116 A. Cunningham — The ArchcBological Survey o/'1873-7i. [Mat, 



take to mean that " Anathapedika buys {ketd) the Jetavana for certain 

 kotis of money." To the left there is a building labelled Kosambikuti^ a 

 name which has already appeared in my Sravasti inscription. A second 

 building near the top is labelled Gadhakuti or Gandhakuti. In the fore- 

 ground there is a cart which has just been unladen, with the pole and yoke 

 tilted upwards, and the bullocks at one side. The story of the purchase of 

 Prince Jeta's garden by Anathapindika for eighteen kotis of masuraiis is 

 told in Hardy's Manual of Buddhism. According to the legend Prince 

 Jeta, not wishing to sell the garden, said that he would not part 

 with it for a less sum than would pave the whole area when the pieces of 

 money (masurans) were laid out touching each other. This offer was at 

 once accepted by Anathapindika, and accordingly the court-yard is repre- 

 sented covered with ornamented squares, which touch each other like the 

 squares of a chess board, but do not break bond as a regular pavement of 

 stones or tiles would do. For this reason I take the squares to represent 

 the squares pieces of old Indian money. Beside the cart there are two 

 figures with pieces in their hands. These I suppose to be Anathapindika 

 himself and a friend counting out the money. In the middle of the court 

 are two other figures also with square pieces in their hands. These I suppose 

 to be the purchaser's servants who are laying down the coins touching each 

 other. To the left are several persons of rank looking on, whom I take to 

 be Prince Jeta and his friends. The whole scene is very curious ; and when 

 we remember that the bas-relief is as old as the time of Asoka, it does not 

 seem too rash to conclude that we have before us a rude representation of 

 the buildings of the famous Jetavana which were erected by Anathapindika 

 during the lifetime of Buddha. 



One of the new inscriptions discovered by Mr. Beglar is also interest- 

 ing, as we get the name of a king who must have been a contemporary of 

 Asoka. This record is as follows : " (Gift) of the Prince Vadha Pala, son 

 of Eaja Dhanabhuti." 



A. CUNNINGHAM, Major- General, 

 Director General of the Archceological Survey of India. 



3. Fourth List of Birds ^ p7'incip ally from the Naga Hills and Manipur^ 

 including others from the Khdsi, Gdro and Tipjpera Hills. — By Major 

 H. H. Godwin-Austen, P. E. G. S., P. Z. S. 



This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



