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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal September 1835

1835

STEVENSON I again endeavoured to decypher the two inscriptions in which I deried much assistance from the alphabet given in your number for March 1834; and having observed a repetition of the same letters in many parts of the inscription I concluded these were the titles preceding the names of the kings of the dynasty to which the prince making the grant belonged. [...] the Kawi (Ktivya !Pasha) chracter of Java used in that country when under the government of its Hindu conquerors the Pcili of Siam and the alphabet of Tbet ; from each of these a few lines have been copied by reference to which the close resemblance of many of the letters to those of the inscription (No. [...] The resemblance of this character to those of Tibet and the sacred alphabets of Siam and Java may perhaps tend to throw some light upon the sera of the conquest of Jaw Sumatra and several of the eastern islands by the Hindus and also on that of the introduction of the Buddhist religion into Tibet and the countries eastward of the Brahmaputra. [...] In depth (of thought and counsel) the ocean the teacher of the gods in widom the great master of riches (CUvERA) iu wealth; who relinquished as straw the fruits of his enterprises in histanxiety to remove the fears of those who sought protection ; delighler of the hearts of the learned of friends and dependants by bestowing riches far -beyond their desires ; who enjoyed all the gratificati [...] Edge of the buttocks behind and of the tail pure white ; face and fronts of the entire limbs and chest blackish ; bands on the flanks the same and also tip of the tail.
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Pages
71
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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I.—Account of the Inscriptions upon Two Sets of Copper Plates Found in the Western Part of Gujerat. By W. H. Wathen Esq. Persian Secretary to the Bombay Government
477-484 James Prinsep view
Translate of an Ancient Inscription Dated 9th of the Valabhi Samvat or A. D. 328. and Found in Digging the Foundations of a House Near Danduca in the Peninsula of Gujerat or Saurashtra
484-486 James Prinsep view
List of Kings of the Valabhi or Balhara Dynasty as Found in the Two Inscriptions
486-487 James Prinsep view
II.—Synopsis of the Thár and Ghorál Antelopes. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident in Nipal
487-490 James Prinsep view
III.—On the Wild Goat and Wild Sheep of the Himalaya with Remarks on the Genera Capra and Ovis. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident in Nipal
490-495 James Prinsep view
III.—On the Fossil Bones of the Jamna River. By Edmund Dean. Serjeant Sappers and Miners
495-506 James Prinsep view
VI.—On the Fossil Elk of the Him00E1;laya. By Lieut. W. E. Baker Engineers
506-507 James Prinsep view
VII.—Note on the Vegetable Impressions in Agates. By Mr. J. Stephenson
507-509 James Prinsep view
VIII.—Chemical Analyses. By Jas. Prinsep Sec. &c.
509-514 James Prinsep view
IX.—Horary Meteorological Register for Calcutta. By Jas. Prinsep Sec. &c.
514-515 James Prinsep view
X.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
516-517 James Prinsep view
XI.—Extracts from Correspondence
517-521 James Prinsep view
XII.—Illustrations of Nipalese Zoology Prepared for Publications
521-525 James Prinsep view
XIII.—Miscellaneous Extracts
525-531 James Prinsep view
XIV —Meteorological Register
532-532 James Prinsep view

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