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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1888

1888

Mitre and the almanac-makers of Tirhut are wrong about the beginning of the era ; and General Cunningham is wrong both about the date and the event commemorated by the era. [...] Mitra's second article on the Sena Mikis ho gives a Sanscrit inscription from Buddha Gaya and translates it as follows : On Thursday the 12th of the wane in the mouth of VaiAtikha Savat or year 74 after the expiration of the reign of the auspicious Laksmaua Sena Deva." But is it not possible that the Sanscrit words moan the 74th year of the reign of Lachhman Sena ? In other words that t [...] Beligion.—The religion of the Kbariyais consists of the worship of the elements in the Sun and Air the Hills and the Rivers and also the spirits of their ancestors. [...] At the time appointed the body is exhumed and burnt and the bones and ashes are put into an earthen pot and thrown into the chasm of any rock in the vicinity of the village or near a river. [...] etg An ar-w wit tir: WA" i. e. 6 May the coin of Allibabid be always current like the golden disk of the sun and the moon in the East and in the West of the world.' [The translations of the 000plots have boon supplied by Maulawi ldirza All of thu Calcutta liadrasah.
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Pages
47
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-iv The Philological Secretary view
The Era of Lachhman Sen.—By H. Beveridoe Esq. C. S.
1-7 The Philological Secretary view
Notes on some Kolarian Tribes. By W. H. P. Driver
7-18 The Philological Secretary view
Couplets or 'Baits' on the Coins of Sháh Núru-d-dín Jahángír the son of Akbar Collected by Chab. J. Rodgers M. R. A. S. Associate Member Asiatic Society of Bengal
18-26 The Philological Secretary view
Couplets on Coins of Kings after the Time of Jahángír—By Chas. J. Rodgers
27-33 The Philological Secretary view
Father Jerome Xavier.—By H. Beveridge Esq. C. S.
33-39 The Philological Secretary view
Backmatter
i-i The Philological Secretary view

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