CONTENTS. 



No. I. 



(Published 15th June, 1866.) 

 Outlines of a Plea for the Arabic Element in Official Hindustani. 



— By J. Beames, Esq., C. S., ... ... ... 1 



A Translation of the Chapter on Ordeals, from the Vyavahara 



Mayukha. — By Professor George Buhler, Elphinstone 



College, Bombay, ... ... ... 14 



Rough Notes on some of the Antiquities in the Gaya District. 



By TV. Pefpe, Esq., ... ... ... ... 49 



Literary Intelligence, ... ... ... ... ,.-,, 60 



No. II. 

 (Published 31st August, 1866.) 



Descriptions of Ancient Remains of Buddhist Monasteries and 

 Temples, and of other buildings, recently discovered in 

 Benares, and its vicinity. — By the Rev. M. A. Sherring, 

 L. L. B., and Charles Horne, Esq., C. S., ... ... 61 



As-yio-Pseudo-Sesostris. — By Hyde Clarke, Esq., Member of 

 the German Oriental Society, of the Society of Northern 

 Antiquaries of Copenhagen, of the Academy of Anatolia, 

 of the Institution of Engineers of Vienna, Local Secretary 

 of the Anthropological Society, ... ... 87 



Notes on some of the Temples of Kashmir, especially those not 

 described by General A. Cunningham in his Essay publish- 

 ed in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 

 September, 1848.— By TV. G. Cowie, Esq., M. A., Chaplain 

 on duty in Kashmir during the summer of 1865, ... 91 



Remarks on Barbier de Meynard's edition of Ibn Khordadbeh 

 and on the Land-tax of the empire of the Khalyfs. — By 

 Dr. A. Sprenger, ... ... ... 124 



Literary Intelligence, ... ... ... ... 147 



No. III. 



(Published 2nd November, 1866.) 

 A Notice of the Qaunaka Smriti. — By Professor George 

 Buhler, Superintendent of Sanskrit Studies, Punah 

 College, ... ... ... ... ... 149 



