286 Biographical sketch of Col. Maclmizk. [July 



LtDigiiages. 

 3. Kanara. 



4. Mahratta. 



5. Ellakannum, 



6. Modern Tamil 



7. Maliiallum. 



8. Tulva. 



9. Wodia, 



10. Bengali. 



11. Hindv/i, Hindus- 

 tani or Moors. 



Characters. 



1. Ancient Kanara undeciphered, 



from Banawassi and from Ma- 

 habalipuram. 



2 . Pur wad- Hall a- Kan ara . 



3. Halla, or Ancient Kanara. 



4. Modern Kanara. 



1. Mo'd'hi ; — no inscriptions on 

 stone in this, but there are se- 

 veral grants on paper. 



^ 1. Ancient Tamil. 

 > 2. Modern Tamil. 

 ^ 3. Tamul of the Malabar coast. 



1. Tulva language and cha- 

 racter of Lower Kanara. 

 L Wodia; — language and cha- 

 racter of Wodia or Orissa^ 

 or Ganjam and Kuttack. 

 1. Bengali. 



No peculiar character. 



12. Persian. I. The grants and edicts of the 



Mogul emperors and vice- 

 roys are on paper and in Per- 

 sian. These belong to the 

 period since the 17 th century. 

 1. Arabic. 



1. Ancient Javanese from in- 

 scriptions. 

 2. Modern ditto. 

 N. B. There are also fac-similes of several inscrip- 

 tions in characters still undeciphered, some daily arriving 

 — such as the inscriptions at Delhi, at Allahhabad, 

 from Java, from Ceylofl^, from Mahabalipuram^ from 

 Banawassi, &c. Sec. 



13. Arabic. 



14. Malays. 



15. Javanese. 



