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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.
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ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
ART. I.-On the Geographical Limits, History, and Chronology of the
Chera Kingdom of Ancient India. By MR. J. DowSON
ART. II.-On the Rock-Cut Temples of India. By JAMES FERGUSSON,
Esq.
ART. III.-Notes on Indian Agriculture, as practised in the Western or
Bombay Provinces of India. By ALEXANDER GIBSON, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Botanic Garden of Daporee
ART. IV.-A Letter to RICHARD CLARKE, ESQ., Honorary Secretary to
the Royal Asiatic Society, on the Oriental MSS. in the Library of
Eton College
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104
ART. V.-Abstract of a Discourse, by DR. FALCONER, on the Fossil
Fauna of the Sewalik Hills
ART. VI.—On the Identification of the Mustard Tree of Scripture. By
J. FORBES ROYLE, M.D., F.R.S., L.S., and G.S., &c., Professor
of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, King's College, London
ART. VII.-Summary of the Geology of Southern India. By CAPTAIN
NEWBOLD, F.R.S., &c., Assistant Commissioner for Kurnool
ART. VIII.—A few Observations on the Temple of Somnath. By CAP-
TAIN POSTANS
ART. IX.-Report on some of the Rights, Privileges, and Usages of the
Hill Population in Meywar. By CAPTAIN W. HUNTER, of the
Meywar Bhil Corps
ART. X.-On the Hyssop of Scripture. By J. FORBES ROYLE, M.D.,
F.R.S., L.S., and G.S., &c., Professor of Materia Medica and
Therapeutics, King's College, London
ART. XI.-Summary of the Geology of Southern India. By CAPTAIN
ART. XII.-The Chenchwars; a wild Tribe, inhabiting the Forests of
the Eastern Ghauts. By CAPTAIN NEWBOLD, F.R.S., &c.,
Assistant Commissioner for Kurnool.
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ART. XIII.-Account of Aden. By J. P. MALCOLMSON, ESQ., Civil and Staff Surgeon
275
ART. XIV.-Narrative of an Excursion from Pesháwer to Sháh-Báz
Ghari. By C. MASSON, ESQ.
293
ART. XV.-On the Kapur-di-Giri Rock Inscription. By MR. E. NORRIS 301
Note by the DIRECTOR
.308
Geology of Southern India
. 315
ART. XVI.—Analysis of the Ganesa Purána, with special reference to
the History of Buddhism. By the REV. DR. STEVENSON
ART. XVII.-The Ante-Brahmanical Religion of the Hindus. By the
REV. DR. STEVENSON
. 319
ART. XVIII-Memorandum on certain Fossils, more particularly a new
Ruminant found at the Island of Perim, in the Gulf of Cambay.
By ALBEMARLE BETTINGTON, Esq., of the Bombay Civil
Service, F.G.S., M.R.A.S.
ART. XIX.-Extract from a Letter addressed by PROFESSOR WESTER-
GAARD to the REV. DR. WILSON, in the year 1843, relative to the
Gabrs in Persia
ART. XX.-Visit to the Bitter Lakes, Isthmus of Suez, by the bed of the
ancient Canal of Nechos, the "Khalij al Kadim" of the Arabs, in
June, 1842. By CAPTAIN NEWBOLD, F.R.S.
ART. XXI.-On the Secret Triad Society of China, chiefly from Papers
belonging to the Society found at Hong Kong. By the REV.
C. GUTZLAFF
ART. XXII.-The Cinnamon Trade of Ceylon, its Progress and Present
State. By JOHN CAPPER, ESQ.
ART. XXIII.-Reports on the Manchur Lake, and Aral and Narra
Rivers. By CAPTAIN POSTANS, and R. C. KNIGHT, ESQ., com-
municated by CAPTAIN POSTANS
ART. XXIV.-On the traces of Feudalism in India, and the condition of
Lands now in a comparative state of Agricultural Infancy. By
the late AUGUSTUS PRINSER, ESQ.
ART. XXV.-Extracts from a Report on Chota Nagpore. By S. T.
CUTHBERT, ESQ., Magistrate, Ramghur
Notes on the Perim Fossil. By PROFESSOR OWEN .
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