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On the Antiquities of Mainpuri. 



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amatory groups — very Jain — viz. to the left a man playing a tom-tom 

 with a woman holding her hands over his head ; to the right a man's 

 hand on his heart vowing devotion, whilst the woman is scorning him. 

 On another large stone, half of which is wanting, is Buddha rested 

 in the middle, the " Navagraha" or nine planets right and left, with the 

 sun and moon on either hand closing the series. This stone is clearly 

 eavlv Hindu. 



I append an outline of a portion of another carving which appears 

 allegorical, although I am unahle to make it out. 

 I also send an outline of a pilaster found hy me at 

 Bichaman on the Grand Trunk Road about six 

 miles distant. Besides being of unusual design, 

 J (^ _ it is pierced with a large round hole, and may 



c^y ^-T^r ; possibly have formed part of a railing like that 

 found at Mathura. 



The bricks about the village were not large, and 

 I imagine that in early times, the use of squared 

 kankar blocks for religious edifices was universal 

 in places where stone is not found. The carvings 

 above described Avere on sandstone which may have 

 been brought from Agra or elsewhere. It is, 

 however, clear from what I have above noted that 

 Asauli is worthy of a visit by any passing Archcco- 

 -^^X \J logist. 



