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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal April 1835

1835

One' of the forms of Duaail bus the right foot on the head of the demon while the left is twisted up at her side and the hands are elapsed over the breast in the attitude of supplication ; under the central groupe of the whole and forming part of what may have been intended for the ornamented frieze of the teple is a seated figure of GA NESH in relief five inches high flanked by two other [...] In Ava this class is still very numerous more especially in the neighbourhood of the most celebrated temples* and Kioutms ; it being the duty of the Phrd-gyoungs to perform the several servile offices required such as sweeping the sanctuary lighting the fires and spreading the mats in the monasteries. [...] and the Komathst are in common with others occupied in such pursuits us are more congenial to the age ; being for the most part weavers and dyers and residing in a separate quarter of the town the avowed adherents to the Mohammedan faith but ignorant of the precepts it inculcates and assimilating in practice to the rest of the population. [...] The town of Ratwee and indeed the whole island suffered much in later years in cosequence of the insurrection of the /thighs excited by the R4111111 125ja KIMDRANG and only subdued by the energetic conduct of Numyo-seyA'n* the Burmah chief to whom the Mey-o-ruin: SA01'1%1.011 had entrusted the defence. [...] There is an irregularity in these numbers ; and both the minimum and maximuni height of the river appear to have occurred from two to three years utter the maximum declination of the moon ; but if we take the average of five or seven years nearest the maximum and compare it with the average of a similar number of years nearest the minimum the difference will be striking.
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Pages
63
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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I.—Description of Ancient Temples and Ruin at Chardwar in Assam. By Captain G. E. Westamacott Assistant. Governor General’s Agent N. E. Frontier
185-195 James Prinsep view
II.—Remarks on an Inscription in the Ranja and Tibetan (Uchhen) Characters Taken from a Temple on the Confines of the Valley of Nepal. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident
196-198 James Prinsep view
III.—Journal of a Tour Through the Island of Rambree. (Ramri; Sans. Ramdvati ) on the Arracan Coast. By Lieut. William Foley
199-207 James Prinsep view
IV.—On the Amount of Rain-fall at Calcutta as Affected by the Declination of the Moon. By the Rev. R. Everest
207-211 James Prinsep view
V.—Further Note on the Inscription from Sarnath Printed in the Last No. of this Journal.—By B. H. Hodgson Esq.
211-215 James Prinsep view
VI.—Description of Two New Species of Carinaria Lately Discovered in the Indian Ocean. By W. H. Benson Esq. Bengal Civil Service
215-216 James Prinsep view
VII.—On a New Species of Snake Discovered in the Doab
217-217 James Prinsep view
VIII.—Notices of an Extraordinary Fish. By H. Piddington Esq.
218-222 James Prinsep view
IX.—Rules for Calculating the Lengths of the Drop-bars of Suspension Bridges the Length and Deflection of the Chain Rise of the Roadway. &c. By Captain J. Thomson Engineers
222-224 James Prinsep view
X.—Table Showing the Weight or Pressure which a Cylindrical Wroughtiron Bolt will Sustain when Supported at the Ends and Bonded in the Middle of its Length. By Captain J. Thomson Engineers
225-226 James Prinsep view
XI.—Table of the Scantlings of Beams of Teak or Saul Wood to Sustain a Terrace Roof not Exceeding Seven Inches in Thickness; the Deflexion not to Exceed One-fortieth of an Inch for each Foot of Length
227-228 James Prinsep view
XII.—On the Temperature of Deep Wells to the West of the Jamna. By the Rev. R. Everest
229-230 James Prinsep view
XIII.—Abstracts of a Meteorological Register Kept at “Caineville ” Musooree (Masuri) By S. M. Boulderson Esq.
230-231 James Prinsep view
XIV.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
232-239 James Prinsep view
Meteorological Register
240-240 James Prinsep view
Backmatter
i-i James Prinsep view

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