The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; New Series

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THE
JOURT^AL
OF THE
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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
OF
GEEAT BEITAIN AND IRELAND.
SES-IES.
VOLUME THE SEVENTEENTH.
LONDON:
TRUBNER AND CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.
MDCCCLXXXV.
eTKIHEN AUSTIN AND SONF,
PRINTERS, HERTFORD.
CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII.
[new series.]
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
— PAOB
Aet. I. The Story of Shiuten Doji. From a Japanese
‘Makimono’ in Six ‘Ken’ or Rolls. By F. V.
Dickins, M.R.A.S 1
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Aet. II. Buddhist Remains near Sambhur, in Western
Rajputana, India. By Surgeon-Major T. H.
Hendlet, M.R.A.S 29
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Aet. III. On the Bearing of the Study of the Bantu
Languages of South Africa on the Aryan Family
of Languages. By the Rev. F. W. Kolbe, late
Missionary of the German Society of Barmen
in Damara-Land, South Africa, Author of the
English-Herero Dictionary. Prepared at the
request of R. K. Oust, Esq., Honorary Secretary 38
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Aet. IV. Gleanings from the Arabic. ByH. W. Feeeland,
M.A., M.R.A.S 57
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Aet. V. Notes on the Assyrian and Akkadian Pronouns.
By G. Beetin, M.R.A.S 65
VI CONTEXTS.
— PACK
Art. YI. Dialects of Tribes of the Hindu Khush, from
Col. Biddulpb’s Work on the subject (corrected).
II. The Shina Language. III. The Khowar
Language 89
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Art. VII. TheLanguages of the Caucasus. ByE. H. Cust,
Esq., Hon. Secretary E.A.S 145
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Art. VIII. On the Study of the South-Indian Vernaculars.
By G. H. Pope, D.D., Fellow of the Madras
University 163
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Art. IX. The Pallavas. By the Eev. Thomas Fotjlkes,
M.K.A.S., Chaplain of Coimbatore 183
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Art. X. Translation of Books 81-93 of the Markandeya
Purana. By the Eev. B. Hale Wortham 221
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Art. XI. Xotes on Professor Tylor’s “ Arabian Matri-
archate,” propounded by him, as President of
the Anthropological Section, British Association,
Montreal, 1884. By J. W. Eedhocse, Esq.,
LL.D., M.E.A.S. Hon. Memb. E.S.L., etc 275
,
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Art. XII. The Xorthem Frontagers of China. Part VII.
The Shato Turks. By H. H. Howorth, Esq.,
F.S.A., M.E.A.S 293
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Art. XIII. The Age of the Avesta. By Prof, he Harlez,
of Louvain, M.E.A.S 339
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Art. XIV. Xotes on the Chinese Game of Chess. By
H. F. W. Holt, Esq., Sec. E.A.S 352
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Art. XV. Customs and Superstitions connected with the
Cultivation of Eice in the Southern Province of
Ceylon. ByC. J. E. Le Mesttrier, Ceylon Civil
Service, M.E.A.S., F.G.S., etc 366
CONTENTS. vii
AGE
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Art. XVI. The Vernacular Literature and Folklore of the
Panjab. By Thomas H. Thornton, C.S.I., D.C.L. 373
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Art. XVII. Beginnings of Writing in and around Tibet.
By Terrien be Lacouperie, M.B.A.S., Professor
of Indo-Chinese Philology (University College,
London) 415
Index 483
Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Anniversary Meeting of the
Society, held on the 18th ofMay, 1885 i-clxx
List of Members i-xx

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*His Highness Muhamhad Tewfik, Khedive of Egypt, C.I.E.
fHis Highness Hassan Pasha, Egijpt.
Abbott, Major-Gen. James, C.R., Ellas;/, Swanmore, Ryde.
Abd-al-Hak Syed Silar Jung Naav.ab-Bahadur, Uyderalad,
Rekhan.
Abd-al Jalil, M., 17, Bristol Gardens, Maida Hill.
Abd-er-Rahjian, Syud, Barrister-at-Law, Madras.
Abrahams, Israel, Esq., F.R.S.L., E.R.G.S., 43, Sutherland
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British Burma.
"'•‘f kamatz, S., Esq., Japan.
Ale.xander, James, Esq., Verulani Club.
Alford, R. Gervase, Esq., Works Department, H.M. Dockyard,
Portsmouth.
Ali Mahomed Khan.
*'Allen, Clement F. A., Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Pakhoi, China.
*Allen, H. J., Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Newchwany, China.
*Ameer Ali, Moulvi Syed, M.A., LL.B., India.
Amherst, W. Amhurst Tyssen, Esq., M.P., 88, Brook Street,
Grosvenor Square; Didlinyton Park, Brandon, Suffolk.
^Anderson, John, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., Indian Museum,
Calcutta.
Anderson, Major-Gen. R. P., Lucknow Residency, Harold Road,
Upper Norwood, S.E.
Anderson, Gen. W. Warden, Senior United Service Chib.
Andrew, Sir William, C.I.E., 29, Bryanstone Square, W.
*Ansorge, Prof.W.J., LL.D., Roy. Coll, ofMauritius, Port Louis.
Arbib, Dr. Enrico, 5, Craven Hill, W.
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*fARDASEEE, Hormanji, Esq., Bomhay.
Arnold, Edwin, Esq., C.S.I., 140, Cromwell Road.
Arthur, The Rev. W., M.A., Battersea Rise, Clapham Common.
Ashburner, L. R., Esq., C.S.I., Wimlledon.
*Aston, W. G., Esq., British Consulate, Hiogo, Japan.
Atteridge, The Rev. A. Hilliard, S.J., St. Beuno's College, St.
Asaph, North Wales.
*Austen,Lieut.-Col. H.H. Godwin-, F.R.S., Junior United Service
Cluh: Nore Bramley, Guildford.
Austin, Stephen, Esq., Hertford, Herts.
*Baba, Tatui, Esq., Japan.
*fRABBAGE, ilaj.-Gen.H.P.,BaintonHouse,Parh-rd.,Bromley,Kent.
*Baber, E. Colborne, Esq., Chinese Secretary, Pehin.
Baddelet, H. St. Claii’,Esq., 5, Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington
Gore, S.W.
*fBALL, James Dyer, Esq., H.H.C.S., 2, West Terrace, Hong Kong.
^Barkley, David Graham, Esq., Lahore, Punjab.
Baeonian, The Rev. S., Armenian Vicarage, Upper Brook Street,
Manchester.
*Baeeow, Lieut. Arthur F., 12th Regiment B.N.I., Agra.
*|Bate, The Rev. J. Drew, Allahabad, India.
Batten,J.H.,Esq.,F.R.G.S.,5,MansionTerrace,Heavitree,Exeter.
*fBATNES, A. E., Esq., 19, Castle Street, Holborn.
Beal, The Rev. S., Prof, of Chinese, University College, London;
The Rectory, Wark, Northumberland.
^Beaiies, John, Esq., Commissioner ofBurdwan, Chinsurah, Bengal.
*|Bechee, H. M., Esq., Messrs. Jardine Co., Shanghai.
'’•Beighton, T. Durant, Esq., Midnapore, Bengal.
*Bellew, Walter H., Esq., Surgeon-Major, C S.I., Lahore.
tBENDALL, Cecil, Esq., Fellow of Caius College; British Museum;
9, Tichfield Terrace, North Gate, N.W.
Beetin, G., Esq., 124, Gower Street.
*Best, j. W., Esq.,Mangalore, Madras.
*Bhabha, ShapunjeD.,Esq.,M.D., ClyneHouse,RichmondGardens,
West Kensington Park.
*Bhawani Singh, Dr., M.D., Udaipur, Rajputdna.
Bhownaggei, Mancherji M., Esq., 107, Warwick Road, Earl's
Court, S.W.