PROCEEDINGS 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



for August, 1854. 



At a meeting of the Society held on the 2nd inst. at the usual 

 hour, 



Sir James Colvile, Kt. President, in the Chair, 



The minutes of the last month's proceedings were read and con- 

 firmed, and the accounts and vouchers for the months of March, 

 April and May laid on the table. 



Presentations were received — 



1. Prom Capt. Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, a Map of 

 the Twenty-four Pergunnahs. 



2. Prom the Curators of the Academy of Leyden, l Libri Exodi 

 et Levitici secundum Arabicam Pentateuchi Samaritani Versionem. 



3. Prom Maulavi Mohammad Alum Ali Khan, an Arabic MS. 

 of the Kamus, in 2 Vols. 



4. Prom Capt. Sherwill, through Capt. Thuillier, a collection of 

 ancient Hindu copper and silver coins. 



The following is an extract from Capt. Sherwill's note on these 

 coins : 



"As far as I can ascertain, they are coins of the Cheeroo Rajahs 

 who, in olden days, ruled over Behar and that before the Moham- 

 medan conquest. The coins were dug up at Putooha, or near to it, 

 that is, about ten miles to the east of the city of Patna. They 

 were twelve feet below the level of the country, and in their neigh- 

 bourhood was found a flooring of very large flat bricks about two 

 feet square." 



Lt.-Col. Proby T. Cautley of the Bengal Artillery, P. E. S., F. a. S. 

 was, pursuant to notice given at the last meeting by the Council, 

 balloted for, and duly elected an honorary member. 



