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NOTES AND QUERIES.
PADE Elves in Madras, by 9. M. Natesa Sastri ... ... 75 The Onko Reckoning of Orissa ... ... .. . 265 Charms and Spells in the North-West Provinces, by The Date of K lidass ... ... ..
... 285 William Crooke, and in Madras, by 8. M. Natesa The Winds of AshAdha ... ... ... ... Sastri ... ... .. ... ... .. . 103
The Virgin Mary and Her Sisters, by Geo. Fr. Omens in Bihår, by Sayyid Khairayat Ahmad ... 130
D'Penha ... ... ... .. . ... ... Slang of Tamil Castes, by J. P. Lewis ... ...
Wrong Predictions of Eclipses ... ... ... Omene in Madras, by S. M. Natesa Sastri, and in the
... 323 North-West Provinces, by William Crooke ... Luck and Ill-Luck, in Oudh, by G. H. R. ... ... 325 Social Customs, Opprobrious Namas, by H. G. Corruptions of Portuguese Proper Names in Prendergast ...
... ... .. 255 Salsette and Bassein, by C. E. G. Crawford...... 443
BOOK-NOTICES. Notes d'Epigraphie Indienne, par M. E. Sonart ... 13 The Hymns of the Rig Veda, translated by Ralph Bengal, its Chiefs, Agents and Governors, by F.C. T. H. Griffith ... ... . ... ... ... 325
Danvers ... ... .. ... ... ... .. 44 South Indian Chronological Tables, by the late W. Selections from the Records of the Hlutdaw, by s, Krishnasvami Naidu, edited by R. Sewell ... 326 Taw Sein-Ko ... .. . ..
Alberuni's Indis ; an English Edition with Notes The Modern Vernacular Literature of Hindustan
and Indices, by Dr. Edward C. Sachau ... ... 381 by G. A. Grierson ... ...
Vier Erashlungen aus der Bukasaptati, von Dr. The Diary of William Hedges, Esq., by Col. Sir Richard Schmidt ... ... ... ... ... 410
Henry Yule ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatio Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. Society, Vol. X., No. 35, 1887 ... ... ... 410 XIII., 1889 ... ..
... ... 228 Proceedings of the Canadian Institute ... . 411 Catalogue of Hindustani Printed Books in the Tractatus de Globis et Eorum Usu, by Robert Hues 411
Library of the British Museum, by J. F. The Hindu Home Life, by Kaccoo Mal Manuchee ... 444
Blumhardt ... ... ... ... ... .. 236 Comparative Noter to the Mabinogion, by Prof. H. The Sayana-Pañching for the Saka Year 1811 ... 256 Giornale della Societa Asiatica Italiana ... ... 286 The Madras Christian College Magazine, Vol. VII, Die Hymnen des Rig Veda, herausgegeben von No.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 441 Hermann Oldenberg ... ... ... ... ... 286
The North-Western Provinces and Oudh Provincial Proceedings of the American Oriental Society ... 325 Museum, Lucknow ... ... .. ... 444
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ILLUSTRATIONS. Mahfikůta Pillar Inscription of Maigalesa ... ... 18 The Allah Abad Pillar; A., the Edict of the Queens Kaņaswa Inscription of Sivagana; the MÁlava Year
of Devånaripiya ; B., the Kosambi Edict of 795 expired ... .. ... ... .. ... 58 Devanampiya ... ... ... ... ... ... 125 Inscription at the bottom of an image of Buddha Balaghihve Inscription of the time of Vinay Aditya... 144
from Gaya; and Coins of Chalukya-Chandra or Delhi Siwalik Piller Inscriptions of Visaladeva;
Saktivarman, and of Rajaraja I. ... ... ... 78 Vikrama-Samvat 1220 ... ... ... ... ... 218 Ahoka Inscriptions :
Rare Copper-coins of Akbar, Plates i. and ii.... 222, 223 The Delhi Mirat Pillar, North side Edicts I., II., SATAra Plates of Vishņuvardhana I. ... ... 310, 311
and III. ... 122 A Selection of Kanarese Ballads; the Daughter. * West side, Edict IV. ... 123
in-law of Channa Va of Kittor; Air of the , , , , South side, Edict V. ... 124 Chorus ... .. .. .. ... ... .. 416