1834.] Further account of an ancient Town, fyc. 221 



Some time after the date of the above transaction, Raja Gunakama 

 Deva, prince of Cathmandu, a principal city of Nepal, became the dis- 

 ciple of the above-mentioned Santikar Vajra Acharya. Gu'n Kam 

 Deva, with the aid derived from the divine merits of Santikar, brought 

 the Nag RajaKARKiArAKA out of the lake or tank of Adhar, and conveved 

 him to Santipur with much ceremony and many religious rites. The 

 cause of this act was that for many previous years there had been a defi- 

 ciency of rain, whereby the people had been grievously distressed with 

 famine ; and its consequence was, an ample supply of rain, and the re- 

 turn of the usual fertility of the earth and plenty of food. 



Subsequently, Sri Narendra Deva became Raja of Bhagat-pattan, (or 

 Bhatgaon) ; he was the disciple of Bandudatta Acharya, and brought 

 Aryavalokiteswara (Padma Pani) from Putalakaparvat (in Assam) to 

 the city of Lalita pattan in Nepal. The reason of inviting this divinity 

 to Nepal was a drought of 12 years' duration, and of the greatest 

 severity. The measure was attended with like happy results, as in the 

 case of conveying the Nag Raja with so much honour to Santipur. 

 [The classification will be given in an ensuing number.] 



IV. — Further Account of the Remains of an ancient Town, discovered at 

 Behat, near Sehdranpur. By P. T. Cautley, Art. Supt. Doab Canal. 



[In a letter to the Secretary, read at the Meeting of the 30th April.] 

 With more coins and other articles that have been found in our 

 Herculaneum, I have now the pleasure of sending a sketch of the 

 country in the neighbourhood of Behat, which will be more descrip- 

 tive of the ancient town, with the size and extent of the mountain 

 torrents in its vicinity, than any explanation that I could give in writing : 

 the total absence moreover of any tradition of its having existed, and 

 the little information to be gained from natives on subjects of this nature, 

 unless coming under their immediate observation, places me in depend- 

 ence solely on the few notes that I have by me, which I fear are 

 hardly worthy of the notice of the Society. 



Tradition, but even that of the vaguest description, carries us back to 

 the reign of Shah Jehan, as well as to that of Muhammed Shah andhiu 

 successors at the dissolution of the empire. Shah Jehan built apalace or 

 hunting seat at the foot of the lowerrangeof hills on a branch of the Jumna 

 river, about 14 miles north of Behat: this place which consists of a main qua- 

 drangle of 800 feet square, with numerousbuildings and minor courts attach- 

 ed, is now in perfect ruin, the superstructure only remaining in a few places, 

 and that entangled and held together by arms and roots of the Bur 



