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1.-PREFATORY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2.-ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF OLD HINDI IN ORIENTAL PHILOLOGY,
BY J. BEAMES, B.C.S., M.R.A.S., Author of " A Comparative Grammar of
the Modern Aryan Languages of India." ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 3.-THE APARTAMBA SUTRA OF THE BLACK YAJUR VEDA and the Commentaries, &c.,
belonging to it, by A. BURNELL, M.C.S., M.R.A.S., &c. ... ... 4.-A LEGEND OF SNAKE-WORSHIP, from Bhaunagar in Kathiáwád... ... ... ... 5.-MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE DARDS, by Dr. G. W. LEITNER, Author of
"Dardistan" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 6.-AN ANCIENT TAMBA PATRA, or Grant on Copper plates,t ranslated by PROF.
RAMKRISHNA GOPAL BHANDARKAR, M.A. With a facsimile* ... 7.-REMARKS ON THE SAME, by Prof. R. G. BHANDARKAR... ... ... ... ... 8.-ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF VARIOUS PLACES IN THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF
MAGADHA, visited by the Buddhist Pilgrim Chi Fah Hian. A.D. 400-415., by
A. M. BROADLEY, B.C.S., &c., Bihar... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9.-PANINI AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PANJAB, by Pror. R. G.
BHANDARKAR, M.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 10.-PROGRESS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH-(from the Report of the Royal Asiatic
Society). ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 11.-Review: Beal's Catena of Buddhist Scriptures ... ... ... ... 12.- , Gover's Folk Songs of Southern India; A. M. Moos's Travels ... 13.-M180ELLANEA--Ravenshaw's History of Gaur, &c. &c. ... 14.-QUERY-The Ancient Maldivian Alphabet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32
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