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1110 ? Jayavarmadêva or Kirttivarma - to fix on the district between Mathurâ and Dehli déva II.
as Mateyadósa, and on Upello on the Dehli and 1120 P Prithvivarmadêva.
Agra road as Upaplava. 1130 P Madanavarmádéva: Inscriptions Mr. C. J. Lyall gives "Further translations
dated Sam. 1188, 1190, 1211, 1215, from the Hamaseh," in continuation of his trans1220, and 915 of Chedi era.
lations of old Arabian poetry in the Journal in 1165 P Paramárddidêva, known as Parmála 1877. These appear to be excellent, and will
or Parmara : Inscriptions of 1167, interest Arabic scholars. 1182 ; 1182 Mahoba captured by By far the most interesting paper in the volume Prithviraja of Dehli.
is General Cunningham's "Relics from Ancient Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle describes a find of 38 Persia in Gold, Silver, and Copper," in which he early Muhammadan coins of Bengal, made at describes and figures a portion of a very important Gauhati in Asâm in November 1880, of which 14 find made near Takht-i-Kuwåt on the. Oxus in only were secured. It is accompanied by four 1877. The coins range over about 300 years from plates on which 24 coins are figured. This is a the time of Darius to that of Antiokhos the valuable supplement to Mr. Thomas's papers on Great and Euthydemos of Baktria. The stathe same subject.
tuettes, ornaments, &c. are supposed to be of like C. J. Rodgers follows with an important paper age. "On the Coins of the Sikhs" with much historical The longest paper is by Babu Sarat Chandradas information interspersed, and 74 coins figured. of Darjiling, "On the Religion, History, &c. of
Major W. F. Prideaux has a short paper "On Tibet." These contributions are interesting, but the Coins of Charibael, king of the Homerites and it is to be regretted they have not been more careSabæans" (see Ind. Ant. vol. X, p. 290). Fresnel had fully edited, for though the author writes English already called attention to two kings of the name with considerable accuracy, he sometimes makes of Kariba-él (Jour. Asiatique IVme sér. tome omissions which render the sense obscure, and V. pp. 211, 309; VI, 169),-Kariba-êl Bayyan jumbles together Tibetan and Sanskrit names. Bon of Yath a'a mar, Makrab of Saba, and Had the editor called his attention to this, and got Kariba el Watt&r son of Dhamar-'all, him to give the equivalents in Sanskrit of the Makrab of Sabâ or Kariba-e1 Wattår Ye. Tibetan names, as Csoma Körösi has done in his han'am, king of Sabâ and Raidan, son of admirable analysis, it would have greatly enhancDhamar-'alt Bayyan, the latter of whom appears ed the value of these papers. They consist of - to be identical with the Kharibael of the 1, The Bon (Pon) Religion (19 pages, 6} being Periplus (ante, vol. IX, pp. 108, 118, 130-134, 333). original Tibetan); 2, Dispute between a Buddhist Major Prideaux refers the reign of Kariba-él to and Bonpo priest for the possession of Mount about A.D. 75 (Trans. Soc. Biblical Archæol. vol. Kailasa and Lake Månasa (5) pp.); 3 (Part 1). II, p. 16). Hesupplies 8 figures of early Arabcoins. Early history of Tibet,-(1) Monarchy, 416 B.C.
Mr. H.G. Keene's paper “On the Revenues of to 617 A.D., (2) Monarchy 600-730 A.D.; (3) Thi. the Mughul Empire" is in correction of Mr. Broni-de-tsan 730-33 to 866 A.D.; (4) Ralpachan. Rodgers and Mr Thomas's modes of estimation, in &c. 846-860 A.D. (23) pp.); and (Part 2) Tibet in
&c. 846-860 A.D. (231 pp.): and which he argues that the estimates of Abu'l Fazl the Middle Ages (16} pp.); 4, Rise and Progress of and Nizamu'd-din agree and amount to very nearly Buddhism in Tibet (14 pp.); 5, Lives of the Tasi ten krors, and that the murddi tankah is an ima. Lamas, which consist first of four Indian incarnaginary integer of copper accounts, whereof 64 are tions, viz. (1) Subhūti the Sthavira, (2) Manjusri equal to one rupee. At a later page (147) Mr. E. Kirtti, (3), Leg-dan Jyad, --whose Indian name the Thomas adds a note in reply to Mr. Rodgers's author has omitted, and (4) Abhayakara Gupta remarks on the same subject, and in defence of secondly of six Tibetan incarnations -(5) Khug-pa. bis own views (See ante, p. 315).
lhas-tsi, (6) Sakya Paydita Kungah-gyaltshani.e. Rishi Kesa Bhattacharya Sastri has a paper
Anandadhvaja) A.D. 1182-1252; (7), Yui-ton-dorje "On the Identity of Upello and Upaplava." A.D. 1284-1376; (8) Kha-dub-geleg-pal-osaii, A.D. Upaplava is mentioned in the Mahabharata 1385-1439; (5) Sonam-chho-kyi-Lailpo, A.D. 1439. (Virataparva) which Nilakantha says is in the 1505; (9) Gyal-wa-Ton-dub, A.D. 1505-1570; and kingdom of Viráta (Matsyadeśa). In the Dig the Grand Lamas-(10) Gedun-dub, the founder vijaya Parvadh. of the Sabhåparva, Dagarna of the monastery of Tasilhunpo (A.D. 1447). is mentioned in connection with Matsya and A.D. 1891-1478; (11) Pan-chhen Lo-osail-ChhoMalada: and other references in Manu and kyi-gyal-tshan, the first Pan-chhen Rin-po-chhe. KullOkabhatta, and in the Mahdbhdrata, lead him A.D. 1569-1662; (12) Lo-seat Ye-se-pal-saw-po.
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