Burrow, 1792," besides a few flourished letters, or marks, of the kind which James Prinsep called shell-shaped characters. The edicts of Asoka are most clearly and neatly engraved, and are divided into two distinct portions, — that to the north containing... Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - Page lviii1864Full view - About this book
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