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72) were obtained for Dr. Bühler at Cambay; the remaining 75 come from Pathan (Anhilwâd), and were purchased by me for Government between December and March last.
10. A description of the palm-leaf MSS., as accurate and full as I could make it in the short time at my disposal, is appended to this report. Here I have only to add a few general remarks. The first point which will strike any one who may examine this collection is the great age of the MSS. which it contains. It is well known that few Sanskrit MSS. in public Libraries are older than two or three hundred years. The oldest of these palm-leaf MSS.. the date of which is absolutely certain,* was written exactly 800 years ago. and I may state in general that all the MSS. collected were written during the nith, 12th and 13th centuries. 20 of the MSS. are dated, and the dates given by the writers are:
No. 57. Samvat 1138 = A.D. 1081. Nos. 35 and 36. Samvat 1145 and 46 = A.D. 1088 and
89; during the reign of Karnadeva. No. 53. Saivat 1176 = A.D. 1119. Nos. 41–43. Samvat 1179 = A.D. 1122 ; during the
reign of Jayasingha. No. 58. Samvat 119-(?) = between A.D. 1133 and 42. No. 13. Samvat 1218 = A.D. 1161; during the reign of
Kumârapala. No. 8. Samvat 1264 (?) = A.D. 1207 (?); during the
reign of Bhîmadeva II. No. 38. Samvat 1294 = A.D. 1237. No. 47. Samvat 1300 = A.D. 1243. No. 28. Samvat 1304 = A.D. 1247. No. 62. Samvat 1315 = A.D. 1258. No. 3. Saravat 1332 = A.D. 1275.
* The MS. No. 7 seems to have been written in Sarvat (?) 962; but I cannot be perfectly certain about this, because the last leaf of the MS. is much damaged and the writing on it effaced. (See below page 9.).
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