XII. 



NOTICES 



OF THE 



LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION 



OF THE 



JBA UDDHAS OF NEPAL 



AND BHOT. 



By B. H. HODGSON, Esq., Civil Service, 



Assistant to the Resident at Katmandoo, 



JL HE various contributions which I have had the honour to forward to 

 the Library and Museum of the Asiatic Society, and the lists by which they 

 have been accompanied, will have put the Society in possession of such 

 information as I have been able to collect respecting the articles presented. 

 Some connected observations, suggested by the principal of them, may, how- 

 ever, be not unacceptable, as derived from enquiry on the spot, and communi- 

 cation with learned Nepalese. I do not pretend to offer a complete or detailed 

 view of the Literature or Religion of the Nepalese, as derivable from con- 

 versancy with the sacred authorities, the study of which is obstructed, not 

 only by inherent difficulties, but by considerations of a local nature, originating 

 in the displeasure expressed by the Nepalese Government towards such of its 

 subjects as are suspected of imparting to Europeans the knowledge they 

 possess. A few general remarks are aU, therefore, that can be attempted at 

 present, and may prepare the way, it is hoped, for further investigation. 



