1881.] F. S. Growse— On some curiosities found at Bulandshahr. 113 



the feet is an inscription in characters apparently of the 9th or 10th cen- 

 tury, of which 1 sent a rubbing to Dr. Hoernle, who reads it as follows : 



Ye dharmmd hetu-prahhavd lietus teshdn tathagato hyavadat teslidm 

 cha yo nirodhct. evam-vddi mahdsramanah. 



This would be in English " All things that proceed from a cause, says 

 the Tathagata, their cause is identical with their destruction ; such is the 

 dictum of the great philosopher."* If this is the form of words that is 

 always used, it is curious that a popular symbol of faith should have been 

 framed with so much tautology in so short a compass. 



5. Note on some curiosities found at Bulandshahr. — By F. S. 

 Geowse, C. I. E. 



In the course or some excavations in the plateau of high ground 

 immediately outside the town of Bulandshahr, mentioned in the previ- 

 ous note under its popular name of the Moti Bazar, I have come upon the 

 remains of an old local manufacture, of which I send six specimens for 

 the inspection of the Society. They may be described as earthenware 

 flasks or vases, but the purpose for which they were intended is by no means 

 obvious, and I should be glad of suggestions. They are all alike in general 

 shape, being pointed at the bottom like a Roman amphora and with a very 

 small orifice for the mouth ; but they vary very much in the patterns with 

 which they have been ornamented, and are of different size, weight and thick- 

 ness. Some have apparently been squeezed out of shape, before the material 

 of which they are made had had time to dry. The spot where they were 

 found is evidently that where they were baked, as the number that have 

 been dug up entire amounts to several scores, besides a multitude of broken 

 pieces, all mixed in a deep deposit of ashes and the other refuse of a 

 potter's kiln. 



At the same level have also been uncovered many fragments of wall 

 and pavement, constructed of large and well- burnt bricks measuring as 

 much as 1 ft. 7 in. in length by 11 inches in breadth and 3 in. in thickness. 

 Most of these bricks are marked on one side with two lines drawn by the 

 workman's fingers in the damp clay, and they are, I should say, of great 

 antiquity. At first, however, I did not suppose that the flasks were at 

 all of the same age. The site might have been originally occupied by a 

 fort and then deserted for centuries before the potters came and set up 

 their kilns upon it, making use — for their houses — of any old building 

 materials that they happened to light upon. The traditional name by 

 which the piece of ground is popularly known is, as I have said, the 



* [Or rather : " all things that proceed from a cause, their cause as well as their 

 destruction the Tathagata has declared ; such is the dictum of the great philosopher." 



Ed.] 



