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Comparative Dictionary of the Behari
Language (the Introduction only).
Ancient and Modern Alphabets of India.
The modern languages of the East
Indies.

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Volume I. The Asoka Inscriptions, Volume III. The Gupta Inscriptions. Epigraphia Indica.

LOGIC AND MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, ETC.

The examination shall include

(i) A general knowledge of Logic and a special study of the following :

(a) The Hegelian Theory of Logic.

(b) The Theory of Induction.

(ii) A general knowledge of Mental Philosophy and special study of the following:

(7) Spencer's Theory of the External World.

(b) Green's Theory of a Spiritual Principle.

(iii) A general knowledge of—

(a) The History of European Philosophy.

(b) The leading systems of Indian Philosophy, as in Madhavácharyya's Sarva-Darsana-Sangraha (translated by Cowell and Gough).

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NOTE. One paper shall be set in each of the groups (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

NATURAL THEOLOGY AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY, ETC.

The examination shall include

(i) A general knowledge of Natural Theology and a special study of the following :

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(a) Martineau's Theory of Causality.

(b) Spencer's Theory of Evolution in its Relation to Religion and Ethics.

(ii) A general knowledge of Moral Philosophy and a special study of the following:

(a) The Nature and Development of Conscience.

(b) The Theory of the Ultimate End of Action.

(iii) A general knowledge of—

(a) The History of European Philosophy.

(b) The leading systems of Indian Philosophy, as in Madhavácharyya's Sarva-Darsana-Sangraha (translated by Cowell and Gough).

(iv) A special study of

(a) Plato

(b) Kant

(c) Vyása and Sankara

The Republic.

Theory of Ethics (as in Abbott).
Vedanta-Sútras with Bháshya (as in
Part I of George Thibaut's transla-
tion).

NOTE.-One paper shall be set in each of the groups (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

HISTORY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY.

The subject for History at the Premchand Roychand Studentship Examination in 1907 shall be either the Hindu or the Mahomedan Period of

The examination in Political Economy and Political Philosophy shall be in a standard higher than that prescribed for the M.A. Examination, and shall include a knowledge of the historical development of these sciences. Two papers shall be set on these subjects.

The following books are recommended :

(a) Hindu Period, two papers :—

1.

2.

3.

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HISTORY.

Mahabharata-Santi Parva-on the duties of a king and on the art of war, Sections 56–157 (pages 168—515, of Pratapchandra Roy's English translation).

Manusamhita-Translation by Büller, in Sacred Books of the

East.

Muir's Sanskrit Texts-Vol. I-II, Chap. 1 and 3 only; Vol.
V, Sections 22 and 23 only.

Weber's Indian Literature-the Vedas and Vedic Literature only.
Duff's Chronology of India.

The Indian Antiquary- -on the Asoka Inscriptions-articles in
Vols. IX, X, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX and XXI.

7. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum-Vols. I and III, the English portion only.

8. Epigraphia Indica-Vol. II, portions relating to Asoka only. Cunningham's Geography of India.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Greek writers on India-Ktesias, Megasthenes, Arrian, the Periplus of the Erythræan Sea, Nearchus, and Ptolemy-all translated by McCrindle.

Chinese writers on India—{

Fa Hian, translated by Legge.
Hiouen Tsang, translated by Beal.
Mahomedan writers on the Hindu Period-Alberuni's India omit-
ting the Mathematical details.

Vincent Smith's Ancient History of India from the monuments.
Bhandarkar's Early History of the Deccan.

Tod's Rajasthan-Vol. I (pages 1-174 only, of the Madras Re-
print); "History of the Rajpoot Tribes" and "The Feudal Sys-
tem in Rajasthan."

(b) Mahomedan Period, two papers :—

1. Elliot's History of India, 8 Vols.

2. Bayley's Guzerat.

3. Briggs's Ferishta, 4 Vols.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Thomas's Chronicles of the Pathan Kings.

Tabakat-i-Nasiri, translated by Raverty, 2 Vols.

Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, translated by Ranking, 2 Vols.
Ain-i-Akbari, translated by Blochmann and Jarrett, 3 Vols
Akbar-Nama, translated by Beveridge.

9. Timur's Institutes, translated by Davy.

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6.

Jevons's Theory of Political Economy (omitting the mathematical portions).

Marshall's Principles of Economics.

7. Ingram's History of Political Economy.

8.

Dictionary of Political Economy by Palgrave :-Select Articles on the following subjects :

:

(a) The English, French, and German Schools.

(b) The Doctrines of the leading Economists of these Schools wherever further stated under their names.

(c) The more important Articles on Economic Facts and Theories.

(d) Political Philosophy, one paper :

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4.

5.

Plato's Republic, translated by Jowett or by Davies and Vaughan.
Aristotle's Politics, translated by Welldon or Walford.

Bluntschli's Theory of the State, English Translation (Clarendon
Press Series).

Wheaton's International Law.

Strachey's India: its Administration and Progress, 3rd edition. 6. Maine's Early Institutions.

7.

8.

Lewis's Government of Dependencies.

Lee-Warner's Protected Princes of India.

9. Ilbert's Government of India.

(ii) LAW

B.L. EXAMINATION, 1907 AND 1908.

(1) The Principles of Juris- Maine's Ancient Law; Holland's Eleprudence; the History and ments of Jurisprudence; Cowell's Tagore Constitution of the Courts of Law Lectures, 1872; Hunter's "IntroLaw and Legislative Autho- duction to Roman Law." 5th edition, rities in India. Chapters 1-5; no question should be put the answer to which would involve a knowledge of Latin.

(2) The Law relating to Act IX of 1875 (Majority); Stephen's persons in their Public and Commentaries on the Laws of England, Private Capacities, including 14th edition, 1903, Book I, Book III, the Law of Testamentary Chapters 1-4, and Book IV, Part I, ChapSuccession.

(3) The Law of Property, including the Law relating to Land Tenures and the Re

ters 2 and 6: Act X. of 1865 (Succession Act), except Parts III-V, XXX, XXXI, and XXXV-XL; Act XXI of 1870 (Hindu Wills Act), except the portions of the Indian Succession Act omitted from the Study of that Act; Act V. of 1881 (Probate); Hindu Law of Wills (being topic No. 14 in Syllabus on page 858); Ameer Ali's Students' Manual of Muhammadan Law (2nd edition), Part III, Chapter III (Wills); Snell's Principles of Equity, 13th Ed., Part II, Chapter XXII (Infants).

Nelson's Law of Property, omitting Chapters 3-14, 16-18; Regulations I, VIII of 1793, Regulation VIII of 1819;

(4) The Law of Property, including the Laws of Transfer. Prescription, and Pre-emption.

(5) The Law of Contracts and Torts.

(6) The Law of Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

(7) The Law of Civil Procedure, including the Law of Evidence and the Law of Limitation.

(8) The Hindu Law and the Muhammadan Law (with the exception of parts already included) and the Law of Intestate Succession.

omitting sections 4, 16, 40-52 and 56-62; Act VIII of 1885 (Bengal Tenancy Act). Chapters I-VIII, XI, XIV, XV.

Act IV, of 1882 (Transfer of Property Act); Act III of 1877 (Registration Act), sections 17, 18, 48, 49, 50; Act XV of 1877, sections 26-28 (Prescription); Upendranath Mitra's Indian Law of Prescription and Easements; Hindu Law of Endowments (being topic No. 16 in Syllabus on page 858); Ameer Ali's Students' Manual of Muhammadan Law (2nd edition), Part III, Chapters I, II, and IV (Gift, Wakf and Pre-emption); Snell's Principles of Equity, 13th edition, Part I, Part II, Chapters I-VI, XVI-XVII (Mortgages, Legal and Equitable), and Part III, Chapters I-IV (Accident, Mistake, Actual Fraud, Constructive Fraud).

Anson's Law of Contract; Bigelow's "Law of Torts," 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1903, omitting Chapters 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18 and Appendix on Statements of claim; Act IX of 1872; Act I of 1877; Snell's Principles of Equity, 13th edition, Part III, Chapters 9-10 (Specific Performance and Injunction).

The Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860); the whole of Chapters 1-5 and such portions of Chapters 6-23 as do not relate exclusively to the amount of punishment to be inflicted for an offence; the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V. of 1898), omitting Chapters 1, 9, 14, 33-40, 42, 43, 46 (except section 562); Mayne's Criminal Law of India (2nd edition), Part II, Chapters 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15.

Best On Evidence," 6th edition. Introduction, Book I, Book IV; the Code of Civil Procedure (Act XIV. of 1882), Chapters 1-9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 30, 31, 33, 35-37. 40-43, 45-47; the Evidence Act (Act I of 1872); the Limitation Act (Act XV of 1877), omitting sections 26-28 and Schedule II.

Mitakshara, Chapter I, Sections I-V; Chapter II, sections I-X; Dayabhaga Chapters 1, 2, 5, 11; Hindu Law (as in Syllabus on page 858, except topics 14 and 16); Sirajiva (except the details as to succession of distant kindred); Ameer Ali's Students' Manual of Muhammadan Law (2nd edition), Parts I and II; Act X of 1865 (Succession Act, Parts III-V).

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