90 Analysis of the Moorish 



Rock Inscription at Piramanenkandd. Communicated by S. C. 

 Chitty, Esq, 



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The above inscription was taken from a stone slab at the 

 head of the grave of a Mohammedan Saint at Piramanen- 

 kandel, a deserted village to the east of the Mee Oya, about 

 10 miles from Putlam in a North-Easterly direction. The 

 characters are in an ancient and obsolete form of Pali, and Mr. 

 Chitty inclines to believe the Inscription has no reference to 

 the Mohammedan Saint, bnt records some event connected 

 with the history of Budhism.* 



An Analysis of the great Historical Poem of the Moors i 

 entitled Seek ah. By Simon Casie Chitty, Esq. 



I have the honour to present to the Society a copy of the 

 great Historical Poem of the Moors, entitled Seerah, which 

 I have procured from Madras, where an edition has lately 

 been published at the Vidhyavilasa Press by Sheik Abdul 

 Khader Nina Lebbe Alim of Kaiipatnam and two other 

 individuals. 



* Vide Letter, in Appendix to Journal No. V., p. xx a 



