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JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Part I, 
por 1877. 
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No. I. 
Rough Notes on some Ancient Sculpturings on rocks in Kamaon, 
similar to those found on monoliths and rocks in Europe.—By 
H. Rivett-Carnac, C. S., (with six plates) . 1 
The Kaimiir Range.—By Chandrasekhara Bantjrji, Deputy Ma¬ 
gistrate, Bongong, . 16 
Note on the old Manipuri Character.—By G. H. Damant, C. S., 
Officiating Political Agent, Manipur, (with two plates) . 36 
Are Kalidasa’s Heroes monogamists ?—By G. A. Grierson, C. S., 
Rangpur, . 39 
On the Route between Sohar and el-Bereymi in ’Oman, with a note 
on the Zatt, or gipsies, in Arabia.—By Lieutenant-Colonel S. 
B. Miles, Maskat, (with a map) . 41 
The Mo £ allaqah of Lebid, with the life of the poet as given in the 
Kitab-el-Aghani.—By C. J. Lyall, C. S., . 61 
No. II. 
On the Shighni (Ghalchah) Dialect.—By R. B. Shaw, Political 
Agent, Ladak, . 97 
The Mythic History of the God Viraj.—By G. S. Leonard, Assist. 
Secretary, Asiatic Society, Bengal,. 126 
Note on a Copper-plate Grant found in the Record Office of the 
Cuttack Collectorate.— By Rangalala Banerjea, Deputy 
Collector, Cuttack, (with a plate) . 149 
Metrical Translations from the Quatrains of ’Umar Khayyam.—By 
P. Whalley, C. S., Muradabad, . 158 
Further Proofs of the Polygamy of Kalidasa’s Heroes.—By G. S. 
Leonard, Assistant Secretary, Asiatic Society, Bengal, . 160 
