| xvii, of their development to modern times, and the following note appears on page 47 of the Report on Post-Graduate Peaenge the University of Calcutta, 1918-1919- | “During the session under review, on the recommendation of the Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts, the Senate at its meeting held on the 31st August, 1918, sanctioned a scheme for the preparation of a series of volumes of typical selections to facilitate advanced study of the Indian Verna- culars in their critical, scientific, historical and comparative aspects with a view to include them as subjects for the degree of Master of Arts of this University, The scheme, which was initiated by the Hon'ble Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, the President of the council, was first considered by a joint meeting of the Boards of Higher Studies in Sanskrit, Pali, Arabic and Persian, and Comparative Philology, For the purpose of editing the selections the following arrangements Mere made :- Marathi-Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar, M.A., Carmichael Professor | of Ancient Indian History and culture. Prakrit-- Dr. P. D. Qune, M.A., Ph.D., under the guidance of Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, K.C.I.D., M.A. Assamese—Srijut Hemchandra Goswami, Joint-Editor of the Assamese lexicon nena-kosha, PaliMahamahopadhyaya Dr. Satisclandra Vidyabhushan, | M.A., Ph.D., and Dr. Benimadhab Barua, M.A., D.Lit. Oriya-Babu Bijaychandra Majumdar, B.A. HindiLala Sitaram, B.A. Gujarati-Prof. I, J, S. Taraporewala, B, A., Ph.D., and Prof. A. B. Dhruva, LL.D, Urdu-The Hon'ble Dr. A. Suhrawardy, M.A., Ph.D. In March 19i8, Sir Asutosh Mookerjee visited Gauhati with the other members of the Calcutta University commission. As mind was dalving into the possibilities of developing vernacular studies in his ano mater. Lieutenant-colonel P. R. T. Gurdon, I.A., c.s..., ther com-
