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somewhat eccentric lady, of whom it was told that, 

 when implored by Sikh deputies to aid them marching 

 on Calcutta, she suddenly drew aside the purdah, and 

 threw her pyjamas at them. Besides, tliere is the 

 usual host of mosques, tombs, and temples, all worth a 

 visit, but their respective architecture in no way 

 different from what has been already described — I shall 

 let it pass. The Mohamedans having subjugated the 

 Punjab early in the eleventh century, accounts for the 

 great number of their religious monuments, many now 

 in ruins. 



Of modern institutions, there is a good college 

 and a museum. The latter contains an interesting 

 collection of sculptures and architectural fragments of 

 old Buddhist remains in the Peshawur valley, which 

 are now being moulded and photographed for the 

 British Museum. It has been stated that much im- 

 portance is attached to them, owing to the evidence of 

 strong Greek influence, supposed to have come from 

 Bactria into Afghanistan, and thence penetrated into 

 Cashmere and India. My own opinion, however, is that 

 the Hellenic influence upon Indian art has been very 

 feeble, and by no means permanent ; indeed, after 

 careful examination of existing ruins, I should say that 

 it seems to have completely lost its effect at a very 

 eai'ly period, and that in nearly every example an 



