of the Hindoos, and its Divisions. 393 
t: The almanacs in common use are computed at Benares, 
£< Tirhut,* and Nadeea, the three principal seminaries of 
“ Hindoo learning in the Company's provinces, whence they 
“ are annually dispersed throughout the adjacent country. 
“ Every Brahmin in charge of a temple, or whose duty it is 
“ to announce the times for the observance of religious cere- 
“ monies, is furnished with one of these almanacs ; and if he 
“ be an astronomer, he makes such corrections in it as the 
“ difference of latitude and longitude render necessary. 
“ The beginning of the solar month falling on different 
“ days of the week, is not, as I have observed, regarded ; 
“ but a disagreement in the computation of the teethee, 
“ which sometimes also happens, occasions no small perplexity, 
“ because by the teethees, or lunar days, are regulated most 
“ of their religious festivals : and I am assured that an in- 
“ stance of this kind, which occurred in Cossim Ally’s time, 
<£ obliged the Rajah of Nadeea to settle by proclamation which 
“ of the disputed computations should be regarded as the 
“ true one.” 
To the best of Mr. Wilkins's knowledge, the Nadeea al- 
manac is used all over Bengal, and the Benares all over the 
upper part of India : and it is likely, therefore, that the 
Tirhut is used all over Bahar ; but of the nature of this alma- 
nac I have no information ; only to judge from the date of 
the inscription found at Mongueer,'f it is more likely to agree 
with the Nadeea than Benares patra. 
As one of Mr .Wilkins’s Benares patras came from Salsette, 
we may conclude that this almanac is in use in that part of 
* A district in North Bahar. 
f Asiatic Researches, Vol. I. p. 127. 
