1879.] in Central India, 9 



Wilde's Catalogue before noticed. The number of tbe punched lines on 

 each ornament varies from 14 to 16, and these are placed in three rows. 



I have not Mr. Fergusson's paper at hand, but I think I remember 

 reading in his description of the Amravati Tope, that in the carvings there 

 two distinct races are traceable, the Aryans and a non- Aryan race, the latter 

 wearing heavy bangles of the description shewn in the plate and which are 

 similar to those still worn by the Brinjarah women and by some of the 

 aboriginal tribes. 



No. 8 is a small circular clear pebble. It was found by me in bar- 

 row No. 37. together with only one small piece of iron and a quantity of 

 pottery. In its dirty state it did not appear very inviting, and I was at 

 first inclined to throw it away together with the earth and stones dug out of 

 the barrow. But as it seemed to be of a different substance from the other 

 stones of the formation, it was preserved. I am not prepared to say that 

 it is really a curiosity. But one side of it bears a striking resemblance to 

 the "Altar Stone" No. 102, figured at page 132, of Sir W. Wilde's Cata- 

 logue. It has the four finger-marks on one side, on the other side a larger 

 " finger-mark" corresponding with the large central " finger-mark" of the 

 sketch. It may have been an ornament or amulet, and may have been set 

 in a claw, fastened on to the two central " finger-marks." 



The following specimens were all dug out of the barrow at Junapani, 

 No. 37 in the plan, in the presence of Mr. Lyall, Mr. Blanford and 

 myself, -in January 1867. Our first impression on visiting the spot 

 was, that as all the barrows were so much alike, it would be well 

 to trust to chance and to open the tumulus nearest at hand. Further 

 examination, however, brought to notice three barrows, rather more impos- 

 ing-looking than those of the main group, situated at some little distance 

 from it, in a quiet, pleasant spot near a small stream, on the south side of 

 the hill. The centre barrow was encircled by a double row of black boul- 

 ders. The circles flanking the main tomb on either side consisted of single 

 rows of stones somewhat smaller and less imposing in character. The ap- 

 pearance of this small group suggested, that the centre tomb was, perhaps, 

 that of some chieftain who had been buried with his wives or favourite chil- 

 dren apart from his followers, in a quiet and specially selected spot. It 

 was accordingly determined to open the centre and most imposing-looking 

 tomb, which measured 58 feet in diameter and is the largest of the 54 

 barrows that form the main group at Junapani. 



After digging through about 3 feet of thick, caked soil nearly as hard 

 as stone, we came upon broken pieces of pottery in which mica was preva- 

 lent, and from amongst the fragments the iron implements, figured in 



