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Für den deutschen Indologen hat der Ort, an dem sich in diesem Jahre zum fünften Male die deutschen Orientalisten versammelt haben, eine ganz besondere Bedeutung. Hier in Bonn wurde bei der Wiedereröffnung der Universität im Jahre 1818 der erste deutsche Lehrstuhl für Sanskrit begründet und August Wilhelm von Schlegel übertragen. Die Regierung tat zur Förderung dieser ersten Pflanzstätte der Indologie noch mehr; sie stattete die Universitätsdruckerei mit Typen für den Druck von Sanskrittexten in Originalschrift aus, die später auch Bopp für die Berliner Akademie erlangte. Goethe urteilte damals: "Ein großes und beinahe unausführbares Unternehmen scheint mir das einer Sanskritdruckerei am Rheine; deshalb ist es jedoch um so respektabler; Indus und Ganges mögen ihren Segen dazu erteilen".

[THE manuscript fragments dealt with in this section belong to two consignments, marked by me Nos. 142 and 148. Both were transmitted by Sir G. Macartney, K.C.I.E., British Consul-General in Kashgar, to the Government of India, who forwarded them to me in May, 1903, and January, 1906, respectively. The fragments are stated by Sir G. Macartney to have been purchased by him from Badruddin, Aksakal of Khotan, who had himself bought them from' treasure seekers', but could give no information regarding their precise find-place. On the whole it is probable that they belong to the proceeds from the diggings by treasure seekers in the ruins of Khadalik, which are referred to on pp. 2 and 85.-R. H.]

The copper-plates which contain this inscription, were fonnd at Kadaba in the Tumkur district of the Mysore State. They are now preserved in the Mysore Government Museum, Bangalore. The inscription has been previously published, with a photo-lithograph, by Mr. Rice in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XII. p. 11 ff. A reprint of this edition, with some corrections of obvious errors, will be found in the Prachinalekhamala of the Kavyamala, Vol. I. p. 47 ff. The impresaions which I have used for this new edition, were supplied by Dr. Hultzsch, who obtained the original plates from Mr. J. Cameron, Superintendent, Mysore Government Museum, Bangalore, and were made over to me through Professor Kielhorn.