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JOURNAL OV TBK

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, SDim

BT

THE SECBETABIES.

VOL.

xxxm.

No8. I. TO V. with a Supplementary No. and an Appe

** It will flonrisli, if naturalists, chemists, auticjtiarioH, pliilolotjors, and men of acicnco iu diilcrt-nt partti uf Asia, will ooininit their ohHcrvatious tu writiug^, aad Mid kliem to tlie AaSaOo Sooiely at Calcatta. It wiU laagiUBh if Mooh oonaniiioations ahail lie loog intemittod < and it will die awiqr« if they ihaU

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Wm.

Jones,

CALCUTTA PEDITBO BT

C. B. LEWIS,

BAPTIST MISSION PRESS.

18G5.

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CONTENTS.

No.

gfla.

(Pabliahcd 27 tb April, 1864.)

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On the history

of tlie Bnrmah Race. By Lient. -Colonel A. P. Pm AVUK, O. 1:^., ^'^11*'' ('«»iuiiiissi()ner of British Bnriiiali Account «>i luriluT iutiTcoiir.se with tiie iNatives of tlie Aiulain;... --'

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on the I3Actro-Pali Inscription from Taxila. — — General A. CuNyiNGnAM ... Remark on the " Lalg' of CloAr Water" in the

Note

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lJej»nty Cotuniissioner, Basscm,

irom a K« port on Olasfpkp, Deputy

Extract O.

Enumeration

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of India

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J^t.-Qol

and High —

tions t^-ikoii at

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months

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and Jannary and February, of the

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Meteorological

Suncyor General V^OfKcts

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of S.

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Lit^Turv Tntelli^^'nct', (Jorrospomlenco, tj'c, t he Asiatic Society for the luonths Prtxreet iiuK^

and Peocmber^ l^tK^ Abstract of the Rcsnlis

F. G.

the D( pciidoiicy of Bustar.— By Capt! Commr. ot the Upper Godavery

of the Hot Spnngs

Memorandiii II

21 1 Major-

Bistricf

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O'Kiley, Esq.

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Qbserva

Calcutta, fo r

Uctobcr, Xoveinbcr and

December, No. 294. (Published 20th June, 1864.)

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Memnrainlam on the I'alaco

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Statues

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Major Amherst, Tenasserim

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a Land Grant of Maheudrapala RA\?KNnnAL.\'LA MlTUA, ... Literary Intcllib^cnce,

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ProceocHngy of iho Asiatic Sooipty for the montli of Abetract of tlx' Meteorological Oltsoivations taken at

Page June, 1804, 335 Gangaroo-

wa, near .bumdy, Ccylou, in July and Augiibt,

No.

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29fi.

(Published 19th Docomber, 1864.)

On the

npplication of tlic; ChnractcrH of the "Roman Alpbahct to Oriental Languages. Capt. W. Nassau Lkes, On the Buddhibt RcniainH of Sultanganj. By Babu Ra'jbndba«

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rTTRA^ la' LA • • •mm Notes on the Didnnculus Strigirostris, or Tooth-Billed l*igoon of the Navigator Islands the nearest living Ally to the extinct Communicated By Sir W. Dexison, Dtxio. Memorandum (>n the Elephant Statues in the Delhi Palace. By Col. J. Abbott, ... ..^ Obgervations on the Geological features, drc., of the Conntry in the neigh honrhooh Trade with AVestem China via Bumiah. By Dr. 0. Williams, ... 407 Table of the Coin.s of former Govennnents more or leaa cnrrftnt in the Bazars of the Goojrat District in 1659^ ... ... 434 Literary Intelligence, ... _ ••• 441 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for the months of July, An gu>t and September, 1M4, ... ... ... ... 442 Abstriict of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological QbserN'a tions taken at the Surveyor General's Oflice, Calcutta, for the months of April, ^fay ami June, iSfil, ... xxv Abstract of the Meteorological Observations taken at Gangaroo^ wa, near Kandy, Ceylon, in September, October and Novem -

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xvii

1863,

Supplementary No. (Published Docomber 23rd, 1864.)

Cunninghanrs ArehaN>logical Survey Report for 1863- 64, ... communicated by the Government of India, 77.

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(Published 10th April, 1865)

On

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infn

Meuibor

of

the

German

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The Mines

Rajpootana.—-Ry Col. »J. C. Bkookb, Note oil tlie llailstoriu of T}mr>«lav the l24th Maivli.— By Hknuy F. Blanpord, a. E. S. M., F. G. S, Joint Secretary of the

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Asiatic Society, Observ^ations on keeping Salt-water ¥[>.h alive for a considerable time. By Lt.-Col. K. C. Tytlkr,.. Observations on a few species of Geckos alive in the possession

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Author. By Lt.-Col. R. C. Tytleb, ... ... on the Mmjbura at Hailnn, ... ... Peculiarities and Uses of the Pillar Towers of the British Lslands, by Dr. T. A. Wise, ... ... ... .. ... Proceed in,L^^s of the Asiatic Society for the months of November and December, 1 S 64, Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Ubserva tioTis taken at the Surveyor Genorars Office, Calcutta, for the niontlis of July, August, September, October, November and December, lS()4, .. T7T ... ... ... Abstract of the Meteorological Observations taken at Gangaroowa, near Kandy, Ceylon, in December lbG3, and January and Febniary, 1864, „ 77. Appcndix---Libt of Naturalists, Numismatists, ifcc, ... of tlie

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UST OF h

ILLUSTEATIONS,

t

given

It

to

birtli

is

related that this king

birth to a son

of

five queens.

Having

four sons and five daughters.

tliese children Jlat-ta died.

young Trincess who gave

bad

The king then married a

named Dzandoo.

The

king^

highly pleased, promised to confer any &yonr on the young queen whiofa she

might

ask.

Prompted by her own kindred, she asked that

her son might be declared heir to the throne. the king consented, and caUing his sons and retinue of followers, with elephants and

After

much

horses,

to establish a country, and search for a place to

entreaty,

gave

daui^liters,

tlieni

a

and they went forth

buUd a

city.

embryo of GatUama Fhra^ a wealthy JSuop^n-ia Braknum^ having abandoned his house, had become a hennit in a teak

At

this time the

forest* in the

Himalaya jungles or mountains. an En-gyeen

gyee^ it

is called

lodge.

The Princes came

The hermit

forest.

In the Sad^ga-Weng*

There the hermit had

built his

to the place in search of a site for a city.

foresaw that a city built there, would, in after time, be of

great fame in Dzam^m-^iee-pat the world of man, and adviBed build theur city there

and to

consulted together saying

call it

£ap^i-khwot,f

them to Then the Princea

There are with us no king's daughters of

our own race, nor are there any king's sons for our sisters are

made

witli

other races

tlie

children become impure

if

;

;

marriages

in order to

preserve our race, let us put aside our eldest sister as a mother,^

we

four

many our

four younger sisters." It was done so.

and

From that

• The nntionnl cl r •nitlor disciwses whothorthe forest in qnestioii oonsiated Imally «leci(k>8 in favour of the teak aa the more diguifi* Sal or of Te ak tn-fw. ed tree of the two, but appears lo have come to a wnitig conclusion. f This appears to dirnify ** the Kap-pj-l» Bmhnuiii's place of relif^ous duty. ^ In Burma to thlM «

boie

a hollow

When

hy

to the

The Princess

their fiither in all the

the king of BmrH'mh^tee

aeoomplishnieuts

iit

kmd what had

happened, he offered to resign the kingdom to his

Rdma.

father

But

Mama

refused saying', "

Here leaving my Ka-

I have built a city," and from that, the

lan tree,

r^ity

came to be

called

Mmt-U-na-ga^ and thenoe Ktnhle^a. When the sons of king Bdma uA ^[QeeD Pss^ had grown their mother said thna to them *Tbe Ptincea of the Tha^hee race of Kaip^UHOot aie yoor nnelea thor danglitefs are fond of dress latiie

the

in

your comeliness

tbeions

went

and perfmnea ; when they oome to

river Bau-ha-nee^*

you go to the

to the nver bank,

river

bank and seeing

Their mother having said thus,

they will love you."

and when the Thu-kee Princesses were

^bjing Uieir hair after bathing, they listened to the Ktiacea IS

and

Ae race

followed tiiem.

of the yoong

somnencing with king

When

men waa

words of the

the Tha-kee Frinoea heard thia,

notdiflkent) they acqmesoed.

Rdma and qneen ^ee-i/d,

Thus

the Kau-le-tfa tribe

tanginated.

The

Z)flioa-e-wa«da-h£

a

thou-

:

In-da^pa-ta-na-go.

Ihe kilgi

first

volume of the history then concludes with maxims

for

and people which need not be entered here.

The second Tolume opens with the following words

in the

fiiei

part

MM

we have

:

narrated the hietoiy of the kings eom«

NKi^g fiom Tkama-di up to the time of tiie eioeUent JPhrm ^MfMM^ there being three hnndred and thirty-fonr thousand five '''•dwd and sixty-nine kings in lineal succession. In this second portion

we shall relate the history of thirty kings ra

commencing ixom

Of these princes it will not be

neosMniy to rehkte more than what

^Mitial in order to nnderrtand the history of

^

refian

^ Budhi^it ^''1

oi

JPeinh-

up to king Dham-ma-thaU'ka,"

Bnimah.

The

is

history

to the eonntry of Ba-dta-gyo and then follows the stream rt ligioii

and authority, until

it

widens into the broad cha-

hovereignty under Dliam-mO'thaii'ka, whose seat of empire was

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aO

Om Oe

hUtorg of the

Thoodhau Jha-na, king of

tlu'

Tliek-ka

jii-la-wot, liad a great friendship for

in

Magadha.

Bha

.

had

[No.

king of Ra^dza gyo

a great friendship

.Tbe letter died eight

ettauned nmilbtm^ and his eon

A-M-ta4lMtt

reigned thirty-two

1,

the coiintr}' of Kap-

also

J2«-dSni^» Beem'ba4k6'ya,

Gentems

before

euooeeded.

in

stat»»

fjef-nee-ya

Tlie prince Theid-dhat-ta

for the prince of

yean

Burmak Baee,

yean

A'da&4a4hai

until the year

24

of religion [B. C. 519,] when he was succctxlcd by his son Oo-da-jfa^

bad

da.

man De-wa-daf, after » Aaog tenn of aoffiBring be wia to be pennitted to be bom aa » Fii94d-> ka-BiMa, He waa succeeded by bis aon Oo'da ye dm who rngned until the year 40 of religion, when bia son A^m^food -da conqpiied A'dza'ta-4hat formed a friendship with that base

and having murdered hie

fiither

waa condemned to hdl ; but

M

and reigned

in hig stead.

In the year 72 of religion his descendant 2^'a-ga-da-tha was set aside

by the people as one of a

parricide race,

Tkoo4hotHM-ffa succeeded biuL

and a nobleman named

Uis history

is aa

CoUowa.

In the

coontiy of We-ika4i^ the Zeita-tsha-we princes aasembled and consulted thus quiet

—

when

stirred

up

Our country haa

exertion

is

They

man, one of their own iwas princea took

all

the elementa of greatneis, yet

Why

race, to

be ao iq^pointed.

citizens, opened,

He

a noble.

l>y

Naga had

quiet K^'ause there

One of the LeiU'tska^ son. The the city. The j ir was

She gave Urth to n

was put into a jar and thrown outside

brought up

is

are other countries constantly

therefore caused the daughter of a wealthy

ber to bia own house.

found by some of the

city

for.

They decided that the country was

?*'

were no courtezans.

child

calkd

and the child was taken and

was named Thoo-ihoo-na-ga Ixn-ause the

uttered a sound like thoththoo which led to the dis-

covery of the jar.

At a time when

sent the

plied that the

We-tha

long greatness. The

The Brahman try

I will

princes,

*

U princes observed the law and were destined to

kinj^ said to the

replied, "

lirst

A^dtuhMhat meditated an attack against Brahman Wa4luhhtHfa to GMosm, who re-

Iring

We4Mif he

Make

a

Brahman, " What

show of

banishinaj

me

shall

?'*

go and destroy the unanimity of the We-tha-U

and you can then march and conquer the country."

W^^haiAii pffiBoes P

we do

from the coun-

vpfmn

In three

to hsire been one of the States of lbs LiHtt-Uhit^

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«

Om IA# Uttory

Jm.']

^

jmB ihm

of the Burmak BtM.

pko wai aoeompliahed, and by mmfm^ who hid beoome a nobto, wis

•foteallj heeome

he died

He waa

|w

this mMiis, the child Tib*-

bfoagfat to

in the

We-tha-U.

livetl in

Alter a reign of eighteen

year of religion 90.

succeeded by hi» son jajt-Uhthau-ka,

In his reign

in the

of Mligion 100, the Moond great Gooaeil waa hekl ui We^h&'li

mikat Shen-ja-iha-tay with aefcn hondved Kahandaa.

ym of rdigion 118.

On Ua

death hia son

of tiieijc

ten

brotliere

He died is the

Bai-^UhM^

with nina

In the year

Twmsrer brothers, ruigned for twenty-two years. la.-t

Bthdgor^o and

kins^.

King Thoo-thoo na qa year*,

11

named JPin-za-ma-ka, was

king.

14(0»

the

He

was

by one jLho-mhoo-mmHla who became king with the name of Otffm tke-na. His histoiy was as follows On the border of tb« coantiy of We4hm-U^ theie lired a lobber chief, who at the head of a ioiled

:

hnge bnad plvndorad the eonntiy* iBotrhants, a {>orter

—

Once, in plnndering a party of

bdonging to them joined the

He

robbers.

luxame the captain of the baud and was called

in time

Kho-thoo-nan-dki.

Gradually he acquired power, and at length usurped the throne, putting to

dsatb the king Pin-za-ma-ka.

Otf-^thiM-ma did not seeded him. dered

The

last

Hia eight younger brothen wks

live long.

He waa mur7}nm^'got4a of the

of them was Da-na-naU 'da-menff.

by DgtMtek'ba the Brahman, and

prince

Uc waa

Mau-re-ifa line wai» placed on the throne.

king of

all JJzatn'

bm-drt'-pa.

Tbo

bititory oi

Mtm-re-^a

the Xha-kee prinoaa

is

went and

WM called l&ii-f»jf»

thus built

die! early

In the time of the Phra, some of in the

Himalaya

foreita.

a peaooek'a neck.

Dsa-mek'hm^ the

inhabitant of the country of Tek-ka-tlw.

His

f^ither

and he was brought up under the care of his mother.

wben young was noted predicted that he

It

firom peaoooka being niimeroiiB there, or fipooi

the eity being in the diape ef

Bnhman, was an

:

a eit^y

lor his learning

and accomplishments.

He

It was.

would beeome a king, but at the request of hia

mother ho broke his canine teeth and vowed nerer to beoome a king.

He came to

the country of Pa-'Mi-poot, in the reign of Pa-na 'nan'da,

He became acquainted with the liiru

to lea\e the cilv and live

king's son, Pap-pa-ta, and persoaded in

a person to substitute for prince

«id he found T^an-da'got'ta.

the forest.

He

eruleavoured to find

Pap-pa-ta as successor to the throne.

His history

is

thus related.

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^

On

12 eountiy of

hiitoty

Mmmv^ wm

of the Bmrmak Baee.

Ihe queen being

atteeked and subdued.

pregnant fled to the conntiy of Ba-H-U^podt and there gave birth to

The child wae put in an earthen Teciel and placed near a cow The cowherd found him and brought him up with his own children. A friend of tlio cowherd, a hunter, loved the child and a

eon.

enclosure.

The

asked for him.

child then

was made over to the hunter.

dieplayed great power and ability, and the

TheBrahmaa

ingthereof gained poneanon of him from the hunter.

brought him up until he waa

By

l^t-ta.

Pap-pa-ia.

an

grown.

ftdl

artifice Tsaft'da-got-ta

He

Brahman Dtta-nek-ha heacw

He wai named Tttm-M^

was induced to murder prince

Tsan-da-got-ta then under the influence of Dza-ntk-ka

gradually collected forces, attacked villages, and at last expelled kiu^

Dthna-^n-da from Fa4i-UFpooi. THm'da-^ai4a then waa consecrated king. He had a son bom to liim who waa named PMiMCa-filii^ IlNNi-dSa