62 Inscriptions found in Province Wellesley. [July, 



the north-west, as determined by Capt. Cunningham from Fa hian's 

 distances, namely, within a fraction of 7 miles, bears nearly the same 

 proportion to the Magadhi yojana as the common does to the Punjabi 

 koss. The learned Colebrooke makes the standard koss 2.25 miles, 

 and the computed koss one half of that, or a mile and an eighth. 



According to Chinese translators of Buddhist works there were three 

 kinds of yojana employed in India ; the great yojana of 80 li, used 

 for the measurement of level countries, where the absence of mountains 

 and rivers renders the road easy ; the mean yojana of 60 li, used where 

 rivers or mountains oppose some difficulties to the traveller ; and the 

 small yojana of 40 li, adapted to those countries where the mountains 

 are precipitous and the rivers deep. This shows that we must not ap- 

 ply an invariable standard to the every portion of these pilgrims' routes ; 

 but rather seek to determine its local value, where practicable, by the 

 distance of well identified spots in each neighbourhood. 



An account of several Inscriptions found in Province Wellesley on the 

 Peninsula of Malacca. — By Lieut. -Col. James Low M. A. S. B. 

 and C. M. R. A. S. 



(A.) Consists of a group of seven inscriptions now extant on the 

 rather weather-worn and sloping side of a granite rock at a place 

 named Tokoon, lying near to the center of the Province, or almost 

 directly east of Penang town. The whole probably appertain to one 

 period and the same subject. 



The rock was pointed out several years ago to Mr. Thomson the 

 Government Surveyor by some Malays, but he examined it hastily, as 

 it was covered with jungle and long grass, and it was not until a consi- 

 derable time had elapsed that I accidently learned from him its existence. 

 I had before this passed for years consecutively close to the spot, yet 

 such was the apathy of the villagers, or their ignorance, that no hint was 

 given to me about the rock ; and this induces me to mention that owing 

 to this indifference and to the suspicious conduct of the native chiefs, 



