General Meeting, May 15th, 1852. 



xxv. 



referring to page 1 14 of the Journal we find JJ^ another figure 



May not this have been the object ? and may not the Monogram there 

 given lead to the explanation of (Fig : 1) the engraved seal ; of which I 

 have enclosed an impression. The reading which I have ventured to 

 give is this, viz. : SriThero or Holy Hierarch, (as Maha Kassapa, &c), is 

 not considered admissible, first, because the term Sri is not thus used, 

 and in the second place, because vowels after consonants are expressed 

 by a line, initial vowels alone have a character assigned. 



^ — • , It would be highly desirable, if both these objections 

 j4 j could be either confirmed or disproved, not on account 

 ^_ of the seal only, but because there is a Rock Inscription 



jT ' /V\ near Pomparipo, in which can be made out " the name of 

 Si a king of Ceylon," provided a vowel letter may be used 



when intermixed with consonants, and not an initial. 

 ^><^ JT X Possibly some of the priests can decide both of these 

 ITM-TcL points. In the same Dagobah were found numerous 



minute Dagobahs about 1^ inch by 1|. They had an 

 j[ inscription either on the inside of the flat base or on the 



J i, opposite surface ; they were comparatively abundant 



« when I was in Ceylon (1828, 1829 ), and possibly are to 



Sewa be got at present. It will be interesting to ascertain 

 ji^I)^44 whether these Dagobahs are substitutes for the square 

 stone boxes, on the lids of which were inscribed the 

 names of those persons whose relics were buried in the large Dagobahs, 

 page 100 of Journal. Very recently three Prayers on vellum about 

 14, 15, and 12 inches in length, and rolled tightly so as to form a cylin- 

 der 1^ inches in length and finch in diameter, were found within a group 

 (I must call it), consisting of a man or some animal surrounded by gro- 

 tesque heads and human figures, placed on a pedestal about the size of a 

 common plate. The base was covered with some kind of paper ; and 

 when this was cut, the three rolls made their appearance. They were 

 taken to the Nepaul Prince, who said and wrote that they were Budticka 

 or prayers of Budha, either from Hindostan, Thibet or China. May not 

 this be one of the many representations of the acts of Gautama which 

 were buried in Ruanwella, " the sight of which gave King Bhategoso 

 much pleasure," page 175, Journal; and may not this serve as a clue to 

 other groupes equally grotesque ? Only a small part of the group re- 

 mains, which I have seen. There is one head painted blue and sur« 

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