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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
ISSN: 1356-1863

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Volume 93 - July 1961

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The Changing Balance of the Early South-East Asian Pepper Trade. By John Bastin. pp. 67. Papers on South-east Asian subjects. No. 1 Department of History, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, 1960.

Technique et Panthéon des Médiums Viêtnamiens. By Maurice Durand. pp. 327, 75 photographs, and 8 coloured plates. Publications de l'École Française d'Extrême Orient, Vol. XLV, Paris, 1959.

Relevés de Monuments Anciens du Nord Viêt-Nam. By Louis Bezacier. 85 plans with index. Publications de l'École Française d'Extrême Orient. Collection de Textes et Documents, Vol. VI. Paris, 1959.

Le Stupa du Barabudur. By C. Sivaramamurti. pp. 88, 42 plates. Recherches et Documents d'Art et d'Archéologie, Tome VIII. Presses Universitaires de France, 1961. NF. 19.

A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy. By Chandradhar Sharma. pp. 415. Rider and Co., London, 1960.

Prehistory and Protohistory of Eastern India, with a detailed account of the neolithic cultures of South East Asia. By A. H. Dani. pp. vii + 248, 8 maps, 56 plates (line drawings). K. L. Mukhopadhay, Calcutta, 1960. Rs. 25 (£2 5s.).

Ḏas Pañcatantra und Seine Morallehre. By Walter Ruben. pp. 305. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1959. DM. 43.

Report on Kumrahar Excavations, 1951–1955. By A. S. Altekar and Vijayakanta Mishra. pp. xv + 142, 43 figures, 82 plates. K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, 1959. Rs. 40.

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthropology. pp. ix + 290. National Library, Government of India, Calcutta, 1960. Rs. 5 (or 8s.).

Paṇḍitarāja-Kāvya-Saṇgraha (Complete Poetical Works of Paṇḍitarāja Jagannātha). Ed. DrAryendra Sharma. pp. xiv + 228. Osmania University, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1958. (Sanskrit Academy series, no. 2.)

A Descriptive Catalogue of Bengali Manuscripts in Munshi Abdul Karim's Collection. By Munshi Abdul Karim and Ahmad Sharif. English edition with an introduction by Syed Sajjad Husain. pp. xxviii, 589 + xxix. Asiatic Society of Pakistan, Dacca, May, 1961. Rs. 20.

Studies in Hindu Political Thought and its Metaphysical Foundations. By V. P. Varma pp. 332 and vii. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1959. Rs. 15.

Nara Picture Books. By Yutaka Shimizu. pp. 46, 10 plates. Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1960. List price $4.75.

The Pramāṇavārttikam of Dharmakīrti. The first chapter with the autocommentary, edited by R. Gnoli. pp. xl + 212. Serie Orientale Roma XXIII, Rome, 1960. Lire 5.000.

The Lohans and a Bridge to Heaven. By Wen Fong. Freer Gallery of Art Occasional Papers, III, 1. 64 pp. + 18 pls. Washington, 1958.

Rājadharma. Einsetzung und Aufgabenkreis des Königs im Lichte des Purāṇa's. By Hans Losch. pp. xi + 397. Oriental Seminar of the University of Bonn (Bonn Oriental Studies, no. 8), 1959.

Jñānalakṣaṇāvicārarahasyam of Śrī Harirāma Tarkavāgīśa. Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series No. 3, 1958. pp. xiv + 119.

Prophetismus und Heilserwartungs-Bewegungen Als Voelkeekundliches und Religionsgeschichtliches Problem. BY G. Guariglia. (Wiener Beitraege zur Kulturgeschichte und Linguistik. Band XIII.) pp. xvi, 322. Maps 4. Ferdinand Berger, Wien, 1959.

A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder. By J. R. Partington. pp. xvi + 381. 3 plates. W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge, 1960. 70s.

Professor P. K. Gode Commemoration Volume, edited by the late H. L. Hariyappa and M. M. Patkar. Poona Oriental Series 93. pp. xlvi + 470 + 224. 1 portrait, 6 plates. Oriental Book Agency, Poona, 1960. Rs. 60.

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