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form edition of the Historians of India. Though this proposal was 

 not accepted for want of funds for such an object, Sir H. M. Elliot was 

 asked to prepare an Index of the Historians, so that the proper MSS. 

 might be selected and deposited in the College Library of Agra. 

 The ' Index' thus called for by the Government of the N. W. * insen- 

 sibly expanded into several volumes,' of which the first and only one 

 was printed at Calcutta in 1849. The unexpected death of Sir H. 

 M. Elliot put a temporary end to the completion of his Index. 



In March 1863, Mr. A. Grote proposed to the Philological Committee 

 of our Society, to carry on the publication of Sir H. M. Elliot's papers, and 

 on the 30th April of the same year the Committee [Messrs. A. Grote 

 (President), E. C. Bayley, W. N. Lees, Rajendra Lala Mitra, and the 

 Secretaries, Messrs. W. S. Atkinson and E. B. Cowell] reported to the 

 Society as follows : — 



" The Committee have under consideration a proposition which has 

 " for its object an endeavour to secure the publication, even in an im- 

 " perfect form, of the valuable materials which the late Sir H. Elliot 

 " had collected for his work on the ' Muhammadan Historians.' 



" It was the wish of many members of our Society eight years ago 

 " to offer the Society's aid to Lady Elliot in carrying out the author's 

 " project, but no proposition was made because it was hoped and 

 "understood that the more powerful assistance of the Home Govern- 

 li ment would be given to that end." 



" The Committee are aware that the late Board of Controul in their 

 " letter, dated 4th August, 1856, to Professor Wilson, and Messrs. 

 " Morley and Bayley, sanctioned the printing of the first three Vols. 

 " of the Elliot MSS., which had been left ready for press, on the 

 " understanding that the payment by the Court in respect of the 3 vols. 

 " is to be strictly limited to the sum of £500, excluding the remaner- 

 11 ation to the gentleman who may undertake the superintendence of the 

 "publication. It was hoped that the publication of the further 

 f* volumes might be effected by means of private efforts." * * * 



" Mr. Bayley who had examined all the materials, reported on them 

 " thus : — Vols. 4 and 5, far advanced ; 6 and 7, materials and out- 

 " lines only ready ; 8 nearly as far advanced as Vols. 10 and 11, which 



