

 thra. 



The most celebrated king of the Sahet Mahet race was " Sohil 

 Deo" slain by Syud Salar, the celebrated general of Mahmood of 

 G-huzni. The last was " Ram Deo" who fell in battle with Mahomed 

 Grhori three generations later. 



He has too given me a hint. He says the copper coins with Lion 

 reverses belong to Ajoodlda, the bull and cock coins to Sahet Mahet 

 (king's titles " Mittra and Deo" both) and the Benares kings he 

 says had a trisul as their symbol. 



He has given me also an account of a tope near Sultanpore. 



Further more he says that in building Sankata Ghat at Benares a 

 " lath" larger than that at Allahabad was dug up, but that the bar- 

 barians chipped off the letters, and built it into the foundations where 

 it still exists and is visible. 



He promises to send me two inscriptions or rather manuscripts in 

 modern Sanscrit, and I have ordered for him a transcript in large 

 letters of Thomas' comparative table of the Devanagari." 



We are glad to find that there is a prospect of Dr. Sprenger's car- 

 rying out his project of publishing Maqdisiy in the Bibliotheca In- 

 dica. It will be remembered that he proposed this undertaking when 

 in Syria in 1854, (See Journal, Vol. XXIV. p. 47,) and that the Society 

 closed with the offer at its meeting in May, 1855, but that on Dr. S.'s 

 return to Indian he found the Oriental Fund so reduced in resources as 

 to render it unadvisable to proceed with the publication. The subject 

 dropped, and in the following year Dr. S. left the country. He now 

 renews his offer from Berne, and we earnestly hope that the arrange- 

 ments now bein«; made to inve effect to it will be successful. 



