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mountain, mentioned by Hiuen-Tsiang, the Chinese traveller. It was 

 here that a king in Southern Kosala built for the Bodhisattva Nagar- 

 j una, a sangharama, and here was passed a great portion of the saint's life* 

 Dr. Burgess has in the press a monograph on the Amaravati stupa, 

 illustrated by about 70 plates, mostly autotypes. It will include new 

 versions of the Asoka edicts at Jaugada and Dhauli by Dr. G. Biihler 

 from fresh impressions taken by Dr. Burgess himself. 



An effort which cannot fail to obtain the approval of this Society 

 is now being made to secure complete lists and impressions of all old 

 inscriptions arranged by districts. This is a work in which every mem- 

 ber of this Society can, with very little trouble to himself, considerably 

 aid the objects of the Survey, by sending transcripts or impressions 

 of inscriptions to the local Surveyor or lists of places where they are to 

 be found. Attention is also being directed to the more careful preserva- 

 tion of all ancient remains, including the dolmens and stone circles of 

 the south of India and the old village sites and ruined stupas in the 

 Panjab and Rajputana. rTor should it be omitted to state that the 

 Maharaja of Jaipur is giving generous encouragement to Colonel S. Jacob 

 to complete and publish his collection of examples of architectural 

 ornament formed from specimens at Amber and other towns within the 

 Maharaja's territories. 



Indian Antiquary. — In philology, archeology, and literature relating 

 to India, the Indian Antiquary continues to hold its high j)lace, and, to judge 

 from the quantity and variety of its contents, to meet with the liberal sup- 

 port that it certainly deserves. Your attention may be called to the con- 

 tinuation of the Sanskrit and old Kanarese inscriptions by Mr. Fleet, of 

 which eight are given (Nos. 160 — 167), and Dr. Biihler's Vallabhi inscrip- 

 tions, of which the eighteenth number appears. Mr. Fleet also has a paper 

 on the Gupta era in which he follows Al Biruni's statement that the Gupta 

 era began within a year or two on either side of A. D. 319-20, but denies 

 that this was also the date of the extermination of the Guptas, and not of 

 their rise to powder. Mr. Fleet also gives grounds for believing that 

 this Gupta era was used in Nepal by the Lichchhavis, whilst at the same 

 time the Sriharsha era, established by Harshavardhana of Kanauj, was 

 used by Ansuvarrnan and his successors. The same writer also gives a 

 paper on the history and date (515 A. D.) of Mihirakula son of Tora- 

 mana known from the boar inscription at Eran in the Central Provinces 

 which was originally edited by Dr. Mitra and published in our Journal.* 

 Dr. Kielhorn contributes a paper on the Sasbahu inscription of Mahipala 

 on the Vaishnava temple at Gwalior, correcting a former reading pub- 



* See Journal XXX, p. 2G7 j XXXIV, p. 115 : Arch. Hep. IV, 96. 



