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Notes on the Antiquities of the Nalti, the Assia, and the 

 Mahabinayaka Hills of Cuttack. — By Babu Chandra- 

 sekhara Banurjt, Deputy Magistrate, Jajpur, - 158 



Additional Gondi Vocabulary. — By Rev. James Dawson, 



Chindwara, C. P., - - - 172 



The Yastu Yaga and its bearings upon Tree and Serpent 

 Worship in India. — By Babu Prat apach and ra Ghosha, 

 B. A., - - - - - 199 



Extracts from my Diary regarding the Bonhara Temple 

 near Omerpore, Behar, and other Antiquities of the 

 place. — By Babu Eashbihari Bose, Sub-Divisional 

 Officer, Banka, Bhagulpur, - - 232 



No. IV. 



The Funeral Ceremonies of the Ancient Hindus. — By Babu 



Ea'jendralala Mitra, - - - - 241 



Notes on Kashmiri Hermits. — By Lieut.-Col. D. J.F. Newall, 



E. A., - - - - 265 



Facsimiles of Autographs of Jahangir, Shahjahan, and Prince 

 Dara Shikoh, with notes on the Literary character, and 

 the Capture and Death of Dara Shikoh. — By H. Bloch- 

 mann, Esq., M. A., Calcutta Madrasah, (with a plate), - 271 



Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hiigli 

 District. — By H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A., Calcutta 

 Madrasah, (with five plates), - - 279 



Index, ------ 305 



