Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Oriental Studies Tripos, 1999: Notice
The Faculty Board of Oriental Studies give notice that the specified texts for the Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Oriental Studies Tripos, 1999, are as follows:
ARAMAIC
Paper Am. 1. Aramaic specified texts
Selections from Syriac texts.
ASSYRIOLOGY
Paper As. 1. Akkadian specified texts
The Code of Hammurapi, in E. Bergmann ed., Codex Hammurabi (1953), laws 1-65. In cuneiform. The Annals of Sennacherib, third to seventh campaigns, in R. Borger, Babylonisch-assyrische Lesestücke, 2nd ed. (1979), pp. 329-332. In cuneiform.
CHINESE STUDIES
Paper C. 1. Classical Chinese texts
Selections from early classical literature.
HEBREW STUDIES
Paper H. 1. Hebrew specified texts
Selections from Biblical Hebrew texts.
Paper H. 4. Modern Hebrew literature and its history
Selections from Modern Hebrew literature.
INDIAN STUDIES
Paper In. 1. Sanskrit specified and unspecified texts
Paper In. 2. Sanskrit specified texts and composition
Mahbhrata 2, 66-68.
Rmyaa 2, 19-20.
Hitopadea, extracts 3-21 (C. R. Lanman, A Sanskrit Reader, pp. 20-44).
Kathsaritsgara, extracts 22-27 (Lanman, pp. 45-56).
Bhagavadgt 3-4.
Paper In. 3. Hindi specified texts
Upendranth Ak, 'Jñn'.
Omprak Vlmki, 'Ek dalit k tmakath', from Rjkior, ed., Harijan se dalit, Delhi 1994.
Premcand, 'Na', 'Kafan'.
Phavarnth Reu, 'Pañclai'.
Nirl, 'Tot patthar' (poem).
Cambridge University Reporter, 13 May 1998
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