1890 18 9 0 THE JOURJN'AL OF THE / ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY or GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FOR 18 9 0 . LONDON: W. H. ALLEY & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. MDCCCXC, STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS, PRINTERS, HERTFORD. CONTENTS. — PAOB Art, I. A Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts in the Libraryof the Eoyal Asiatic Society. By Henry F. Holt 1 — Art. II. Book of the King’s Son and the Ascetic. By E. Behatsek 119 — Art. III. Adventures of a Japanese Sailor in the Malay Archipelago,a.d. 1764to 1771. ByW. G,Aston, C.M.G., D.Lit., M.E.A.S 157 — Art. IV. Methods of Archteological Excavation in India. ByA. Eea, M.E.A.S.,ArchaeologicalDepartment, Madras 183 Correspondence. 1. Candragomin’s ‘Letter to a Disciple.’ By H. Wenzel 203 2. Hiouen Thsang and the Four Vedas 204 Notes of the Quarter. 1. General Meetings ofthe Eoyal Asiatic Society. , . . 205 2. List of Presents to the Society, Oct.-Dec. 1889 215 . . 3. Contents of English Oriental Journals 216 4. Contents of Foreign Oriental Journals 217 5. Obituary Notices 217 6. Notes and News 228 7. Eeviews 231 \1 CONTENTS. — PAGE Aet. V. Early History of Kannada Literature. By B. Lewis Rice, C.I.E., Bangalore 245 — Aet. VI. Was the Book of Wisdom written in Hebrew? ByD. S. Maegoliouth, M.A., M.R.A.S., Laudian Professor ofArabic at Oxford 263 — Aet. VII. The Trisula Symbol. By William Simpson, R.I., M.R.A.S 299 — Aet. VIII. Notes on the Early History of Northern India. PartIV. Essayonthe Pre-Vedic HistoryofIndia and the Identity of the Early Mythologies of Europe and Asia, founded on a Study of the Brahmanas and of Sacrificial Observances. By J. E. Hewitt, Esq., M.R.A.S 319 Coeeespondence. 1. Le Theatre Persan. By Edouard Montet 483 2. The Trisula. By J. E. Hewitt 488 3. Madhava and Sayana. By P. Peterson 490 4. ,, ,, By Cecil Bendall 491 Notes or the Qttaetee. 1. General Meetings of the Royal Asiatic Society . . 494 2. List of Presents to the Society, Jan.-March, 1890 495 3. Contents of Eoreign Oriental Journals 497 4. Obituary Notice 498 5. Notes and News 502 6. Reviews 505 — Aet. IX. Chinese Antiquity. By Heebeet J. Allln, M.R.A.S 511 — Aet. X. Notes on the Early History of Northern India. Part V. On the Succession of the Hindu Priest- hood, the Bhrigus, Angiras, and Atharvans, and the Historical Evidence thence derived, followed by the History of the Year. By J. E. Hewitt, Esq., M.R.A.S 527 CONTENTS. vii — FADE Art. XI. The Duty of English-speaking Orientalists in regard to united action in adhering generally to Sir William Jones’s Principles ofTransliteration, especially in the case of IndianLanguages with ; a Proposal forPromoting a Uniform International Method of Transliteration so far at least as may be applicable to Proper Names. Py Sir Monier Monier-Williams, K.C.I.E., D.C.L 607 — Art.XII. Ona ProposedMethodof Transliteratingthe Lan- guages written in the Arabic Character. By H. T. Lyon, M.R.A.S 631 — Art. XIII. The Western Kshatrapas. By Pandit Buag- VANLAL IndrajI, Ph.D., M.R.A.S. Edited by E. J. Rapson, M.A., M.R.A.S.(British Museum), Fellow ofSt. John’s College, Cambridge 639 CoRRESPONDENCE. 1. Le Theatre Persan. By Major-General Sir E. J. Goldsmid 663 2. DerivationoftheWord “Ganga.” ByJ.F. Hewitt 664 Notes of the Quarter. 1. General Meetings of theRoyal Asiatic Society. . . . 666 2. List of Presents to the Society, April-June, 1890 684 3. Contents of Foreign Oriental Journals 685 4. Obituary Notices 685 5. Notices of Books 687 6. Notes and News 692 — Art. XIV. Notes on the Early History of Northern India. Part VI. On the Historical Value, Origin, and Growth of Early Methods of Record anterior to Alphabets, including Ideographic Signs, Sacred Numbers, and Myths. By J. F. Hewitt, Esq., — Art. XV. The History ofthe Mosque of Amr at Old Cairo. By Eustace K. Corbett 759 viii CONTENTS. PAGE — Art. XVI. Titles of the Sanskrit MSS. in the Todd and Whish Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society. 801 . CoEEESPONnENCB. 1. Sir M. Monier-Williams on Transliteration. By G. A. Grierson 814 2. Note on above. By Sir M. Monier-Williams .... 820 3. Herodotus on the Magians. By G. Bertin 821 4. Modern Name of “Ur of the Chaldees.” By Sir J. W. Redhouse ...... 822 Notes of the Quarter. 1. List of Additions to the Library, July-Oct. 1890 824 2. Contents ofForeign Oriental Journals 826 3. Obituary Notices 827 4. Notes and News 830 5. Notices of Books 844 List of Members 1-24 Alphabetical List of Authors A CATALOGUE OF THE CHINESE MANUSCEIPTS IN THE LIBRAKY OF THE KOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. ERRATA. No. 6 For Hwa ch’ien read Hua chien. 18 E’o Ko. yy yy yy 30 Lin Lien. y> yy yy 33 tsoo tsu. yy yy yy yy 34 yy yy ti 47 yy yy yy yy yy 69 chung tsung. yy yy yy 73 ch’ien chien. yy yy yy 100 tseen ts’an. yy yy yy 118 No. 125 No. 126. yy yy yy 146 cli’ien chien. ^y yy yy 191 che chih. yy yy yy t 216 yy yy yy 225 yy yy yy yy yy 251 245 246. yy yy yy 262 shoo shu. yy yy yy t 269 yy yy yy 347 yy yy yy 361 pe pei. yy yy yy m 424 yy yy yy yy 548 yy tso yy tS07t. — The following Catalogue was compiled between 1879 and 1881 by Mr. Henry F. Holt, then Joint-Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, with a view to afford greater facilities of reference to the valuable Chinese Library of this Society. The Council having decided to print the Catalogue, Mr. Giles, of the Chinese Consular Service, has been kind enough to correct the proofs. Mr. Holt’s preface was as follows : “ The plan which has been pursued has been to arrange the works in various book-cases named after China itself or after eminent persons wdiose names are associated with that country. “The letters andfigureswhich accompanythenames indicate the exactposition of each work in itsrespective case, so that no difficulty need ever be experienced by the Librarian in selecting or replacing any work which may be required, whether he be acquainted with the language or not. “Another feature which has been introduced consists in the series of cross referenceswhich have been given. In this Library, as in others, it occurs that several works are incomplete. With a view therefore of, as far as possible, remedying this defect, references have been made to the Catalogues of the other Chinese Libraries in London, namely those of the British Museum, the India Office, and University College, Gower Street. These are respectively indicated by the letters b.m. (British Museum), i.o.c (India Office Catalogue), and L.u. (London University). By these means the Student, finding an imperfect copy of the work of which he is in search on these shelves, can tell where other and perhaps perfect copies may be found. V PREFACE. ‘‘ Printed copies of the Catalogue of the India Office and British Museum Libraries will be found here. That of University College is a Manuscript of 140 pages, each containing five slips. A copy of it was made by Mr. H. J. Holt, and will be found in this Library. The method of reference to it will be seen on the first page. “ Other references have also been made to Wylie {Notes on Chinese Literature), Cordier {Bibliotheca Sinica), and Mayers {Chinese Headers' Manual), as well as to Professor Kidd’s Catalogue of this Library made in 1838. Names of translators have been added, as far as known, together with occasional notes of general literary interest. “This Library, which contains some 5000 volumes, cannot of course compare with the national collection at the British Museum, which has four times as many. But there is good reason for believing that it is quite on a par with any other. In it almost every branch of Chinese Literature is represented, and it contains many works not to be found in any other collection in this country.” It is to be hoped that members of the Society interested in Chinese studies will, by donations either of books or money, help to make this useful collection more complete. T. W. RHYS DAVIDS, Secretary, B.A.S. Royal Asiatic Society, 22, Albemarle Street, January, 1889.