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Mangala Garh, in the Monghyr District, vvliicli appears to have been a 

 large ancient city. Two Buddhist copper coins were found there. 



Mr. Gupta has also given an account of the ruins and antiquities 

 of Rampal, near Munshiganj, in the Dacca District, formerly the seat 

 of the old Sen kings of Bengal, notably of Ballal Sen, the founder of 

 Kulinism in Bengal. 



The work of the ArchiBological Survey has made good pi'ogress 

 dulling the year, though it is to be feared that the retirement of the 

 Director, Dr. James Burgess, C. I. E., may check the advancement of this 

 important work. I believe, however, that good arrangements have been 

 made for carrying on the surveys now in progress, and that Dr. Burgess 

 will continue to edit the Reports. 



The first volume of the new series of Reports brought out in India 

 under Dr. Burgess' superintendence, of the Archteological Surveys in 

 the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, containing Dr. Fiihrer's Report on the 

 Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur, which was alluded to in last year's ad- 

 dress as under preparation, has been published. It is a very valuable con- 

 tribution to the history of Muhammadan architecture, and in point of get 

 up may fairly be said to compare well with similar publications printed 

 in Europe. 



In a valuable paper read before the International Congress of 

 Orientalists held at Stockholm, Dr. Burgess has given an account 

 cf the rise and progress of Ai'chfeological studies in this country 

 and of the work of the ArchiBological Surveys in Northern, Western 

 and Southern India, and the publication of the results so far as issued. 

 The materials on hand are very considerable and most important, and 

 four volumes could be put in hand at once, were the means forthcoming, 

 as it may be hoped they will be. From the paper it appears that with 

 Dr. Burgess' retirement, the five survey circles for all India are to be 

 reduced to three, under properly qualified Surveyors, with one or two 

 specialists for epigraphy. The munificent aid rendered by the Maha- 

 rajas of Baroda and Jeypote in bringing out illustrated works on the 

 architectural remains in their territories, is specially noticed and the 

 hope expressed that others may follow their good example. 



The Archseological Survey party in Western India, under Mr. H. 

 Cousens, having completed the survey of Bijapur, moved to Palitana, 

 in Kathiawad, and completed the survey of the Jaina temples which 

 crown the sacred hill of Satrunjaya. There is very little that can be 

 called ancient, but the vast congregation of temples and shrines, which 

 crown the hill makes the place uniqu.e and worthy of attention. The 

 whole ritual of Jaina worship may be seen on the hill, and a complete 

 knowledge of its iconogi'aphy can be gained by a close inspection of its 



