THE JOURNAL KOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. TsTEW SEieXES. VOLUME THE SEVENTH. LONDON: TEUBNER AND CO., 57 & 59, LUDGxATE HILL. MDCCCLXXV. STEPHENAVSTINANDSONS, PRINTERS,HERTFORD. CONTENTS OF VOL. VII. [new series.] ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. — PAGE Art. I. The Upasampadd-Kammavdcd being the Buddhist Manual of the Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests and Deacons. The Pali Text, with a Translation and Notes. By J. F. Dickson, B.A., sometime Student of Christ Church, Oxford, now of the Ceylon Civil Service 1 — Art. II. Notes on the Megalithic Monuments of the Coim- batore District, Madras. By M. J. Walhouse, late Madras C.S 17 — — Art. III. Notes on the Sinhalese Language. No. 1. On the Formation of the Plural of Neuter Nouns. By B. C. Childees, late of the Ceylon C.S. 35 — . . Art. IV. The Pali Text of the Mahdparinibhdna Sutta and Commentary, with a Translation. By B. C. Childers, late of the Ceylon Civil Service .... 49 — Art. V. The Brhat-Sahhita or, Complete System of ; Natural Astrology ofVaraha-mihira. Translated from Sanskrit into English by Dr. H. Kern .... 81 — Art. VI. Note on the Valley of Choombi. By Dr. A. —Campbell, late Superintendent of Darjeeling . . 135 Art. VII. The Name of the Twelfth Imam on the Coinage of Egypt. By H. Satjvaire and Stanley Lane Poole 140 — Art. VIII. Three Inscriptions of Parakrama Bahu the Great from Pulastipura, Ceylon (date circa 1180 A.D.). By T. W. Bhts Davids 152 — Art. IX. Of the Kharaj or Muhammadan Land Tax its ; Application to British India, and Effect on the Tenure of Land. By N. B. E. Baillie 172 ; IV CONTENTS. FADE — Art. X. Sienir, the Lion Kock, near Pulastipura, Ceylon and the Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Mahavamsa. By T. W. Ehts Davids 191 — Art. XI. The Xorthern Frontagers ofChina. Part I. The Origines of the Mongols. By H. H. Howorth 221 — . . Art. XII. Inedited Arabic Coins. By Stanley Lane Poole 243 — Art. XIII. Notice on theDinars ofthe Ahbasside Dynasty. By Edward Thomas Bogers 262 — Art. XIV. The Northern Frontagers of China. Part II. The Origines of the Manchus. By H. H. Howorth 305 — Art. XV. Notes on the Old Mongolian Capital of Shangtu. By S. W. Bhshell, B.Sc., M.D 329 — Art. XVI. Oriental Proverbs in their Eelations to Folk- lore, History, Sociology with Suggestions for ; their Collection, Interpretation, Publication. By the Eev. J. Long 339 — Art. XVII. Two Old Simhalese Inscriptions. The Sahasa Malla Inscription, date 1200 a.d., and the Euwanwaeli Dagaba Inscription, date 1191 a.d. Text, Translation, and Notes. By T. W. Ehts Davids 353 — Art. XVIII. Notes on a Bactrian Pali Inscription and the Samvat Era. By Prof. J. Dowson 376 — Art. XIX. Note on a Jade Drinking Vessel ofthe Emperor Jahangir. By Edward Thomas, F.E.S 384 Index 391 Appendix. A Specimen of a Syriac Version of the Kalllah wa-Dimnah, with an English Translation. By W. 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