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Masnawi of tlie Persians will shortly be issued as an Introduction 

 to tliis work. 



Of the Persian works in progress, Maulawis Kabiruddin and 

 Ghulam Qadir, of the Madrasah, have edited 8 octavo fasc. of 

 Khan Khan's History, entitled Muntakhauul Zubdb, and Mr. H. 

 Blochmann has edited four Quarto Fasc. of his critical text of the 

 Ain i Akbari. Of the English translation of the Ain two fasciculi 

 were issued in the course of last year. 



The Council also have received Introductory Notes, and Indexes 

 of Names and Places, to the ' ' Alamgirndmah and Pddtshdhndmah, by 

 Maulawis 'Abdul Hai and 'Abdurrahim of the Madrasah. These 

 indexes are now printing, and will greatly add to the value of the 

 texts. 



B. Sanscrit Works. 



The most important event the Council has to record in con- 

 nexion with this department of the Society, is the grant by Govern- 

 ment of Eupees 3000 per annum for the publication of Sanskrit 

 works. On receipt of the orders on the subject, the Philological 

 Committee submitted, in May last, a report recommending the 

 publication of several works of great value, and measures have 

 since been taken to carry out their recommendation. 



In the Sanskrit series, Pandit Anandachandra Vedantavagisa has 

 completed his edition of the Grihija Sutra of Asvalayana and pub- 

 lished two fasciculi of the Tandy a Brdhmana. Professor Mahesa- 

 chandra Nyayaratna has issued one fasciculus each of the Sanhitd 

 of the Black Yajur Veda, and of the Mimdnsd Parsana of Jaimani 

 with the commentary of Savara Svami, and Babu Rajendralala 

 Mitra has brought out two Nos. of the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the 

 Yajur Yeda. The Tdndya Brdhmana was undertaken in May last 

 on the recommendation of the Philological Committee. It is the 

 largest and most important Brdhmana of the Sdma Veda, and con- 

 tains the earliest speculations on the origin, nature and purport of 

 a number of Hindu sacrifices, rites and ceremonies, interspersed 

 with a variety of anecdotes of great interest. The book is divided 

 into twenty-five chapters, the first three of which have been publish- 

 ed in two fasciculi. The Grihya Sutra is a manual of rules and 

 directions for the performance of domestic rites and sacrifices ac- 



