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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal February 1838

1838

Ntm in the city of Me:ltein was a governor named limegrittsti of the family of SA'tt Assi the late king; when this man heard of the arrival of CH.ctt on the confines of his dominions he came with a large force to the edge of the river Rawl; his nephew Shinn was governor of the fort of Alukeh to the eastward of Alatibt and his cousin Asst's came with a large force to the edge of the Bids wh [...] The Summcfha who were thus wounded wiped the stain of the blood to prevent detection: the door-keepers were deceived the brahman was taunted as a false diviner and the whole of the carts passed into the city. [...] In the night the Saninuihs left their places of concealment and took possession of the place and of the whole country the descendants of the Sumnufhs are governors of Cutch to this day. [...] Upon this BIN CAtSiat advanced to the figure and the better to prove to these people the absurdity of their reli gion drew one of the gauntlets+ from the hands of the idol and observing to the idolators that their divinity had now only one gauntlet left desired them to inquire of him what had become of the other? [...] The first record of the country goes up nearly to the commencement of the Christian era and narrates the rule of some chiefs down to the close of the ninth century and coquest of the country about that time by ADITYA VARMA a CIAO& prince.
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Pages
84
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.—Account of the Expedition of Chach (Chachu) Extructed from the Chach Numeh and Extracts from the Tóhfat ul Khwán. By Ensign Postans
93-104 James Prinsep view
II.—Examination and Analysis of the Mackenzie Manuscripts Deposited in the Madras College Library. By the Reverend William Taylor
105-131 James Prinsep view
III.—Report on the Caoutchouc Tree of Assam Made at the Request of Captain Jenkins. Agent to the Governor Genreal. By William Griffith Assistant Surgen on Deputation with the Bhotan Mission
132-142 James Prinsep view
IV.—Notices on the Different Systems of Buddhism Extracted from the Tibetan Authorities. By Alexander Choma Korosi
142-147 James Prinsep view
V.—Enumeration of Historical and Grammatical Works to be Met with in Tibet. By the same
147-152 James Prinsep view
VI.—Section of a Hill Cuttak Supposed to be Likely to Contain Coal. By M. Kittoe Esq.
152-155 James Prinsep view
VII.—Discovery of the Name of Antiochus the Two of the Edicts of Asoka King of India. By James Prinsep Sec. &c.
156-167 James Prinsep view
VIII.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
167-171 James Prinsep view
Meteorological Retister Kept at the Assay Office Calcutta for the Month of February 1838
172-172 James Prinsep view

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