PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 



For November, 1864. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on the 2nd instant. 



Baboo Rajendralal Mitra, Vice President, in the Chair, 



The Proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From Baboo Rajendra Mullick, a young Emu, and a mounted 

 specimen of a crown pigeon. 



2. From L. B. Bo wring, Esq., a photograph of an Inscription on 

 a rock at Taikal. 



The following letter accompanied the presentation : — - 



"Bangalore, 17th September, 1864. 

 " My Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to send you a photograph of 

 a curious rock inscription at Taikal, a few miles from the Colar Road 

 Station of the Bangalore Branch Railway. It is in Teloogoo, which 

 is the prevailing language in the Colar District of Mysore ; but it has 

 been deciphered with difficulty, and the translation given overleaf is 

 rather the general purport than a literal rendering. 



" At the time mentioned, 1438 Salivahan, the Colar country was 

 apparently under the rule of the Anagundi kings, and it is probable 

 that the Deva Raja referred to in the inscription was of that Dynasty. 



" Yours truly, 

 (Signed) "L. B. BOWRING," 

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