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5. What was the state of Bengal about the commencement of the 

 Christian era? 



6. Why was Xudiya selected as a seat of Sanskrit learning'? What 

 accounts have we of it before the time of Lakhman Sen in the 13th 

 century ? 



7. Tamluk was a seat of Buddhist learning in the 4th century — have 

 we any other traces of Buddhism in Bengal proper at that period ? 

 Was Buddhism then in the ascendant at the court of Gaur? 



8. The causes by which Tirhut became such a seat of learning? 



9. What were the reasons of the degeneracy of the Bengal brahmans 

 before the time of Adisur ? Was it in any degree owing to their being 

 infected with Buddhist notions ? 



10 What language was spoken at the Court of Gaur previous to 

 the Musalman invasion ? Was it Hindi or Bengali or Sanskrit ? 

 1 1 . What is the earliest authentic account we have of Bengal ? 



Specimen of the Language of the Goonds as spoken in the District of 

 Seonee, Chuparah ; comprising a Vocabulary ', Grammar, fyc. t by 

 O. Manger, Esq., Civil Surgeon, Seonee. {Communicated by Lieut- 

 Col. Sleeman).* 



English. 



Goondi. 



English. 



Goon 



Head, 



Tulla. 



Eyes, 



Kunk. 



Forehead, 



Kuppar. 



Nose, 



Mussur. 



Eyebrows, 



Kunkunda. 



Ears, 



Kohi. 



Eyelids, 



Mindi. 



Cheeks, 



Korir. 



* A short vocabulary of the Goond language was published in the Journal, No. 

 CXLV ; but the present is much more copious and valuable. It is greatly to be 

 desired that gentlemen engaged in ethnological researches among the Hill tribes, 

 whether of Central India, or of our Northern or Eastern frontier, would concur in 

 the adoption of a uniform and well selected vocabulary of English words for trans- 

 lation into the langauges of these interesting people. This would confer great addi- 

 tional value on such collections, which would thus admit of ready comparison one 

 with another ; whereas from the absence of any such system, it is often no easy 

 matter to find in any two independent vocabularies half a dozen words that admit of 

 collation. We purpose publishing a vocabulary of the kind for circulation among 

 such as have the opportunity of prosecuting these researches, the value of which can 

 scarcely be overrated, and shall be thankful in the meantime for any hints upon the 

 subject that we may be favoured with. — Ens. 



