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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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Gordon H. Fairbanks and others: Hindi exercises and readings. By Gordon H. Fairbanks, John Gumperz, Walter Lehn, and Harsh Vardhan. ix, 109, pp. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege. Oxford University Press, [1954].

M.J. Kister (ed.): Kitāb ādāb aṡ-ṡuḥba, by Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān as-Sulamī. (Oriental Notes and Studies, No. 6.) [iii, 10, 92 pp., +errata sheet. Jerusalem: The Israel Oriental Society, 1954. $2.

Jitendra Nath Banerjea: The development of Hindu iconography. Second edition (revised and enlarged). xxxvii, 655 pp., 40 plates. Calcutta: University Press, 1956. Rs. 30.

Mohammed Iqbal: Reconstruire la pensée religieuse de l'Islam. Tracuction et notes de Eva Mayerovitch. vi, 213 pp., Paris: Adrien-Maison-neuve, 1955. Fr. 1000.

Anant Sadashiv Altekar: Catalogue of the Gupta gold coins in the Bayana hoard. 35, clviii, 363 pp. front., 48 plates. Bombay: Numismatic Society of India, 1954.£5 5s.

Michael Tarchnišvili and Julius Assfalg : Geschichte der kirchlichen georgischen Literatur, auf Grund des ersten Bandes der georgischen Literaturgeschichte von K. Kekelidze bearbeitet. (Studi e Testi, 185.) xvii, 521 pp. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1955. L. 5000.

Bimala Churn law: Historical geography of ancient India. [viii], 354 pp., 3 maps. Paris: Société Asiatique, [1954].

David Marshall Lang (tr.): Lives and legends of the Georgian saints, selected and translated from the original texts. (Ethical and Religious Classics of East and West, No.15.) 180 pp., map. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd: The Macmillan Co., 1956. 13s. 6d.

Gioacchino Patti: Der Samavāya im Nyāya- Vaiçeṡika-System: ein Beitrag zur Erkenntnis der indichen Metaphysik und Erlōsungslehre. (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici, 109.) xiii, 162 pp. Roma: Pontificio Instituto Biblico, 1955. L. 3000.

P.H.L. Eggermont: The chronology of the reign of Asoka Moriya: a comparison of the data of the Asoka inscriptions and the data of the tradtion. xi, 222 pp., Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1956. Guilders 29.

John Terry: The charm of Indo-Islamic architecture: an introduction to the northern phase. (World of Beauty.) [iv], 40 pp. 61 plates, map. London: Alec Tiranti, Ltd., 1955. 15s.

Raoul Curiel and Daniel Schlumberger: Tréors monétaires d'Afghanistan. (Mémories de la Délégation Archçologique Française en Afghanistan, Tom. XIV.) [x], 131 pp., 16 plates. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1953.

Ludo Rocher (ed. and tr.): Vācaspati Misśra: Vyavahāracintāmaṇi, a digest on Hindu legal procedure, critically edited with introdution, annotated translation and appendices. (Gentse Orientalistische Bijdragen, 1.) xiv, 414 pp., Gent: [offset-typo N.V. Drukkerij L. Vanmelle], 1956.

Verrier Elwin: The religion of an Indian tribe. xxiv, 597 pp., 72 plates, 63 text-figures, 2 maps. London, Bombay, etc.: Geoffrey Cumberledge, Oxford University Press, 1955. 50s.

McKim Marriott (ed.): Village India: studies in the little community. (Comparative Studies of Cultures and Civilizations, [No, 6]) xix, 269 pp. 61 illus., plates, map. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1955. $4.50. (English agents: C.U.P. 34s.

Klaus Bruhn: Śīlānkas Cauppannamahāpurisacariya: ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Jaina-Universalgeschichte. (Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien, 8.) ix, 153 pp., Hamberg: Cram, de Gruyter & Co., 1954. DM. 20.

Ralph Pieris: Sinhalese social organization: the Kandyan period. xiii, 311 pp., Colombo: The Ceylon University Press Board, 1956. Rs. 10.

Nicholas Cleaveland Bodman: A linguistic study of the Shih ming: initials and consonant cluster. (Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies, XI.) xi, 146 pp. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1954. (Distributed in G.B. by Geoffrey Cumberlege. 28s.

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