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JOUENAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Part I, 

 for 1876. 



Page 

 No. I. 



The Prologue to the Bamayana of Tulsi Das. A specimen transla- 

 tion.— By F. S. Growse, M. A., B.C. S., 1 



On Early Asiatic Fire Weapons. — By Major-General E. Macla- 



gan, E. E., 30 



Were the Sundarbans inhabited in ancient times ? — By H. Beveridge, 



B. C. S., 71 



On Human Sacrifices in Ancient India. — By Eajendralala 



Mitra, LL. D., 76 



No. II. 



Description of a trip to the Gilgit Valley, a dependency of the 

 Maharaja of Kashmir. — By Capt. H. C. Marsh, 18th Bengal 

 Cavalry (with four plates), 119 



On the Ghalchah Languages (Wakhi and Sarikoli). — By E. B. Shaw, 



Political Agent, late on special duty at Kashghar, 139 



No. III. 



Popular Songs of the Hamirpur District in Bundelkhand, N. W. P. 



No. IX— By Vincent A. Smith, B. A., C. S,, 279 



List of Eare Muhammadan Coins. — No. II. (Coins of the Kings of 

 Dihli, Malwah, Bengal, Kulbarga, and Kashmir. — By J. G. 

 Delmerick, Dihli, (with two plates) 291 



The Bhars of Audh and Banaras. — By Patrick Carnegy, Commis- 

 sioner of Eai Bareli, Audh, , 297 



