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Joint Secretary.

Professor G. S. Bhate, M.A., I.E.S.

Treasurer.

Professor J. N. Samaddar, B.A.

Journal Committee.

Frofessor G. S. Bhate, M.A., I.E.S. (Convener).

: History.-Professor J. N. Sarkar, M.A., I.E.S. (Member). Archæology.-Mr. V. H. Jackson, M.A., I.E.S.

Mr. K. P. Jayaswal, M.A., Bar-at-Law.

Numismatics.-The Hon'ble Justice Sir John Bucknill, Kt.,
K. C.

Anthropology and Folk-lore.-Rt. Revd. A. Wood.
Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy, M.A., B.L.
Philology.- Dr. Harichand Shastri, D. Litt., I. E. S.
Professor S. N. Mazumdar, M.A.

Dr. Azim-ud-din Ahmad, Ph. D.

Other members of the Council besides the President, the General Secretary and the Treasurer.

The Hon'ble Justice Sir B. K. Mullick, Kt.- (Vice-President).

The Hon'ble Mr. McPherson, C.S.I., I.C.S.

G. E. Fawcus, Esq., M.A., I.E.S.

The Hon'ble Mr. S, Sinha, Bar-at-Law.

Professor Jadunath Sarkar, M.A., I.E.S.

Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy, M.A., B.L., M.L.C.

Professor G. S. Bhate, M.A, 1.E.S.

Dr. Azimuddin Ahmad, Ph. D.

H. Lambert Esq. M.A., I.E.S.

V. H. Jackson, Esq, M.A., I.E.S.

D. N. Sen, Esq., M.A., I.E.S.

The Hon'ble Justice Sir John Bucknill, Kt., K.C.

Professor S. N. Mazumdar, M.A.

K. P. Jayaswal, Esq., M.A., Bar-at-Law.

Rai Sahib Ram Gopal Singh Chaudhari.

3. His Excellency the President delivered his address.

4. Professor Sylvian Lévi read a paper on "Eastern Humanism".

5. Mr. V. H. Jackson proposed a vote of thanks to Prof. Sylvian Lévi for his address * and also proposed a vote of thanks to the chair.

*The copy of his address is still with the Professor and it is not yet available for publication in the Journal.

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BIHAR AND ORISSA RESEARCH SOCIETY

For the year 1922.

Patron.

His Excellency the Governor, ex-officio.

Vice-Patrons.

The Hon'ble Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, Kt.,
I.C.S.

The Hon'ble Maharajadhiraj Bahadur Sir Rameshwar
Singh, G.C I.E., K.B.E., Darbhanga.

Manaraja Bahadur Sir Raveneshwar Prasad Singh,
K.C.I.E., of Gidhour.

His Highness Maharaja Bahadur Sir Bir Mitrodaya
Singh Deo, K.C.I.E, of Sonepur State.

The Hon'ble Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller, Kt., K. C.
Sir Edward Gait, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Ph.D., I.C.S.

President.

The Hon'ble Sir Havilland Le Mesurier, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

Vice-President.

The Hon'ble Sir B. K. Mullick, Kt., I.C.S.

General Secretary.

Dr. Hari Chand Shastri, D. Litt., I.E.S.

Joint Secretary.

Professor G. S. Bhaté, M.A., 1.E.S.

Treasurer.

Professor J. N. Samaddar, B.A.

Journal Committee.

History. Professor G. S. Bhaté, M.A., I.E.S. (Secretary). 2. Professor J. N. Sarkar, M.A., I.E.S. (Member).

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By Dr. A. Banerji-Sastri, M.A. (Cal.), D. Phil. (Oxon.), Professor of Sanskrit, Muzaffarpur College.

A. Characterisation of Asoka Magadhi.

1. General. (a) Aśoka and Indo-European Comparative philology. The following are points of common interest: (i) long syllable m as a only in Gir. e.g. atikrātam=Skt. atikrantam,

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therefore Gir. is not lineally descended from Skt; (ii) short u in Gir. susrusā, susrйsatām and Avestan susrusōmnō; Käl. Shb. Mans. kiti (also Rampurvā kīti,1 if not kimti of Bloch) ◄ kid +iti2 not kim+iti; (iv) Gir. sruṇāru, Shb. fruṇeyu, Mans. fruney [u] and Avestan surunaoiti, contrast Skt. sṛṇoti: (v) Shb. and Mans.st=Skt st (h)-suggests the lingualisation of t and th in Aryan st and sth (Avestan st) as Pan-Indic not ProtoIndic (Michelson) cf. Skt. ṣṭ (h), G. Pāli and ordinary Prkt.-ṭṭh (written th), note especially Dh. Jaug. I and Kal. ṭṭh (written

1 Michelson, I.E. xxiii, p. 253.

• Johansson, op cit.

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