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JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Vol. LVI, Part I, 
for 1887. 
No. I. 
Page 
A brief account of Tibet from “ Dsam Ling Gyeshe,” the well-known 
geographical work of Lama Tsanpo Nomankhan of Amdo.—° 
Translated by Sarat Chandra Das, C. I. E. 1 
Sitd's Window or Buddha's Shadow cave.—By S. J. Cockburn, Esq., 
M. A. S. Bengal, . 31 
No. II. 
The Safwi Dynasty of Persia. (With four Plates of unpublished 
coins.)—By E. E. Oliver, M. I. C. E., M. R. A. S. 37 
Antiquities at Nagari.—By Kavi Raj Shyamal, Das, M. R. A. S., 
F. R. H. S. Translated by Bab \j Ram Prasad. (With two 
Plates ), . 74 
Notes on the city of PLirdt.—By Captain C. E. Yate, Political Officer , 
Afghan Boundary Commission , . 84 
Three new copper-plate grants of Govindachandra Deva of Kanauj, 
dated Samvat 1180, 1181, and 1185. (With three Plates.)—By 
A. Fuhrer, Ph. D. 106 
No. III. 
Kashmiri Biddles.—By the Rev. J. Hinton Knowles, F. R. G. S., 
M. R. A. S., etc . 125 
Notes on a Donative Inscription of Vidyddhara Bhanja , belonging to 
C. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of the Orissa Division. 
(With a Plate)—By Rajendralala Mitra, LL. D., C. I. E. ... 154 
Notes on the ancient mounds in the Quetta District.—By Major J. F. 
Garwood, R. E. (With a Plate.) . 161 
The mother of Jahangir.—By H. Beveridge, C. S. 164 
Notes on the Coins mentioned by Major Raverty in his notes to his 
Translation of the Tdbaqdt-i-Nasiri.—By Chas. J. Rodgers, 
M. R. A. S., Assoc, M. A. S. B. 167 
