Vol. V, No. 9.] Note on Seven Sixteenth Century Cannon. 373 
[N.S.] 
(0) Below, midway between the breech and trunnions, 
occurs the lettering 
> be 
dt a] 
What this inscription means is not clear.! 
Further down the gun, just past the trunnions, are also 
found some doubtful figures (faintly visible in the plate). These 
somewhat resemble in form the English figures 5 1 9—1, though 
the loop of the “7 is incomplete. 
. in gun, devoid both of ornamentation and in- 
scription. Its a is 4’ 6”, and the diameter of its bore 1#’. 
The weight of the gun is 1 maund 30 seers 
Addenda. 
Little trace now remains of the fort at Egaro Sindhu ( «t¥ 
fig, the junction of 11 streams) except a few mounds which 
indicate the lines of fortification. The only object of interest 
is a small three-domed mosque richly decorated within an 
without with ornamental bricks. Above the central door is an 
inscription in plaster dating from the time of ‘Isi Khan’s 
grandson, Ma‘sum Khan. 
As the letters of the inscription are rapidly peeling off under 
at influence of the weather, I take the opportunity of recording 
BW ralee yeas Lit yllad all} JF - all omy come alt yt alt d 
aly gst lomo ost ee elelt arte Laut JU y - 39! prey aul wt wr 
ED Rises Se Geir. pend pldt yw = allt Gay urbe a) 
.. (ypbdlw yas Zl erbls ope yo a ee wt go pleial 
= “ai My re® yo cgjle aldol ole sb ytd [ ale [ 
* is Per 
“There is no God but Allah! Muhammad is the prophey 
of Allah! Saith Almighty God, ‘* Verily he builds mosque, 
Ci ol Ae ee 
1M. Tabarakullah, late Maulvi of the Dacca Madrasah, to whom 
the inscription was shown, suggests yliv eo Concealer (of my sins),”’ 
and 5: 5¢ 4, “«O Beloved,” two of the names of Allah. Apart from the 
unlikelihood of such an inscription on a weapon of war, there is no 
Sign of the & in the second line, and the first two curves of the cp 
in the first line are very doubtful. The dots of the | in the first line are 
also not certain. (15-8-09) 
