1862.] 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



327 





lbs. 



oz. 



git. 



Length. 



Breadth . 



Thickness 



Jo. 1 



4 



9 







10 



4 



*■ 8 



„ 2 



3 



4i 







10 



4 



2 



» 3 



2 



9 







8| 



42. 



^8 



2 



» 4 



2 



l-i 







H 



H 



If 



» 5 



1 



9| 







6-5- 



B| 



H 



» 6 



1 



H 







K6 



2| 



x 8 



» ^ 







18f 







4 1 



^8" 



3| 



•*■ 8 



„ 8 







8 



350 



4 



23 



'8 



J 8 



„ 9 







5 



85 



31 



2 



1 



„ 10 









280 



2f 



J 8 



H 



„ 11 







3 



275 



06 

 ^8 



1^ 



-*-8 



o| 



» 12 







2 



335 



11 

 x 8 



1-^ 



- 1 - 8 



01 



U 8 



„ B. 



1 



9f 



- 



^"8 



2-5- 



^"8 



If 



» c. 







H 







3-2- 



u 8 



1^ 



J 8 



H 



The material of which these stone weapons from Bundlekund are 

 manufactured differs somewhat in mineral composition and texture, but 

 is, I believe, without exception selected from the geological group 

 named ' Semries' by Professor Henry Medlicott in his report on the 

 district. A sort of greenstone is usually selected, but sometimes a 

 more distinctly schistose rock, and in one case (Fig. A,) a piece of 

 limestone has been used, though in the highly finished ones only the 

 harder and better adapted stones seemed to have been used. 



The small fragment from Sibdilla is made of a softish schist ill 

 suited for such a purpose and which has evidently broken along a 

 natural flaw or parting in the stone. 



What is remarkable is, that, abundant as quartzite is, it has never 

 been used for the manufacture of celts, though perhaps quartz weapons, 

 especially of small size, may eventually be found. Neither have I ever 

 noticed any celt manufactured from the compact Vindhyan sandstone 

 of the country in which they occur. Too little is, however, known at 

 present of these relics to base any reliable surmise on, and I shall 

 therefore refrain from any further remarks, beyond expressing a hope 

 that the notice will serve to stimulate inquiry, and prove what an 

 interesting field of archaeological research lies, as it were, at our doors, 

 and how much light a little energy and zeal may be expected to throw 

 on the unwritten history of the Archaic races of men in India. 



Mr. Theobald also exhibited an engraved figure of Athene Pro- 



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