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mound of bricks which according to the local tradition are the 
ruins of the citadel of Saptagrama (Pl. VII). | 
out a quarter mile from the tomb of Jamaluddin buried in 
In an awe-inspiring gloom, a silent witness to the devastations of 
time. 
of the Bhagirathi flowed on to the sea through this channel 
in the bed of this river, The river-bed first below Raghunatha 
Dasa’s monastery is about 500 yards in breadth. But the whole 
of this area is under cultivation. A very small stream four to 
five feet in breadth meanders through ‘its old bed, and in some 
places in the District of Howrah has been choked up altogether. 
everal persons in the village of Trisbigha acknowledged the 
discovery of anchors, chains, cables, and even gold and silver 
coins from the river bed. But no amount of persuasion could 
masjid. The last Khadim died years ago, and no successor has 
yet been found. The Wakf lands are now in the possession of a 
Hindu, and all claims of the Mahomedans have since been barred 
by limitation. Closeto the spot where we found a stump of a stone 
pillar (Pl. IX) we found several large blocks of stones. Following 
these stones we came to the banks of the river where we found 
Several mounds of bricks on the river side ; these were the ruins of 
& once noble flight of steps descending to the bottom but all gone 
pieces now and fast crumbling away. In my infancy my father 
used to point out a heap of black stones near the railway-bridge 
on the Sarasvati while passing on the East Indian Railway, and I 
made a strenuous attempt to reach this spot, but the thick under- 
