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and Attaran rivers. A number of Siamese and Cambodian manu- 

 scripts were also found in the same localities, and the collection was 

 augmented in 1886-87 by a large number of splendid manuscripts 

 received from Mandalay and by native gifts. These have been 

 deposited in the manuscript department of the Bernard Free 

 Library and the collection of Pali, Burmese, Talaing, Siamese, 

 Cambodian, and Sanskrit (in Burmese characters) manuscripts is 

 probably the largest of its kind in existence. During the last ten 

 years ample material for a history of Pali-Burmese and Talaing 

 literature has been gathered. 



Archaeological research has been carried on jointly with the search 

 and collection of manuscripts. All parts of Lower Burma have 

 been visited, except the upper reaches of the Kaladan and Mayu 

 river, where important finds may be expected. The region south of 

 Moulmein, down to Tavoy and Mergui, and a few places at the 

 mouth of the Bassein river, and in the eastern portion of the Prome 

 district remain to be examined. In 1S87, Dr. Forchhammer's 

 Burmese assistant visited Amarapuia and Ava, chiefly with the 

 view to secure prints of the many inscriptions. These, especially 

 those which a century ago were moved to Ava by the Burmese king 

 Bodawpara from all parts of Burma and newly conquered territories. 

 About 500 of these lithic monuments await examination. A 

 large number of inscriptions from various localities have been 

 copied out, and a tabular list, as prescribed by the Government 

 of India, has been prepared of the Arakan, Tbayetmyo, Prome, 

 Henzada, Bassein, and Thongwa districts. 



Unfortunately, Dr. Forch hammer fell ill, and died in April 1890, 

 before he had had time to publish all the materials he had collected. 

 The reports actually issued are the following : — 



List of objects of antiquarian interest in Lower Burma. 



I. Arakan. 1891. 

 Arakan I. Mahamuni Pagoda. 



II. Mrohaung. 



III. Launggyet, Minbya, Urittaung, Akyab, and 



Sandoway. 

 Pagan. I. Kyaukku Temple. 

 Lists of objects of antiquarian and archaeological interest 



in British Burma, Rangoon. 8vo. 1884. 

 Notes on the Shwe Dagon pagoda. Rangoon, 1883. 



