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The book is printed in large quarto size on good trabild, or "canopied stone," as stated by Sir paper, and the binding and typography are much A. Cunningham." superior to the work ordinarily turned out by
Page 23.-An old fort, in Tahsil Sahaswân, 20 official presses in India.
miles north-west from Badkon, has the remarkSome misprints and slips of the pen have able name of Kot salbahan (Salivahana). escaped correction; for example, the name of
Page 35.-In Pargana Bilart of the Mura. the well-known Bhar tribe is perversely printed
dabad District "there is considerable opporBhar, with the long vowel, throughout the book. I am familiar with the Bhar country, and am
tunity for antiquarian researches, as nearly
| every second village has an old mound, or dih, quite certain that the vowel is invariably short.
to the west of it." In the spelling of Indian words Dr. Führer has allowed himself to fall into the sin of Page 36.-To the south-west of the village of pedantry :-jungle' is now as good English as Azampur, in Tahsil Hasanpur of the same dis.
verandah,' or 'mango,' and it is absurd to print trict, "is a kherd, which is the site of ancient the word as 'jangal.'
buildings. It is reported that there was here the I do not understand on what principle the word
school of FAisi Fayazi, brother of Abal Fazl, Baiyid or Sayyid (AA), is spelt Sa'id, a form
the great historian of Akbar's time. The ruins which is incorrect, both for transliteration and
of an arched doorway are still standing. The
earth of this mound is carried off by people, pronunciation.
who come from long distances, in order to So much for small slipe and defecte. They
I give it to students to eat, as it is supposed to do not seriously in pair the value of the book, have very beneficial influence on the brain and and need not be further dwelt on. While com- memory!" menting on the external features of Dr. Führer's
Page 42. -The ruins at Mati (Mátripura) in book, I must not forget to mention that it is fur.
Tahsil Pewayan of the Shahjahênpur District nished with admirable indices. Careful readers
are extensive and apparently would repay exami. should not, overlook the important "Addenda et
nation. Corrigenda" at pp. 331-334. The Classified Lists of the Monumental
Pages 53-68.-These pages contain a good Antiquities and Inscriptions in the North- summary account of the buildings at Agra. Western Provinces and Oudh contained in this
Dr. Führer thinks that the Palace of Jahangir volume have been prepared in compliance with in the Fort was probably built by Akbar, late in ordere issued by the Government of India in 1885. his reign, to serve as & residence for the heir. The system of classification adopted is designed apparent and his family. He does not accept as a guide to assist Government in deciding ques.
A. Cunningham's suggestion that the building tions concerning the conservation and repair of
was erected by Ibrahim Lôdf. ancient monuments. “The object of this Pages 105-107.-It is to be hoped that a full volumo," observes the compiler, "is not only
and connected account of the discoveries at to produce complete lists, so far as known, of the
Mathurd will some day be published. Pend. antiquities and epigraphs in each district for the
ing such publication the notes here given are of use of the Archæological Survey, but to furnish
interest: " The Kańkall Tile lies at the side of general information for the guidance of the many
the Agra and Delhi road, much nearer the city residents in these Provinces, with the view of
than the Jamalpur mound. On the summit enabling them, if their tastes so incline, to
stands the fragment of a carved pillar venerated interest themselves in the character and history at the present day, the suppored image of the of the remains in their vicinity."
goddess Kankali." The work may be regarded as an abstract of In the hill itself were found buried two culosSir A. Cunningham's Reporta, topographically ! sal statues of Buddha, each 7 feet high. Here arranged, and brought up to date.
also was found the large figure of an eleI now proceed to notice some passages of phant standing on the capital of a pillar with special interest.
an inscription of the Indo-Scythian king Page 8.-The local name of the rock at
Huvishka. KAlst in the Dehra Dan District is Chitrabild, During the extensive ercavations, carried on "inscribed or pictured stone," and not Chhat- (by Dr. Burgess in January 1888, and by Dr.
[It would be quite different word, and would ordinarily represent a .-ED.)
- [It should be noted that, in correcting General Cunningham's version of the name, Dr. Führer twice confounda fild, stone, with flla, virtue.')
