Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 31Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1863 - Asia |
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Page 162
... INDICUS . Very decidedly , I consider that the alleged existence of the great sub - Himálayan INDICUS in Bengal , the Indo - Chinese region , and Malayan peninsula , remains to be proved ; the broad and narrow types of skull of ...
... INDICUS . Very decidedly , I consider that the alleged existence of the great sub - Himálayan INDICUS in Bengal , the Indo - Chinese region , and Malayan peninsula , remains to be proved ; the broad and narrow types of skull of ...
Page 163
... INDICUS , besides that with the entire skeleton of an old female ( both the broad and narrow types of skull being represented ) ; but it has neither SONDAICUS nor SUMATRANus . The Society's museum still wants the first species ; but is ...
... INDICUS , besides that with the entire skeleton of an old female ( both the broad and narrow types of skull being represented ) ; but it has neither SONDAICUS nor SUMATRANus . The Society's museum still wants the first species ; but is ...
Page 170
... INDICUS ; " and he remarks , that , so far as he " could discover , the greater number of Elephants brought to Europe from continental India , have been obtained from Bengal . It remains therefore a question , " he adds , " whether all ...
... INDICUS ; " and he remarks , that , so far as he " could discover , the greater number of Elephants brought to Europe from continental India , have been obtained from Bengal . It remains therefore a question , " he adds , " whether all ...
Page 171
... INDICUS . " On this subject , I have to remark , that ( at the present time at least , ) the Elephant is quite as much an imported or introduced animal in Bengal proper , as it is in Jáva ; for the very few that roam the Rajmahal hills ...
... INDICUS . " On this subject , I have to remark , that ( at the present time at least , ) the Elephant is quite as much an imported or introduced animal in Bengal proper , as it is in Jáva ; for the very few that roam the Rajmahal hills ...
Page 172
... INDICUS agree in the number of caudal vertebræ , which is usually thirty - three , but in very young examples sometimes only thirty . In E. AFRICANUS , on the other hand , the tail never contains more than twenty - six vertebræ ...
... INDICUS agree in the number of caudal vertebræ , which is usually thirty - three , but in very young examples sometimes only thirty . In E. AFRICANUS , on the other hand , the tail never contains more than twenty - six vertebræ ...
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Afgháns Akhúnd Akyab ancient animal appear Arakan Asiatic Society Babu Bamo Bank of Bengal banks Bengal Bhoja Buddhist Burmá Burmese Calcutta Capt Captain celts chief coins Colonel colour containing Council Dhoon district ditto doubt east edited Elephants Esquire Europe feet figure glacier Government gulf of Siam Gurhwal Gwalior height hills Himalayas Hindu Hon'ble horns India INDICUS inhabitants inscription Journal Kanauj Khán king Krau letter Lower Suwát Major Malayan Martaban Mergui miles Moulmein mountains Museum notice observed Pagán passed Pegu Peshawar present probably proposed provinces Puppá Pushto Rangoon remarks Rhinoceros river road ruins Sanskrit seen side Sikkim skull SONDAICUS species specimens steamers stone Sumátra SUMATRANUS Survey Suwát Tárrnah Tavoy temple Tenasserim tion tope trees two-horned Upper Suwát valley viâ village W. T. Blanford wild word इति तथा