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Volume 80 - October 1948

Reviews of Books

Manuel d'Archéologie Orientale, IV—Les découvertes archéologiques de 1930 à 1939. By DrG. Contenau. pp. 1687–2378, Planches I–XII, figs. 975–1311. Paris: Editions A. et J. Picard et Cie., 1947.

Chinese Family and Society. By Olga Lang. 9 × 6, pp. i–xvii, 1–395. Yale University Press, 1946.

Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages. By Georg Morgenstierne. Vol. III, 2. The Pashai Language. Texts and Translations. 9¼ × 7¼, pp. xxxviii + 304. Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning, 1944. (H. Aschenhoug Co.)

Mesopotamian Elements in Manichæism. (King and Saviour II.) Studies in Manichæari, Mandæan, and Syrian-Gnostic Religion. By Geo. Widengren. 9½ × 6½, pp. 198. Uppsala Universitets Arsskrift, 1946.

Indo-Aryan Loan-words in Malayālam. By K. Godavarma, M.A., Ph.D. (London). pp. ix, 252. Mavelikara: Ramavarma and Bros., 1946. Rs. 6, as. 8.

Ta'rīkh ḥukamā' al-islām. By al-Baihaqī Ed. by Muhammad Kurd 'Ali pp. 204. Damascus: Arabic Academy, 1946.

Al-mustajād. By al-Tanūkhī Ed. by Muhammad Kurd 'Ali pp. 285. Damascus: Arabic Academy, 1946.

Historia de Damão. Notas ao Livro de todas as fortalezas do Estado da India Oriental por Antonio Bocarro. Edited by A. B. de Bragança Pereira. pp. 434, illustrated. Bastorá, (Portuguese India); Typografia Rangel.

Birth and Childhood Among the Arabs. By Hilma Granquist. pp. 289. Helsingfors, 1947.

The Reddis of the Bison Hills. By C. von Fürer-Haimendorf. 12 × 7½, pp. xvii + 364. MacMillan and Co., 1945. Price Rs. 20. - The Pardhan. By Shamrao Hirali. 8½ × 5½, pp. xvi + 230. Oxford University Press, 1947. Price 20s.

Le Panthéon Sud-Arabe préislamique. By A. Jamme. (Muséon, vol. 60.) pp. 91. Louvain, 1947.

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons. An administrative, economic, social, and geographical survey of ancient India based on the Jain Canons. by Jagdish Chandra Jain, M.A., Ph.D. 10 × 7½, pp. 420. Bombay: New Book Co., Ltd., 1947. Rs. 35.

Az-zarnūji: Ta'līm al-muta'allim—Ṭarīq at-ta'allum. Trans. by G. E. von Grunebaum and T. M. Abel. pp. 78. New York: King's Crown Press, 1947.

Saudi Arabia. By K. S. Twitchell. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Price 14s.

Life of Dayanand Saraswati. By Har Bilas Sarda. Pp. 622. Ajmer, a.d.1946.

Introduction to Telugu Grammar. By Alfred Master, C.I.E., M.A. 8½ × 5½, pp. 31. Luzac and Co., Ltd., 1947.

Theravada Buddhism in Burma. By Nihar-ranjan Ray. 9½ × 6¼, pp. xv + 306. University of Calcutta, 1946.

Burmese Family. By Mi Mi Khaing. 8¾ × 5¼, pp. 138. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1946.

The French in India: First Establishment and Struggle. By S. P. Sen. 8½ × 5½, pp. xvii + 360. University of Calcutta, 1947. Rs. 7.