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read ^^ cSlrU mdlih i jiiin, for tDji^ ^1* mdlih jhvan ; and 

 mdlik, owner, having been translated by i chief,' ' Jiwan' was 

 arbitrarily changed to ' Jiim or Jim] to snit the ' owner.' But the 

 name of the town in Eastern Sindh, which Elphinstone meant, is 

 Jon. It is now quite unimportant ; but it was formerly, up to the 

 times of Akbar, renowned for its beautiful gardens. 



A short discussion followed the reading of the paper as to whe- 

 ther the title of Khan had ever been conferred on Hindus or not. 

 Several Members mentioned examples of Hindus bearing this title. 

 Mr. Blochmann thought, they might have assumed the title ; but 

 he had not met with a single instance in the Histories of India, 

 from the Memoirs of Babar to the Tazhiratussaldtin and Khdfi Khan, 

 that the Mughul Government ever conferred the title of Khdn on a 

 Hindu. 



II. — Notes on the Archceological Remains on the Assia, Alti, and Darpan 

 Hills (Orissa). — By Babu Chandra Sekhara Banerjea. 

 (Abstract.) 

 The antiquities noticed are met with on the summits of three 

 hills, two of which are situated in the centre of the Katak Dis- 

 trict, and the other on its western border. The names which the 

 natives give to them are Assiagiri (marked Assiah on the maps), 

 Naltigiri, and Barunibanta or Mahabinayaka. The first of these 

 has four peaks, on one of which the Prophet is fabled to have 

 alighted for prayer on his aerial journey, and left his foot-print ; 

 there is a mosque built on a spot 2500 feet above the level 

 of the surrounding country, by Shuja'uddin Muhammad Khan, 

 in the year 1 132 of the Hijrah. The second peak is called Udaya Giri. 

 The sea is said to have once touched its foot, though it has now re- 

 ceded to a great distance. The most remarkable objects on it are a 

 collosal figure of Buddha, nine feet in height, and a baoli, or well, 

 lined with stones, a sculptured gateway, and remains of.two temples. 

 At the foot of the third peak are to be found the ruins of a large 

 fort, and at that of the fourth peak, called Achuta basanta, there is a 

 small building, once the abode of a hill chief. Close by is a place 

 called Amarabati, which was at one time the capital of one of the 



