PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
EDITED BY 
THE j-fONORARY pECRETARIES. 
No. V, MAY, 1895. 
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1895. 
Issued June 24th, 1895, 
