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Succession as given in the chronicle being the same vestigations into the alleged martyrdom of St as found in the inscriptions on stone. He also Thomas, i.e., before and after 1545. The survey of finds that the chronicles do not contain anything the evidence is both thorough and fair, and it leads that conflicts with the contemporary history of other the writer to certain definito conclusions, which countries, so far as a comparison can be made. all students would do well to consider carefully. The work is illustrated by five good maps of
R. C. TEMPLE Ladakh and neighbouring districts prepared from the Survey of India sheets, with the names printed JOURNAL OF FRANCIS BUCHANAN IN SHAHABAD in accordance with the correct orthography, and (District of Bihar) in 1812-1813: edited by is furnished with a full and well-prepared index. C.E.A. W. OLDHAM, 1926. Govt. Press, We look forward to the further part of this scholarly
Patna, India. work promiseci in the Introduction, dealing with the inscriptions on ston
There is much more in this modest book than C. E. A. W. OLDHAM.
appears at first sight. It is in fact an admirably
edited print of the Journal of a celebrated writer, Two ARTICLES ON ST. THOMAS: (1) WAS ST. THOMAS who lost much more in literary reputation than
IN SOUTH INDIA, an examination of Dr. J. X p ossibly he ever realised by changing his name to Farquhar's Thesis. by T.' K. JOSEPH. The Young Buchanan-Hamilton-his work as Buchanan Men of India, July, 1927. (2) THE MARTYRDOM OF being thereby much neglected. ST. THOMAS, THE APOSTLE, by A. S. RAMANATHA This Journal, which is here printed for the first AYYAR. JASB., July, 1927.
time, was made during Buchanan's survey of the I have on my tablo two articles produced Shahābād District in 1812-1813-a district nearly in the same month by natives of South India, which a century later in the care of Mr. Oldham himself. show how closely the story of St. Thomas, is being Like all Buchanan's work it is filled with details studied by Indian scholars, and it is well of every kind that could be useful to the Government that this should be the case. Both of these articles
of his day, and is extraordinarily accurate. Indeed are well worth attention, as they are honest attempts
Mr. Oldham remarks in his Introduction that he to get at the truth.
was amazed at the facts disclosed", when he first Mr. Joseph's opinion is summed up in his read it. In this instance Buchanan had the mis. pp. 178: "St. Thomas died in Arachosia (Southern i fortune of having his work included in Martin's Afghanistan), but Calamina (an assumed site of Eastern India without his namo being placed on his death) need not be looked for there. It is the titlo page, but Mr. Oldham has now repro. Chonnamalai near Mylapore (Madras) in South duced it in full with proper description to the original India."... (p. 14). "The saint who lies buried author. He has done more, as he knows the district in Mylapore-I call him the Calamina saint-died inside out and has so been able to correct certain in circumstances quite different from those of errors made by Buchanan, and to elucidate from St. Thomas's martyrdom." Mr. Joseph here him own wide reading many points of interest in usefully draws the attention of searchers (p. 18)
the Diary, such as the book really is. to the "marked tendency in Malabar to mis-- Buchanan noticed everything he could and appropriate and mislocate well known heroes of made notes, therefore of the greatest value, on the Hindu history and legend," and gives instances. botany, geology, archæology, ethnography, history He might have extended them considerably by and geography of the District, on all of which taking into his purview the habits of the Burmese, subjects Mr. Oldham has added his own oqually the Mons and the Siamese further to the East. valuable annotations. It only remains to remark
Mr. Ramanatha Ayyar's article is of a different that places like Sisaram and its environs, Dumrion, nature. He subjects the early authorities on the the Tutrahi Falls, Rohtāsgarh, the Guptăávar St. Thomas legend in South India to a most valuable Caves, and many another point of historical or criticism in quite the right way. He quotes them legendary interest are described at length, to show from the original where he can, and discusses them the value of the book to the student of things each in chronological order. He divides them into Indian. two categories: before and after the Portuguese in
R. C. TEMPLE. NOTES AND QUERIES. FRANGI-PARUNKI.
HOBSON-JOBSON: Here is a new form of Frangi=Feringhee=Frank. Here is an excellent note from Morrier, Travels In a note to "Thomas Cana and his Copper Plate Persia, 1816, p. 6. "Bombareek, which by sailors Grant," ante vol. LVI, p. 184, Fr. Hosten has a is also called Bombay Rock, is derived originally note: "The Malayalam name for the Portuguese from Moobarek, happy, fortunate." was, and is, Parunki." R. C. TEMPLE.
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