drawn up agreeably to the instructions conveyed in your letter No. 3538, dated the 5th instant.
I beg leave to remark that it has long been in my contemplation to submit a report of the nature now furnished, but circumstances deterred me from such a step. I am now, however, happy to have an opportunity of carrying out my wishes, as a matter of duty, under the sanction of the Couucil.
REPORT.
I.GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Under the present system, this Department consists of 5 Classes[1]. The works studied are Mugdhabodha, Dhatupatha, Amarakosha and Bhatti Kavya; the 5th. Class studying seventeen pages of Mugdhabodha, the 4th Class 42 pages of the same work; the 3rd. Class 100 pages; the 2nd Class the remaining 90 pages of the same book together with Dhatupatha: and the 1st Class a few Books of Bhatti Kavya and a certain portion of Amarakosha[2]. Four[3] years is the prescribed period for con-
- ↑ After the foundation of the College in 1824, there were only two Grammar Classes, one of the Mugdhabodha, and another of Panini, The 2nd Mugdhabodha Grammar Class was Established in January 1825, the 3rd in November 1825, the 4th in May 1846, and the 5th in January 1847. The Panini class was dropped in January, 1828.
- ↑ At first the Mugdhabodha Grammar and a few Books of the Bhatti Kavya were read from the beginning to the end in all these Classes. Though called first, second, third and fourth the promotions from each of these Classes were to the Sahitya or Literature class. The present division of Study of different parts in different classes and the study of the Amarakosha and Dhatupatha were introduced by orders of the Council of Education, dated the 31st October, 1846.
- ↑ The original period for study was 3 years—extended to 4 years in 1840.
