PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 



For June, 1866. 



The last monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society was held 

 on Wednesday, the 6th instant. 



W. L. Heeley, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced. 



1. From J. H. Crawford, Esq., a steel print portrait of Sir Jam- 

 set jee Jejeebhoy, Bart. 



2. From Moulavi Agha Ahmad Ali, through Professor Blochmann, 

 a copy of " Muayzid-i-Burhan," a lexicographical work in Persian. 



3. From Professor Goldstiicker, Principal Editor, Sanskrit Text 

 Society, a copy of the " Nyaya Mala Vistara." 



4. From Capt. Gr. C. Depree, two Rubbings of a Pali inscription 

 from a cave below the celebrated Ramgurh hills in Sirgooja. The 

 following letter accompanied the donation : — 



CJwta Nagpore, 6th 31ay, 1866. 

 My dear Heeley, 



I have to-day sent off a book post packet, containing some rubbings 

 of a Pali inscription cut in a cave below the celebrated Ramgurh 

 Hill in Sirgooja, which was described by Col. Dalton, and published 

 in the Asiatic Society's Journal in his " Notes of a tour, &c." Will 

 you kindly give the said rubbings over to any savant, and send me 

 particulars of the translation when one be made. You will see that in 

 addition to the 'rubbing of each letter, I have subscribed the form of 

 the letter carefully copied by hand : this will elucidate a doubtful im- 

 pression. The second or western inscription I copied entirely, as my 



