33. Note on Seven Sixteenth Century Cannon recently 
discovered in the Dacca District. 
By H. E. Srapiteton, Inspector of Schools, Dacca Division. 
On February 12th, 1909, seven brass cannon were dis- 
covered by some men who were excavating earth in the small 
village of Diwan Bagh, or, as it is written on the 1”=1 mile 
Survey map, Munnoohur Khaner Bagh. The village is situated 
about seven miles north-east of Narainganj, near the junction of a 
streamlet called the Akatia Khal with the Sital Lakhya, and was 
with the date 1002 A.H. (= 1593 A.D.). 
The second bears some family resemblance to the cannon of ‘Isa 
Khan, and may date from the same period. The last of the 
seven has no inscription by which the date could be fixed, and 
that still clasp the trunnions of two of the guns. This wo 
spree only of motion up and down in a vertical plane, but the 
motion as well. The butt of each gun was cast with a socket, into 
which a long handle or rod of iron was fitted to facilitate the 
aiming of the gun. 
