Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. New Series, Vol. II. 1906

Published by Asiatic Society of Bengal / Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta, 1907

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Some dampstains to cloth at margins of boards. Some loss of leather at tips of corners of boards. Gutter split at title page. Some foxing.; Complete year, ten issues bound in one volume. New Series, Vol. II, Nos. 1-10. viii, xxix, [1], 537, [1], lxxxii (Index) pages + 6 plates. Front and rear blue card covers for all 10 numbers bound in at rear. Half red morocco leather binding. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Page dimensions: 235 x 149mm. Contents includes: Romaka, or the City of Rome, as mentioned in the Ancient Pali and Sanskrit Works by Mahamahopa Dhyaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana; Two New Cyprinid Fishes from the Helmand Basin by C. Tate Regan, communicated by A. W. Alcock; The Origin of Mankind (according to the Lamaic Mythology) by Rai Sarat Chandra Das; Some Lullabies and Topical Songs collected in Persia by Lieutenant-Colonel D. C. Phillott; Notes on the Freshwater Fauna of India by N. Ananandale; Some Persian Riddles collected from dervishes in the South of Persia by D. C. Phillott; Gyantse Rock Inscription of Chos-rgyal-gnis-pa, a ruler under the Sakyapa Hierach in the fourteenth century A.D. by Mahamahopadhyaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana; On the Hindu Method ofManufacturing Spirit from Rice, and its scientific explanation by J. C. Ray; Sanskrit Literature in Bengal during the Sena rule by Monmohan Chakravarti; Preliminary Notes on the Rats of Calcutta by W. C. Hossack; Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. No. IV. - Notes on the Indian Tortoises by N. Annandale; Note on a rare Indo-Pacific Barnacle by N. Anandale; Shaista Khan in Bengal (1664-66) by Jadunath Sarkar; Some Street Cries collected in Persia by D. C. Phillott; A New Gecko from the Eastern Himalayas by N. Annandale; Anthropological Supplement. 1. An Old Reference to the Bhotias by H. Beveridge. 2. Note on a Quarain of 'Umar-i-Khayyam by D. C. Phillott. 3. A Persian Nonsense Rhyme by D. C. Phillott; Bibliomancy, Divination, Superstitions, amongst the Persians by D. C. Phillott; Some Arab Folk Tales from Hazramaut by D. C. Phillott and R. F. Azoo; A Tibetan Almanac for 1906-07 by Mahamahopadhaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhushana; The Paladins of the Kesar Saga. A collection of Sagas from Lower Ladakh. Tale No. 1 by A. H. Francke; Anthropological Supplement. 6. Two Persian equivalents for Peter Piper by D. C. Phillott; Notes on the Huma or Lammergeyer by D. C. Phillott. Seller Inventory # 24398

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Title: Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society...

Publisher: Asiatic Society of Bengal / Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta

Publication Date: 1907

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.