808 Public Inscriptions at Lahore. [No. 4. 



liasfc on the V&savadatta. This is a collection of the Unddi deriv- 

 atives, with definitions. It is said to have elicited a volume of 

 annotations. 



10. — The Gana-nighantu, by Chandrachandana. 



11. — The Madana-vinoda-nighantu, by Madana Pala. It was 

 written before the middle of the fifteenth century. Like the last, 

 it is concerned with the materia medica. 



12. — The S'iva-pralcds'a, by S'ivadatta, son of Karpuriya Chatur- 

 bhuja. The author annotates his own work, which bears date in 

 the year 1599 of S'alivahana. In subject, it is like the last. 



13. — The Dravya-ratndleara-nighantu, possibly by an anony- 

 mous author. It cites the S'iva-prakasa. This, too, is medical. The 

 sole MS. which has been consulted is incomplete. 



14. — The Baja-vallabha, by Narayanadasa. It treats of officinal 

 substances. It has been printed at least twice, with a Bengali 

 translation. 



Public Inscriptions at Lalwre. — By Henry Cope, Esg. 



Hureeke via TJmritsur, 22nd March, 1858. 

 The Secretary of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



Sir, — Looking over some of my papers, I found copies of all the 

 inscriptions in existence on the public buildings of Lahore, which 

 had been carefully taken under my directions during my residence 

 there, and as I believe they have not been published, and it is 

 desirable to preserve all available records of the kind, I do myself 

 the honor to forward them for publication in the Journal of your 

 Society, if you think them worthy of the honor. 



I have added a brief memoir of the several buildings from which 

 they are taken. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 

 Your Obedient Servant, 

 Henry Cope. 



