Select Contents of the Oriental Journals

Summary

This section summarises notable articles from recent oriental journals. The Adyar Library Bulletin features a paper dating the philosopher Rāmatīrtha Yati to between 1525 and 1575; it also announces new editions and translations of texts such as the Jīvānandanam of Anandarāya Mākhin, the Āpastamba-smṛti and the Gopālatāpanī Upaniṣadfile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=Adyar%20Library%20Bulletin%2C%20vol,2. A Khonamukh copper‑plate grant studied in the Journal of the Assam Research Society records a 12th‑century Kamarupa king Dharmapāla donating land to a Brahmanafile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=P.%20D.%20CuaupHury.%E2%80%94The%20Khonamukb%20Copper,Khonamukh%20in%20Nowgong%20in%20Assam. Another article in the same journal discusses the Badagaṅgī rock inscription, dated 554 CE, which documents the establishment of an āśrama and is the earliest known inscription from Assamfile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=N,Inscription%20of%20Mabarajadbirija%20Bbitivarman. The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society includes a paper outlining the history of Indian painting from prehistoric cave drawings to recent artfile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=P,P and a study of Nepalese history between 880 and 1680 CE that uses inscriptions, genealogical chronicles, manuscripts and coins as sourcesfile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=D,cheenicles%2C%20old%20manuscripts%2C%20foreign%20%E2%80%98accounts. Another contribution compares the Vedic myth of Indra’s battle with Vṛtra to serpent‑people myths found in Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Persia and even among Jews and Hittites, suggesting a common origin or ancient cultural borrowingfile:///home/oai/share/whole.txt#:~:text=%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BF.%20Oma.%E2%80%94The%20Indra,This%20may%20be%20due. By summarising these diverse articles, the section provides readers with a quick overview of important research on South and Southeast Asian history, religion and archaeology published in various journals.