Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c6.s5.t2.17
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² It was first explained by the late C. M. Whish (in pt. i. pp. 54 ffg. of the Transactions of the Madras Society). Mr. Whish was one of the first to pay attention to Sanskrit astronomy. He died at Cuddapah, April 13th, 1833. His scientific reputation is not so great as it might have been; for if he did not originate, he, at all events, gave circulation to some forgeries. His paper on this system of notation was translated by Jacquet (*J. Asiatique* 1835). On this method of marking dates see also Z. d. D. M. G. xvii., pp. 773 ffg. (by Profr. Weber).