THE 



JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 



OF 



BENOAI. 



EDITED BY 



JAMES PRINSEP, F. R. S. 



SECRETARY OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL ', HON. MEM. OF THE AS. SOC. 



OF PARIS ; COR. MEM. OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOC. OF LONDON, AND OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETIES OF MARSEILLES AND CAEN; OF THE ACADEMY 



OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA ; OF THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GENEVA ; OF 



THE ALBANY INSTITUTE, &C. 



VOL. VII.— PART I. 



JANUARY TO JUNE, 

 1838. 



" It will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of 

 science, in different parts of Asia will commit their observations to writing, and 

 send them to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta ; it will languish, if such commu- 

 nications shall be long intermitted ; and will die away, if they shall entirely cease." 



Sir Wm. Jones. 



Calcutta : 



PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, CIRCULAR ROAD. 



SOLD BY THE EDITOR, AT THE SOCIETY'S OFFICE. 



1838. 



