1834.] Second note, on the Bhilsa Inscription. 489 



of antiquity. One addition to its elucidation chance has enabled me 

 to contribute. 



The late Mr. S. V. Stacy picked up at auction some original sketch- 

 es of architectural monuments in central India, signed " Roebuck, 1819." 

 Most of them are without any memorandum to explain to what monu- 

 ments they belong : but one of them fortunately bears the title "Plan of 

 the Jain or Buddhaic Building at Sanchee Kanikhera, on the west 

 bank of the Betwa near Bhilsa, called ' Sas buhoo ka Bittha.' " From 

 the hand writing I should judge that the sketch must have been pre- 

 pared by the late Dr. Yeld, apparently for the guidance of some person 

 about to visit the spot, probably Captain Fell. I have introduced the 

 plan and elevation in Plate XXXI. as an appropriate accompaniment to 

 the preceding plates. Some of the marginal notes are worthy of being 

 transcribed : 



" In visiting this place, remember also to inquire for some buildings 

 at a place called Jhinneah kapuhar, three miles to the north-west of Oody- 

 giri." " There is also an unfinished figure of a horse and a recumbent 

 figure on an adjacent hill in the direction marked M." "The arrow 

 H points in the direction of Oodygiri, where there is a rock with some 

 curious sculpture, and apparently the quarry whence the stone of the 

 present building was derived." 



" K points to a temple containing an image of Buddha. 



L, to another of a similar nature, 200 yards off. 



N, to a smaller temple. 



A is the site of a pedestal imbedded in a square basement : near which 

 lie the broken parts of a large image. 



B, B, and B are three images of Buddha within the enclosure. 



C is a standing figure, with a smaller figure having curly hair, on 

 his left hand : resting on an elephant on the right. 



D is a large broken pillar, the sum of the pieces exclusive of the 

 capital, forming originally a single stone, measure 31 feet 10 inches." 



Whether or not this sketch was prepared for Captain E. Fell, it agrees 

 precisely with the description published by him in the Calcutta Jour- 

 nal of 11th July, 1819. This account has not appeared in any work 

 of a more permanent nature, nor is it alluded to by Mr. Erskine in his 

 Dissertation on the Bauddha monuments of India, in the Bombay 

 Transactions. I shall therefore make no apology for reprinting it from 

 Buckingham's Journal, and if hereafter I am favored with any further 

 drawings of the antiquities in its neighbourhood, they shall be added 

 to the present plates. Captain Fell talks of ' numerous inscriptions,' 

 especially one which gives the date of the erection, in Samvat 1 8, or 40 B.C. 

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