Indian Antiquary Vol 61

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
( SEPTEMBER, 1932
BOOK-NOTICES. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL SURVEY instance, the function of ayaka-khambhas and the
OF INDIA, 1927-28.13 X 10 in.; pp. xii + 206 ; method of their arrangement, in rows of five at 57 plates. Caloutta, 1931.
each of the four cardinal points of a stúpa, appear to This report has been edited by Mr. H. Hargreaves, have been conclusively settled by the recovery of who succeeded Sir John Marshall as Director-Gone- 17 such pillars at this site, the original positions of ral when the latter was placed on special duty in which have been determined by Mr. Longhurst. September 1928. Under Conservation we find a The inscriptions refer to the Ikhâku dynasty, in the record of useful work carried out in all the circles, regnal years of which the Jaggayyapets records especially at Kalañjar and Deogarh (U. P.), at are datod. Some 17 of these have already been Lahore, at Nalanda and Roht Aagath (B. & O.), at transcribed and translated, with a valuable and Gaur, Paharpur and Rampal (Bengal), at Hampi, suggestive commentary, by Dr. J. Ph. Vogel in and Mahabalipuram (Madras) and at Mandalay Ep. Indica, vol. XX, pp. 1-37 (Jan. 1929). The (Burma). In the section on Exploration and Re- most notable structure must have been the mahd. search Sir J. Marshall describes the results of work chetiya, or great stúpa, which would seem from the carried out at tho fortress and monasteries of Giri inscriptions to have contained & relic of the Buddha. and at the lower city of Sirkap. The evidence at Mr. Longhurst thinks it possible or even probable the latter site indicates, he thinks, that in the third that the original structure had bou.. erected as early and fourth centuries B.c. Sirkap must have formed as the second century B.C. or about the same time part and parcel of the city on the Bhir Mound as the stúpa at Bhattiprolu, the votive pillars and From the trial trenches a number of coins were re- other portions being added later. The brief details covered, including one described as the earliest type given in the report and the illustrations of some of of coin yet four.d on the Sirkap site, and probably the bas-reliefs recovered suffice to show the site earlier than the well known punch-marked issues. calls for a special, detailed monograph. Unfortunately neither this coin nor any of the In Section V an admirable summary will be found 81 gold punch-marked coins reported to have been of the explorative work carried out by Sir Aurel found at Venne in the Vizagapatam district have Stein in Kharan, Makrån and Jhalawan in 1927-28, boen figured on the plates. Mr. Mackay deals with the details of which have already been published in the excavations conducted in two areas at Mohen the departmental Memoir No. 43. jodaro. Mr. N. G. Majumdar gives a short account
C. E. A. W.O. of the results of his exploration at Jhukar, some 16 miles farther north, where not only prehistoric anti- MEMOIRS OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF quities identical with those found at Mohenjodaro INDIA : and Harappa (including another steatite senl) have No. 37. An Archeological Tour in Waziristân and been recovered, but also remains of the Gupta Northern Baldchistân, by Sir AUREL STEIN, K.C.I.E. period. This site appears to have been deserted by Pp. iii + 07:29 plates and plans, 28 illustrations in the time of the Arab conquest of Sind. Mr. Vate text and I map. Caloutte, 1929. describes further fruitful excavation dono by him No. 42. An Archæological Tour in Upper Swat at Harappa. Of the work carried out at NAlanda
and Adjacent Hill Tracts, by the same author. we have a graphic account, with useful explanatory Pp. iii + 115; 9 plates, 66 illustrations in text plans, by Mr. Pago; while the progress mado at and 2 mape. Calcutta, 1930. Paharpur and Hmawza is reported by Mr. Dikshit Theso are two records of qutstanding importance, and M. Duroiselle, respectively.
not only from the archeological but also from the Special interest attaches to tho description on historical and the geographical point of view. pp. 113-121 by Mr. Longhurst of the important dis. Memoir No. 37 gives a detailed account of a tour coveries made at Nagarjunikonda in the Guntur made during the months Jan.-April 1927 in Wazidistrict of Madras, which will take rank as one of ristan and the Zhob, Lorelai, Upper Zhob and the most important Buddhist sites in southern Pishin valloys in N. Baluchistan ; while the later India. Here, within an area of roughly 1 square Memoir, No. 42, deals with an earlier tour carriod miles enclosed by hills and a bend of the Kistna out in March-May 1926 in Swat and Buner and the river, have been found the remains of several Bud. adjoining tracts towards the Indus. This latter dhist std pas, temples and monasteries, with sculp- tour has been already described in a more popular tured slabs, frieces and pillars of a workmanship form in the work entitled On Alexander's Track to rivalling, if not in some cases excelling, as Mr. the Indus published by Mosers. Macmillan in 1929, Longhurst is inclined to think, the famous sculp- reviewed in the Nov. 1929 issue of this journal, tures of Amaravati, as well as a large number of where it was described as a tour that will rank as interesting Prakrit inscriptions in Brahmi script. one of the most prolific in results of value to scholars The remains and epigraphical records found at this ever accomplished in so short time (nine weeks). site are of importance from several points of view, In the present departmental Memoir the archæo. architectural, historical and geographical. For logical discoveries have been dealt with more fully