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trict; Shambhal (Sfambhalapura) , Amroha (Ambikdnagara) and a great 

 number of kherds in the Bilari pargana of the Muradabad district. 



Badaon yielded a large stone inscription of Lahhanapdla, of the 

 MasTitralcuta clan, the eleventh ruler of Voddmdyutd. Ilahabas Dewal, 

 in the Pilibhit district, furnished a big stone inscription of a petty chief- 

 tain, named Lalla, dated Saravat 1049, whilst at Ramnagar, in the 

 Bareli district, several Buddhist railings and ornamental slabs of red 

 sandstone were unearthed, containing dedicatory insci'iptions of the 

 Indo-Scythian period. A large collection of Arabic and Persian inscrip- 

 tions, mostly written in Tughra, Kufi, and Bahari, were obtained at 

 Badaon, Sambhal, and Amroha. 



In the beginning of the cold season of 1888-89 the Survey visited 

 the Jalaon and Jhansi districts. Detailed drawings have been prepared 

 of the Chaurasi G-umbaz at Kalpi, the Jami Musjid at Erichh and the 

 great Chaturbhuj temple at Orcha. Several historically valuable records 

 of the Chandela king Kirttivarman have been obtained at Geraho, and 

 a great number of Persian and Arabic inscriptions at Kalpi, Jalaon, 

 Kunh, and Erichh. 



At the end of December, Dr. Fiihrer visited the Fort at Chunar, in 

 order to see the so-called " cave-temple " which was reported to have 

 been discovered during the progress of renewal of the retaining wall 

 of No. 2 Battery, at the south-west corner of the Fort. He found six 

 small rock-cut S'aiva images, representing Gauri S'ankar, Parvati, S'iva, 

 Ganesa, and Rudra, and four short dedicatory inscriptions in characters 

 of a very early type. 



In January 1888, Dr. Bnrgess made extensive excavations in the 

 Kankali, Chaubara and Pali Kkera mounds at Mathura, and was richly 

 rewarded in finding a large number of Bauddha and Jaina relics 

 and several inscribed statues of the time of Kanisbka. The Government 

 of the North- Western Provinces and Oudb having again sanctioned a 

 sum of Rs. 600 for archaeological researches, Dr. Fiihrer is at present 

 engaged in excavating the Kankali Tila and, in the course of a few days, 

 has unearthed the bell-shaped capital of an Asoka lion-pillar, similar to 

 that of the Lauriya pillar ; a large number of Buddbist railings ; several 

 Buddhist images with inscriptions of tbe Indo-Scythian period, and two 

 colossal statues of Padmaprablidndtha and Mahdvirandtha, dedicated by 

 the Svetdmbara community of Mathura in Samvat 1038, according to 

 inscriptions on their pedestals. 



Dr. Fuhrer's account of the Sharqi architecture of Jaunpiir, edited 

 by Dr. Burgess, is in the press and will be illustrated by a large num- 

 ber of plates now being printed at the Survey of India Office. 



Papers on ' The Ruins and Antiquities of Rampal,' by Mr. Asutosh 



