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and painting ' represent every stage of Buddhist art from the first century 

 B.C. to the middle of the seventh century a.d.' ^ From Ajanta the party 

 proceeded by road to Jalgaon, where the broad-gauge train vv^as rejoined 

 at night. 



In the morning of December 22 a halt was made at Sanchi, in Bhopal 

 State, where the Buddhist stupas and other remains, dating from the 

 third century B.C. to the twelfth century a.d., were visited. In the 

 evening the train arrived at Agra. Some of the delegates visited the Taj 

 Mahal the same night, and it was here that Dr. W. W. Vaughan met with 

 the lamentable accident which resulted in his death. In the darkness he 

 fell from a terrace which is unprotected by any parapet. One of his 

 legs was broken, and after a long illness he died in the Thomason Hospital 

 at Agra on February 4, 1938, to the keen distress of all his colleagues 

 in the delegation. 



On December 23 the Fort and the Taj Mahal, superb monuments of 

 the Mogul Emperors Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb (1556-1707), 

 were visited, and some of the party were able to see the fort of Fatehpur 

 Sikri and also the Latitude Variation Observatory of the Survey of India, 

 and the Upper Air Observatory of the Meteorological Department. Sir 

 James Jeans, F.R.S., gave an address to students at the University. The 

 main party left Agra in the evening of December 23, and arrived at Delhi 

 in the morning of December 24. Some members, however, diverged in 

 order to visit Aligarh, where, at the University, short addresses were given 

 by Prof. Ernest Barker, Sir Arthur Eddington, F.R.S., Prof. W. T. 

 Gordon, Dr. W. G. Ogg, and Dr. Dudley Stamp. 



At Delhi on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the great modern 

 group of Government buildings — the Viceroy's House, the Secretariat, 

 and the Council House — and the new Imperial Institute of Agricultural 

 Research were visited, as well as many historical monuments, such as 

 the fort, the palace, and Juma Masjid (mosque) of Shah Jahan (c. 1640), 

 the ruined old fort of the fifteenth century, the mosque of Sher Shah, 

 and the twelfth-century Tower of Victory known as the Kutb Minar, 

 with its adjacent Jain and Hindu temples and mosque and the famous 

 iron pillar to which is assigned an age of fifteen centuries or more. The 

 Government of India entertained the party to luncheon on Christmas 

 Eve, and on Christmas Day most generous entertainment was extended 

 to individual members by many residents, Indian and British, in New 

 Delhi. Broadcasts were given on Christmas Eve by Sir James Jeans, 

 F.R.S., and Dr. O. J. R. Howarth. 



Leaving Delhi on Christmas night, the party reached Dehra Dun in 

 the morning of December 26. Here members visited the Forest Research 

 Institute and the Geodetic Branch of the Survey of India. The Forestry 

 Research Institute, established in 1906, occupies an estate of 1,400 acres, 

 and its fine buildings, besides administrative and residential quarters, 

 include a chemical branch, insectary, saw mill, pulp and paper plant, 

 wood workshops, and timber testing, seasoning and preservation labora- 

 tories, while there are also an arboretum and botanical and experimental 



1 This quotation, and much of the information throughout this report, are 

 taken with grateful acknowledgment from the guide-book specially prepared for 

 the delegation by the Indian Science Congress Association. 



