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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
ISSN: 1356-1863

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Volume 69 - April 1937

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The Primordial Ocean. An introductory contribution to Social Psychology. By W. J. Perry. 8¾ × 6, pp. x + 380, map 1. London: Methuen, 1935. 15s. net.

L'Évolution du Stūpa en Asie. By Gisbert Combaz. Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques publiés par l'Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises. 10 × 6½. Vol. I, pp. 143, figs. 71, 1933. Vol. II, pp. 52, figs. 14, 1935. Louvain: Marcel Islas.

Gaṇeśa: A Monograph on the Elephant-faced God. By Alice Getty. With an Introduction by Alfred Foucher. 11½ × 9, pp. xxiii + 103, pls. 42, figs. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936. 42s.

The Last of the Empresses. By Daniele Varẹ. 8¾ × 6¼, pp. xiii + 258, ills. 13. London: John Murray, 1936. 15s.

The Couling-Chalfant Collection of Inscribed Oracle Bone. Drawn by Frank H. Chalfant. Edited by Roswell S. Britton. 11⅞ × 9⅞, pp. iii × 132. Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Ltd. Preface dated 4th 11, 1935.

Kitāb al-Awrāḳ. History of al-Rāḍi and al-Muttaḳi. By al-Ṣūli. Ed. by Heyworth Dunne. 10 × 6¾, pp. 308, 1 plate. London: Luzac and Co., 1935. 10s. 6d.

Jaina Chitrakalpadruma. A Treatise in Gujarātī on Jain Art in Gujarāt from early times down to the 20th Century. By Sarabhai Manilal Nawab. 10 × 7½. pp. 16 + 232, pls. cvii. Ahmadabad, 1936.

Recherches Archéologiques au Col de Khair Khaneh près de Kābul. Par J. Hackin, avec la collaboration deJ. Carl. Tome VII. Mémoires de la Délegation archéologique française en Afghanistan, pp. 38, pl. xxiv, ills. 14, map 1. Paris: Les Éditions d'art et d'Histoire, 1936. Frs. 80.

Excavations at Kish: Oxford Field Museum Expedition, vol. iv (1925–1920). By C. L. Watelin, with epigraphical notes by S. Langdon. 8¾ × 10¾, pp. vii + 72, pls. 45. Paris: Geuthner, 1934. 120 frs.

The Asokan Rock at Girnār. By Hirananda Sastri. Published under the authority of the Government of His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. Gaekwad's Archæological Series, No. ii, 11½ × 9, pp. viii + 58. Baroda: State Press, 1936. Rs. 1–3–0.

Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Upaniṣad. Translated by Émile Senart. Collection Émile Senart, vol. iii. 8 × 5¼, pp. xxviii + 137. Paris: Société d'Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1934.

Daśopanishads. With the Commentary of Sri Upanishad-Brahma-Yogin. Vol. I. Published for the Adyar Library (Theosophical Society), 1935.

The Birth of Indian Psychology and its Development in Buddhism. By MrsRhys Davids. 7½ × 4¾, pp. xii + 444. London: Luzac & Co., 1936.

Dictionnaire Historique et Géographique de la Mandchourie. Par Gibert Lucien. 9 × 6¼, pp. xx + 1040, pis., ills. 116, maps. 7. Hongkong: Société des Missions-Étrangéres, 1934. $10.0.

Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. i, Syriac and Garshūni Manuscripts; vol. ii, Christian Arabic and Additional Syriac Manuscripts. By A. Mingana. 12½ × 10, pp. vi + 628 and vi + 208 respectively. Cambridge: Heffer, 1933 and 1936.

The Legacy of India. Edited by G. T. Garratt, with an introduction by the Marquess of Zetland. 7½ × 5, pp. xviii + 428, ills. 24, map 1. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1937. 10s.

Encyclopædia Mundarica. By RevJohn Hoffmann, S.J. in collaboration with Rev Arthur van Emelen. Vols. viii–x. 10½ × 7½, pp. 2147–3173, letters K, L, M, N, and O. Patna: Supdt. Govt. Printing, Bihar and Orissa, 1933–1934. Rs. 6, for each volume.

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