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The Commentary of Father Monserrate, S.J., on his Journey to the Court of Akbar. Translated from the Original Latin by J. S. Hoyland, M.A., Hislop College, Nagpur, and annotated by S. N. Banerjee, M.A., Professor of History, Mahindra College, Patiala. xxi + 240 + xlvii pp. Oxford University Press, 1922.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1923

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page 192 note 1 Cf. Charpentier, , Geografiska Annaler, i, 269 sqq.Google Scholar; Hedin, ibid., p. 290 sqq.

page 193 note 1 This knowledge may be gathered from e.g. Du Perron, Anquetil, Zend-Avesta, ii, 529Google Scholar, and Menant, , Les Parais, i, 134.Google Scholar

page 193 note 2 The author has just mentioned how the Hindus plaster their bodies with mud and squirt red dye over each other.

page 194 note 1 Viz. Hanuman.

page 195 note 1 When quoting literature concerning Chingiz Khān the standard work of d'Ohsson should not have been left out; the work of Curtiu (The Mongols, 1907Google Scholar)— a shameless plagiarism of d'Ohsson—has fortunately been left aside.

page 195 note 2 The entry “D. Anthonius Florentiæ Archiepiscopus in 3a parte Summæ Historiarum” on p. 533Google Scholar of Father Hosten's edition gives the easy solution of this riddle.