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E. SANSKRIT. 



Palm-leaf Book , No. 17. Grantlia Character. 

 Copy of an Inscription on copper of S add Siva Mahd rayer. 



Recapitulation of the lunar race, down to Yayati ; of whose line 

 Isvara Rayen was born. Narasa Rayen, TimmajiNarasimma Rayen, 

 Vira Narasimma Rayen, Crishna Rayer, Achyuta Payer ; the two 

 latter were half brothers, sons of Vira Narasimma RAYER,by different 

 mothers : (here some letters are lost or left out, so that there is no 

 intelligible meaning ;) Sadaswa Rayen. In his time the inscription was 

 recorded, Sal Sac. 1478, in the Nala year, in Margara month, on Sun- 

 day, a new moon day, and eclipse. At which time, peculiarly adapted 

 to religious donations, certain lands and numerous villages were given 

 by the rayer, being then in the shrine of Vitalesvara S 'rami, /'on the 

 banks of the Tungabhidra river, to Ramanujdchdrya at Sri Perambur, 

 the different villages and lands being in the neighbourhood of that place. 

 The usual sloca at the close is not given, a leaf perhaps being wanting. 



Note. — It is doubtful whether the donation was to Ramanuja, in 

 his life time, or to a shrine first established by him ; the latter from 

 dates, and attendant circumstances, seems to be most probable. 



Conclusion. 



My report for the three months inclusive from the beginning of Octo- 

 ber to the end of December, 1837, here finishes. It may perhaps 

 appear, that the abstracts, herein given, offer results of considerable 

 importance. It is however superfluous to add any further observations 

 to those already given, at each step of the investigation. 



Madras, December 31st, 1837. 



II. — Some account of a visit to the plain of Koh-i-Damdn, the mining 

 district of Ghorhand, and the pass of Hindu Kush, with a few 

 general observations respecting the structure and conformation of 

 the country from the Indus to Kabul. By P. B. Lord, M. B* in 

 Medical Charge of the Kabul Mission. 



[Communicated by the Government of India.] 

 A parallel of latitude drawn through Kdlabdgh, and west of the In- 

 dus would present a remarkable difference in the course of the mountain 

 chains as observed to its north, and south sides. In the latter direction 

 the Solimdn and Kdla ranges, the one of which may be looked on as a 

 continuation of the other, generally preserve an almost perfect parallelism 

 with the course of the Indus ; while on the other side every range, and 

 they are numerous, from the Himalaya and Hindu Kush to the salt range 



