6 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 20

We have received several numbers of a new monthly journal,

South Indian Research, edited by Mr. T. Raja-gopala Rao and published at Vepery, Madras (£1 a year), which is principally devoted to the study of the history, languages, and beliefs of Southern India. In No. 6, for instance, part of the famous inscription of Darius at Behistun is translated literally into Tamil and Telugu to show that there is no similarity whatever between the old Persian and the chief languages of Madras, as some scholars have supposed ; the order of the words is quite different. There is much curious reading in the journal, which is well written and illustrates the progress of higher education in Southern India.