5cC- 5AS 
JOURNAL 
OF THE 
CEYLON BRANCH 
OP THE 
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 
1905. 
VOLUME XVIII 
No. 56. 
EDITED BY THE HONORARY-^] SECRET ARY'f' 
The desi^ of the Society is to institute and promote inquiries into the History, 
Religions, Languages, Literature, Arts, and Social Condition of the present 
and former Inhabitants of the Island, with its Geology and Mineralogy, 
its Climate and Meteorology, its Botany and Zoology. 
Price: to Members, Re. 1 ; to Non-Members, Rs. 2. 
COLOMBO : 
H. M. RICHARDS, ACTING GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. 
1906. 
