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8 afterwards became, a well-known Orientalist. Archeology: Rude Stone Monuments in Chota Nagpur; Caves in Ceylon, Khandesh and Toungoo (Burma). Chronology: Date of Patanjali (R. G. Bhandarkar and Weber). Epigraphy: Edited Inscriptions—Western India, Bengal and Madras (R. G. Bhandarkar); Ceylon (Rhys-Davids); Madras (V. N. Narasimmiyengar); Canarese (J. F. Fleet), commencement of a very long list running for twenty years. Ethnology; Dards (Leitner); Gonds and Kurkus of Bhopal; Madras (C. E. Gover); Palis of Bengal, G. H. Damant; Dasyus (Rajendralala Mitra). Folklore: from Orissa (Beames); Oudh (W. C. Bennett): Kathiawar (Burgess); Bengal (G. H. Damant); South India. Geography: Place Names in Magadha; Jungle Forts in Orissa (Beames); Mathura (F. S. Growse). History: Mughal Grandees (H. Blochman); Gauli Raj in Khandesh (W. F. Sinclair); Bhar Kings of Oudh (W. C. Bennett); Persian Map of the World (E. Rehatsek). Literature and Philology: Indigenous in Orissa and Translation from Chand (Beames); Ramayana (Aufrecht); Bhavabhuti, poet (K. M. Banerjea); Vrihatkatha (G. Biihler); Bengali Songs (J. Murray-Mitchell); Search for Sanskrit MSS. in Gujarat (Biihler), the commencement of a subsequently famous enquiry. Numismatics: Discovery of Grseco-Bactrian coins at Sonpat, Panjab. Paleography: Oldest Indian Alphabet (A. C. Burnell); Old Sanskrit Numerals (R. G. Bhandarkar).

As already stated, subsequent volumes carried on the work outlined in the first, but with ever-increasing knowledge. It is only possible, however, to notice the more important articles. Volume II (1873) contained an article by Dr. Burgess on the art of copying inscriptions which began the modern mechanical method of reproduction, and also the first reproduction by Lewis Rice on the lines then laid down, and the first of a long series of articles on Chinese references to Indian Buddhism. In Volume III (1874) were Yule's Geography of Ibn Batuta's Travels, Burnell's original Settlement Deed of the Jewish Colony in Cochin and valuable plans of the Temple at Amaravati. In Volume IV (1875) began Fleet's very fine series of well over 200 edited Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions. In Volume V (1876) Buhler joins in the editing of inscriptions on the new plan with the well-known facsimile reproduction, and Sir Clive Bayley has a valuable early article on Gupta Coins. Volume VI (1877) contains some excellent plates of Rock-cut Temples at Badami (Dharwar); Griggs commences his very fine series (some hundreds) of photographs from facsimiles of inscriptions; Bhagwanlal Indraji, Buhler, and others discuss old Indian numerals. In Volume VII (1878) Buhler writes on three, then new, Asoka Edicts and Dr. G. W. Pope on the Tamil Kurral. Sir R. C. Temple commences his long series of contributions with a translation from a Pali Buddhist Text. Volume VIII (1879) contains a very important article by J. F.