1895.] 
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and Khaspur, &c., might be more carefully examined than they have 
yet been, and that ruined temples, such as the one on the hill at Silghat, 
might also receive some attention. We have not yet, I think, given to 
these ruins the attention which they deserve. 
12. Excluding the State archives in Manipur, the only historical 
documents which lam acquainted with are 
Historical documents. those of the deodhais of Sibsagar. There 
* The Goramur Gosain told m£l y be a few vvith the Gosains of the 
me last cold weather that he had Majuli, * and the high families of State 
a buranji which was taken away are al so said to have kept private buranjis , 
by Mr. Stack for examination, r r . . . 
and was never returned to him. some of which are doubtless still in exist¬ 
ence. The deodhais ’ buranjis were exam¬ 
ined by Ka^I Nath Tamuli Phukan in connection with the Asdm Buranji 
compiled by him. My proposals for their transcription and translation 
will be found further on. 
13. Of the works of a gwcm-historical nature, the most important 
by far is the Vamgavali of Raja Laksmi 
Qwasi-historical writings. Narayan, which contributed a large^ por¬ 
tion of the matter contained in my paper 
on the Koch Kings. Raja Prasiddha Narayan has also a Vamgavali, 
which, however, is much more brief and less reliable. Neither of these 
were written at the time, but both were composed while kings of the 
Koch dynasty were on the throne, when the events which transpired in 
early reigns may be thought to have been still fresh in the minds of the 
people. 
There are doubtless other similar works, but my knowledge of them 
is limited. The Kumara Harana, which deals with the conflict between 
Krsna and Ban Raja, is almost, if not quite, mythical, and the incident 
is taken almost in its entirety from the Bhagavata Purana. The inter¬ 
est attaching to this work lies chiefly in the peculiar old Assamese in 
which it is written (e. g., instead of &c.), and it is of no great, 
value for our present purpose. It has, however, been printed (long ago) 
in puthi form, and it would be as well to acquire a copy if this could be 
done for a reasonable price. A more interesting work is that known as 
“ Arimatta’s puthi” in which Sankar Deb is supposed to recite to the 
Koch King Nar Narayan, the history of ancient rulers in the province, 
including that of Arimatta and of the Baro Bhuiyas. 
I saw a copy on paper of this puthi recently, but am told that there 
is a very much more ancient copy on sdcl bark in the possession of Sis- 
huram Mauzadar of Bangfang in North Lakhimpur. 
Enquiries might be made with advantage with a view to finding out 
what other puihis are in existence. It is quite possible that there may 
