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JOURNAL

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THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

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TRÜBNER AND CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.

MDCCCLXXXVIII.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XX.

[NEW SERIES.]

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ART. I.-The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Van. By the Rev.
Professor A. H. SAYCE, M.A., M.R.A.S....

ART. II.-Some Suggestions of Origin in Indian Architecture.
By WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.R.A.S.

ART. III.-The Chaghatai Mughals. By E. E. OLIVER,
M.1.C.E., M.R.A.S.

ART. IV. Sachau's Albirúní. By Major-General Sir F. J.
GOLDSMID, C.B., K.C.S.I., M.R.A.S.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

1. The Bibliography of Africa, by Capt. T. G. de
Guiraudon ....

2. Notes on African Philology, by Capt. T. G. de
Guiraudon...

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3. The Migration of Buddhist Stories, by Serge
d'Oldenburg

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147

4. Kālidāsa in Ceylon, 522, by T. W. Rhys Davids.. 148

NOTES OF THE QUARTER.

1. Reports of Meetings of the Royal Asiatic Society,
Session 1887-8...

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2. Proceedings of Asiatic or Oriental Societies
3, Contents of Foreign Oriental Journals