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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1898

1898

I have accordingly been obliged to follow M. SENART'S example and to arrange the reproductions on the plates either with reference to certain peculiarities in the shape of the stones which suggested a particular position or by the still less safe guidance of the direction of writing which the characters themselves seemed to me to exhibit. [...] If a conclusion can be drawn from the fact that in the three outer lines which follow the rounded contour of the stone the terminal signs below are cutup to the very edge of the socket a direction of the writing from tight to left would appear probable. [...] The first named locality from which four of the stones have been obtained lies according to the map close to the range of the hills which forms the southern boundary of Boner towards British territory circ. [...] All the more gratified wo must feel at the recent discovery of a document which has thrown unexpected light on an obscure period of the history of Gandhitra and the neighbouring regions and which also seems to show us the direction where the means for the future solution of the riddle may have to be sought for. [...] however remains for the above assumption in the name of Ou.san Te-teti mentioned as king of Ki-pin in the Chinese Annals A. D. 789; in the word howli which is found in the names of several Viliiiras visited by On-K'ong in tiandhira and wi.ich seems to be a Turkish term and finally in the name of the ambassador Sa-po-to-kan whom the rater of Giandhira sent to the Chinese court in On-Vong's tim
history
Pages
130
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Notes on New Inscriptions Discovered by Major Deane.—By M. A. Stein
1-19 unknown view
A Note on the Antiquity of Chittagong Compiled from the Tibetan Works Pagsam Jon-Zań of Sumpa Khan-po and Kāhbab Dun-dan of Lama Tārā Nātha.—By Sarat Chandra Das C.I.E. Rai Bahādur
20-28 unknown view
On the Kāçmīrī Noun.—By G. A. Grierson C.I.E. Ph.D. I.C.S.
29-98 unknown view
Two Copper-plate Grants of Ratnapāla of Prāgjyōtisa in Āsām.—By Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle C.I.E.
99-125 unknown view
A Note on the Identity of the Great Tsang-po of Tibet with the Dihong.—by Sarat Chandra Das C.I.E Rai Bahādur
126-129 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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