23. Saptagrima or Satganw. 
By Raxuat Das Banpyordpnyiyva. 
With a note on a new inscription of Alauddin Husain Shah 
by Dr. T. Bloch, Ph.D. 
The existence of Sanskrit inscriptions in the Dargah of Zafar 
Khan Ghazi was noticed by Mr. D. Money more than sixty years 
ago.! They have also been noticed by Dr. Bloch in one of his 
Annual Reports.* These are the most interesting ruins in Sapta- 
grama. Man eople think that Triveni did not belong to 
Saptagrama proper, but proofs against this belief will be adduced 
later on. 
What we know about Saptagrama before the Mahomedan 
Pre-Mahomedan Hindu sculptures, which were used in 
Saptagrama, Hin- mosques and tombs, which again have 
_ du ruins, crumbled to pieces, disclosing the sculp- 
tures which were buried in them hun- 
dreds of years ago. The only Hindu.ruin still to be found in 
Saptagrama is the temple at Triveni, better known as the Mazar 
of Zafar Khan Ghazi or “atf¥x ¢ga” 1 The cluster of temples 
in the courtyard, which Mr. Money has described, have now com- 
pletely disappeared, with the exception of the mosqueand the Mazar. 
The Mazar consists of two roofless rooms.’ The plinth of these two 
rooms is built of black basalt. The room near the road is also 
built of the same material. In this room lies the Ghazi himself and 
his wife. Previous writers have noticed that these rooms were 
ple. 
of the Hindu temple still standing intact. The plinth, the walls, 
‘door jambs, lintels, are all constructed of the same material. ere 
ground in front, may be replaced very easily. 
‘ment Overseers who are now carryin ) 
overlook this. The western gateway faces the river. There is 
a flight of stone steps rising up to the level of the temple. Both 
the western and southern gateways are still in a good state of 
‘preservation. In all the gateways the door jambs are profusely 
l J.A.S B., vol. xvi., pt. i, p. 393. : 
2 Annual Report of the Archeological Survey, Bengal Circle, 1902, p. 24. 
