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the goldsmiths refused to purchase them, saying, they were useless, as 

 on account of their bearing the figures of Ram and Sit a, no one dar- 

 ed cut or work them up. To this circumstance they owe their preser- 

 vation. They were ta^en from the villager by two zemindars, in whose 

 possession they remained six years. 



They are not exactly similar, though the difference is but slight. 

 The symbols above the right-hand of the female figure are different. 

 The male figures do not agree, but this may be owing to one being 

 more rubbed than the other. 



That which is most plain has at the back of his head a bow knot, 

 with the ends long and waving. The armour on his legs is easily dis- 

 tinguished, as also the long robe. In both there appears to have been 

 an inscription on both sides, and some letters within the bow. The 

 standard, evidently some bird, is difficult to distinguish. The right 

 hand appears to hold an arrow, the point of which is near the feet. 



Any further information I may collect, I shall be proud and happy 

 to communicate. 



[The gold coins alluded to above are of the ordinary Kanouj type, of which se- 

 veral are depicted in the 17th volume of the Researches, and several more are to 

 be found in Marsden's Numismata Orientalia. The letters are, however, more 

 distinct than usual, and seem to make the words Sri Vikrama. Drawings of 

 them will be given hereafter, but we have thought preferable to publish the par- 

 ticulars at once. We hope Mr. Tregear will favour us with a copy of the inscrip- 

 tion he states to have found in an ancient character, on an image in a temple 

 near Jaunpur, dated 515 years back. The form of the Nagari characters at dif- 

 ferent eras, well established by dates, is a desideratum. — Ed.] 



HI. Price of Grain at Allygurh, near Delhi, from the year 1804 to 



1832 inclusive. By Edward Stirling, Esq. C. S. 



In the course of my official duties, having occasion to ascertain the 

 nrice of grain for some years subsequent to the conquest of this dis- 

 trict, I thought it might be desirable to obtain the price of wheat 

 and grain from the period of our first possession of the country to the 

 end of last year. This I have effected, and the accompanying state- 

 ment contains the result for each month during the last 28 years. In 

 the last column on the right ^and will be found stated the average of 

 the vear, and at the foot of the table, the average of each month for 

 the whole period. 



The prices of grain herein-mentioned have been abstracted chiefly 

 from the Kotwali records of the town of Coel, and an average for the 

 whole month has been made from the daily prices of these two 

 kinds of grain. 



It seems necessary to state the weight of the seer specified. It 

 consists of ninety sicca weight of the old Furukhabad rupee, weighing 



