PROCEEDINGS 
or T1IE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 
Foe August, 1861. 
The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 
was held on the 7th instant, A. Grote, Esq., President, in the chair. 
His Excellency the Governor General was present. 
The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Presentations were received - 
1. From Major G. G. Pearse, the following Historical Persian 
MSS : — 
History of the Gukkur race of Hazara, the Punjab and Kashmir, 
and the supposed descendants of the Satrap of Cyrus the Great. 
History of Kashmir. History of the district of Hazara. 
2. From Mrs. Brandis, of Rangoon, a copy of Voigt’s ITortus 
Suburhanus Calcuttensis. 
3. From Babu Sivaprasad, a copy of his little work on the 
adaptation of the Roman alphabet to Hindi and Urdu. 
4. From Col. Phayre, a wooden looking-glass frame of Burmese 
manufacture. 
5. From T. P. Larkins, Esq., Magistrate of Bograh, a gold coin 
of rare execution and debased metal of the Gupta series. 
6. From Capt. Bates, of the Punjab Infantry, through Lieut.-Col. 
Thuillier, a Chinese cross how. 
7. From Mr. J. Obbard, a box containing a few Chinese copper 
coins and some specimens of poisonous beans. 
The following note accompanied the presentation : — 
“ To W. S. Atkinson, Esq., 
Secy. Asiatic Society. 
“ Deak Sie, — I beg to forward herewith a small box containing 
twelve specimens of what is said to be a poisonous bean picked up at 
