'I Mrs. H. Gr. M. Murray- Ay nsley — Remains in Kashmir. [Jan. 



have no tradition as to their history. Sabour is 2 miles south of the 

 present bed of the Ganges, and \ mile from the old bed (one in use 

 within living memory.) 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Buddhism in Bengal, aft^' the Muhammadan Conquest. — By 

 Pandit Haraprasad (Jastri, M.A. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



2. Note on some remarkable remains in Kashmir. — By Mrs. H. G. M. 

 Murray-Aynsley. Co7nmunicated by the Philological Secretary. 



Early in November 1894, shortly before quitting Kashmir after this 

 our fourth visit, I was attracted to the remains of certain old buildings 

 about a mile distant from the European quarter of Sirlnagar. On closer 

 examination, one of these proved to have formerly been a Muhammadan 

 Ziarat. * Its walls, up to the height of 10 feet, consisted of very large 

 carefully hewn stones apparently laid without mortar. The roof is 

 entirely fallen in. Judging from the dimensions of the beams of wood 

 lying about in the interior, the whole of the upper part of this building 

 must have been of that material. Amongst this debris are one or two 

 tombstones in situ, and fragments of others are scattered about. Three 

 or four yards distant from, and parallel with the Ziarat, are the remains of 

 another building of the same character. In this case, the existing stone 

 walls are not more than 4 or 5 feet in height. The whole enclosure is 

 however, much larger than the jfirst named. It contains more than one 

 native dwelling place, the occupants of which appeared to belong to 

 a class superior to that of the ordinary cultivator. These people, on 

 being questioned said, that once upon a time a Mosque stood on this 

 latter site. 



Directly in front of the Ziarat, and placed in a sloping position 

 against a rough wall which possibly originally formed its outer 

 enclosure, is a singular stone which one may venture to say could never 

 have belonged to either of the above-named buildings. At first sight, 

 this stone appeared to be circular, but on accurate measurement, it 

 proved to be (allowing for a portion which has been broken off) four 

 feet in diameter one way, and four feet four inches the other. The 

 thickness of this slab is about 10 inches, the under or back side is very 

 roughly hewn, but its upper surface has been very carefully smoothed. 

 All round it, at a distance of one inch and a half from the edge, is a 



* A walled ouclosuro, in wliicli is tlie torab of some saint, is thus styled. 



