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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASIA i*2* \ '■ i.-i ; ' pk-r'V:- arw*<i ;• i* < «T,» ii'fjrtvv S *r/ r vt rlr t *-* r >P*f%r*, .. * <1 v i srJT^r V 1 .W' « *! V VI Ir : f ,1 1|| t * r^OTH iTTl .• <■<.>> ikr*\ 4 [vV\| '* fx - Ear kAsSs *4BM* Ml jLtJ 4^.«fc3 m am 1 * +-M |»if 11 Jf,4 •|T » ft \ •..i.Arap * '/^v! wi it >, ' • jfc. W • * The date shows when this volume wasftaken All books not in use for instruction or re¬ search are limited to all borrowers. Volumes of periodi¬ cals and of pamphlets comprise so many sub¬ jects,that they are held in the library as much as possible. For spe¬ cial purposes they are given out for a limited time. Graduates and sen¬ iors are allowed five volumes for two weeks. Other students may have two vols. from the circulating library for two weeks. Books not needed during recess periods should be returned to the library, or arrange¬ ments made for their return during borrow¬ er’s absence, if wanted. Books needed by more than one person are held on the reserve list. Books of special value and gift books, when the giver wishes it, are not allowed to circulate. r-.OrN x- C @ J. mTh-1 ft A* in. CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY A^ 0 2, 4&3> - ' JOURNAL OP THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. VOL. LVI. PART I. (History, Antiquities, &c.) (Nos. I to III.—1887 : with 10 plates.) EDITED BY Jhe J^hilo logical ^Secretary. “ It will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of science in different parts of Asia, will commit their observations to writing, and send them to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta. It will languish, if such communications shall be long intermitted ; and it will die away, if they shall entirely cease.” SIR Wll. JONES. CALCUTTA: PRINTED BY J. W. THOMAS, AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, AND PUBLISHED BY THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, 57, PARK STREET. 1887. «w I CONTENTS OP JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Vol. LVI, Part I, for 1887. Page No. I. A brief account of Tibet from “ Dsam Ling Gyeshe,” the well-known geographical work of Lama Tsanpo Nomankhan of Amdo.—° Translated by Sarat Chandra Das, C. I. E. 1 Sitd's Window or Buddha's Shadow cave.—By S. J. Cockburn, Esq., M. A. S. Bengal, . 31 No. II. The Safwi Dynasty of Persia. (With four Plates of unpublished coins.)—By E. E. Oliver, M. I. C. E., M. R. A. S. 37 Antiquities at Nagari.—By Kavi Raj Shyamal, Das, M. R. A. S., F. R. H. S. Translated by Bab\j Ram Prasad. (With two Plates), . 74 Notes on the city of PLirdt.—By Captain C. E. Yate, Political Officer, Afghan Boundary Commission, . 84 Three new copper-plate grants of Govindachandra Deva of Kanauj, dated Samvat 1180, 1181, and 1185. (With three Plates.)—By A. Fuhrer, Ph. D. 106 No. III. Kashmiri Biddles.—By the Rev. J. Hinton Knowles, F. R. G. S., M. R. A. S., etc. 125 Notes on a Donative Inscription of Vidyddhara Bhanja, belonging to C. T. Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of the Orissa Division. (With a Plate)—By Rajendralala Mitra, LL. D., C. I. E. ... 154 Notes on the ancient mounds in the Quetta District.—By Major J. F. Garwood, R. E. (With a Plate.) . 161 The mother of Jahangir.—By H. Beveridge, C. S. 164 Notes on the Coins mentioned by Major Raverty in his notes to his Translation of the Tdbaqdt-i-Nasiri.—By Chas. J. Rodgers, M. R. A. S., Assoc, M. A. S. B. 167 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from BHL-SIL-FEDLINK https://archive.org/details/journalofasiatic5618asia LIST OF PLATES IN JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Vol. LYI, Part I, for 1887. Pis. I—IV, (pp. 64=73). Silver Coins of the Safwi Dynasty of Persia. PI. Y, (p. 75). The Ubh’ Diwal or Akbar’s Lamp, near Nagari. --'''PI. Ya, (p. 77). Two Ancient Inscriptions from Nagari. PI. YI, (p. 108). The Raiwan Grant of Govinda Chandra Deva of Kananj, Sam. 1180. _.P1. VII and VIII, (pp. 114 and 119) Two Benares Grants of Govinda Chandra Deva of Kananj, Sam. 1181 and 1185. PI. IX, (p. 159). Grant of Vidyadhara Bhanja Deva. PI. X, (p. 163). A Bronze statue of Hercules, found in the Quetta Miri. ERRATUM. P. 77, 1. 14, read S. 1561 (19 April 1504) instead of S. 1566 (1510). ■ INDEX TO JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Vol. LVI, Part I, FOR 1887. Abba'S I, king of Persia, p. 44. Das, Sarat Chandra, a brief account -■—-, coins of, p. 68. of Tibet, p. 1. -, II, of Persia, p. 48. Dost Muhammad Khan, tombstone of -, coins of, p. 68. p. 90. ’ -, III, of Persia, p. 56. Dsam Ling Gyeshe, a geographical work -, coins of, p. 71. on Tibet, p. 1. Abdul Hak Abid, Maulavf, translations of Persian inscriptions, pp. 84, 100. Abu Isma’il Khaja Abdullah, inscriptions ■Bath ’All Shah, of Persia, coins of on tomb of, pp. 88, 89. p. 73. ’Adil Shah, of Persia, p. 59. Fiihrer, Dr. A., three new copper-plate Afghan kings of Persia, p. 51. grants of Govinda Chandra Deva of Ahmad Shah Durani, in Persia, p. 59. Kanauj, p. 106. Akbar’s Lamp, p. 75. ’Ali Musa Rasa Imam, coins struck in the name of, pp. 60, 71. VJARWOOD, Major J. F., notes on the Antiquities of Nagari, p. 74. ancient mounds in the Quetta District, Ashraf, king of Persia, p. 54. p. 161. -, coins of, p. 70. Genealogy of the Safwi Dynasty of Per¬ sia, p. 61. “ of the Bhanja race, p. 156. Govinda Chandra Deva, copper-plate Benares, copperplate grant of Go- grants of, p. 106. vindachandra, p. 113. Grants, copper-plate, of Govinda Chan¬ -, another, p. 118. dra Deva, p. 106. Beveridge, H., the mother of Jahangir, Gurgin Khan, a Persian General, p. 50. p. 164. Bhanja or Bhanjana, race of kings, p. 156. Hathiom ka bara, near Nagari, Buddha’s Shadow cave, p. 31. p. 74. Hirat, notes on city of, p. 84. NSCRIPTIONS, at Nagari, pp. 78, 79. (jOCKBURN, S. J., Sita’s window or > at Ghasnndi, p. 77. Buddha’s Shadow cave, p. 31. , at Hirat, p. 86. Coins of the Safwi Dynasty, pp. 74, 67. , of Govinda Chandra -, mentioned in Major Raverty’s Deva, p. 106. translations of the Tabaqat-i-Na- ‘ • of Vidyadhara Bhan- §iri, p. 167. ja, p. 154. Copper-plate grants of Govindachandra ~ " > Prabhasa cave, d. Deva, p. 106. 34. y • • • Till Index. Isma’il I, of Persia, p. 39. -, coins of, pp. 64, 65. AIWAN,copper-plate grant of Kanauj, -II, of Persia, p. 42. p. 106. -, coins of, p. 67. Raverty, Major, coins mentioned in his translation of the Tabaqat-i-Nasirf, p. 167. Riddles, Kashmiri, p. 125. AHANGrR, mother of, p. 164. J Rodgers, Chas. J., notes on the coins mentioned in Major Raverty’s trans¬ lation of the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, p. 167. HlAXAUJ, grants of Govinda Chandra Deva of, p. 106. Kashmiri Riddles, p. 125. SaFWI, king of Persia, p. 47. Knowles, Rev. J. Hinton, Kashmiri Rid¬ • dles, p. 125. Safwi, dynasty of Persia, p. 37. -, genealogy of, p. 61. -, contemporary Rulers, p. 63. j^AHMlTD, Afghan King of Persia, -, coins of, pp. 64ff. Shah Husain, of Persia, pp. 49, 60. p. 51. --, coins of, p. 70. -, coins of, pp. 69, 73. Miri, or citadel of Quetta, p. 161. Shah Rukh, of Persia, p. 60. Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala, notes on a do¬ -, coins of, p. 72. native inscription of Vidhyadhara -, inscriptions, pp. 86, 96. Bhanja, p. 154. Sita’s Window cave, p. 31. Mounds, ancient in Quetta District, p. Sulaiman I, of Persia, p. 49. 161. -. coins of, pp. 68, 69. Muhammad Karim Khan, king of Persia, -II, of Persia, p. 60. p. 60. Syamal Das, Kaviraj, the antiquities of -, coins of, p. 72. Nagari, p. 74. -Khan, of Persia, coins of, p. 73. -, Khodabanda, king of Persia, TaBAQAT-I-NASIRI', coins mentioned p. 43. " in Major Raverty’s translations of, p. -, coins of, p. 67. 167v Tahmasp I, of Persia, p. 41. -, coins of, pp. 66, 67. -II, of Persia, pp. 52, 53, 54, 59, IN^ADIR Shah, of Persia, pp. 55—59. 60. -, coins of, pp. 57, 71, 72. -, coins of, pp. 60, 61, 70, 71. Nagari, antiquities of, p. 74. Tibet, brief account of, p. 1. OlIVER, E. E., the Safwi Dynasty of TJBH’DI'WAL, or Akbar’s lamp, p. 75. Persia, p. 37. ’Usmanli Turks in Persia, p. 44. Uzbak, invading Persia, pp. 41, 43, 45. RABIIA'SA, ancient cavo near, p. 31. i YlDYADIIARA Bhanja, donative ins¬ -inscription at, p. 34. cription of, p. 154. Persia, tho Rufwf dynasty of, p. 37. -Afgliun kings of, p. Gl. YaTE, Captain C. E., notes on tho city of 11 irdt, p. 81. QlPCHAQ T/it/irs, in Persia, p. 48. Quetta District, ancient mounds in, p. 161. UBDATU-T-TAWARTKII, pp. 37, Gl. JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL Part I.—HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. No. I.—1887. A brief account of Tibet from “ Dsam Ling Gyeshe,” the well-known geo¬ graphical work of Lama Tsanpo Nomankhan of Amdo—Translated by Sarat Chandra Das, C. I. E. In the sacred Buddhist scriptures called Chhos mngon-par mdsod (Abhidharma kosha) occurs the following :— “ Hence northward there lie black mountains nine, 11 Which passed, the lofty snow-clad peaks appear, “ Beyond which extend Himavat, the realm of snow/’ This alludes to the long ranges of both low and lofty mountains which intervene between Uddayana (Afghanistan) and the Chinese province of Yunan.
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