Centenary Review of the Asiatic Society of Bengal from 1784-1883 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...to be valuable in the native chronicles and annals of those countries. The help afforded by these contributions has, in several cases, proved invaluable. Particularly was this the case with regard to Professor H. H. Wilson s Essay on the history of Kashmir, which has been already mentioned in connection with the Kashmir coins,6 and Mr. A. Stirling s account, geographical, statistical and historical, of Orissa Proper or Cuttack.7 The latter me moir was partly based on a native chronicle, 1 J. A. S. B., Vol. XLVII, p. 259; and Vol. XLVIII, p. 48. 2 Iln'd., Vo1. XLIX, p. 10. See Archaeological Reports, Vol. V, p. 155. 2 As. Res., Vol. XX, p. 285. 4 J. A. S. B., Vol. V, p. 129. 5 lbid., Vol. VII, p. 27. 6 As. Res., Voi. XV, p. 1. 7 1t-za, p. 163. a translation of which by Mr. A. Stirling was published, after his death, in the Journal of 1837.1 On the history of Arakan, and of the countries of Further India generally, there are a considerable number of contributions, rn'z.: in 1828, a historical and statistical sketch of Arakan, by Mr. Charles Paton;2 in 1835, a history of N aning in the Malay Peninsula, by Lieut. J. T. Newbold;3 in 1837, a history of Labong, from the native records, by Dr. D. Richardson; 4 and some account of the wars between Burmah and China from Burmese documents, by Lieutenant-Colonel H. Burney.5 Later, the history of Arakan was again made the subject of much careful investigation by Major-General Sir Arthur P. Phayre, who published his results in a series of papers and memoirs contributed to the J ournal.6 These are: in 1841, an account of Arakan; in 1844, a history of Arakan; in 1864, 1868 and 1869, a history of the Burma race; in 1873 and 187 4, a history of Pegu. He also published in 1846 some.