212 F. S. Growse — Supposed Greek Sculpture at Mathurd. [Xo. 3, 



King of the North, thy glory is in all lands ; 

 Chiefs and Eajas daily attend in thy court. 



1. 3. The word translated ' lands' contains a letter which occurs fre- 

 quently and seems to be meant for "^ or % it is not clear which ; the scribe 

 uses a thick pen and forms his letters very small, so that it is sometimes 

 not easy to decypher them. In neither case is the meaning clear ; the word 

 ' lands' is inserted conjecturally. 



1. 4. This seems to allude to Jagat Singh's exploits across the Indus 

 in Bangash and Afghanistan. 



12. All his forces were wearied with hearing the shield ; 



He has sent all his Suhas, whom now will he send ? 



Sundar the good poet celebrated all the heroes that came, 



On the confines of Mau (he is) like a lion, who shall come before him ? 



In the Kali Yug, Jagata has become immortal, 



Fighting, he has sung the fame of the Empire in the nine climes. 



Lachmi and Narayan are thy aid night and day, 



Shah Jahan abashed kissing shall honor thee. 



{To be continued.) 



Supposed' Greek Sculpture at Mat7mrd. — By F. S. Geowse, M~. A., 



B. C. S. 



(With three plates.) 

 In 1836 Colonel Stacy discovered at or near Mathura — for the exact 

 locality does not appear to have been placed on record — a large and 

 curiously sculptured block of red sand-stone, which has given rise to much 

 antiquarian discussion. It measured 3 feet 10 inches in height, 3 feet in 

 breadth, and 1 foot 4 inches in thickness, and the top was scooped out, or worn 

 by time, into a shallow circular basin 16 inches in diameter and 8 inches deep. 

 It was carved on both sides with a Bacchanalian group, the principal figure in 

 which was supposed to represent Silenus and the whole to be the work of Bac- 

 trian Greek artists. It was deposited in the Calcutta Museum (where it still 

 is) by the finder, who described it as a tazza, or rather a pedestal that had been 

 used to support a large tazza or sacrificial vase. This opinion was endorsed 

 by James Prinsep, and has prevailed to the present da} T , though I believe it 

 can now be shown to be erroneous. The following description of the design 

 (which I have not myself seen*) is abridged from one given by Babu Bajen- 



* Since the above was written, General Cunningham has very kindly sent me two 

 photographs of Groups I and II. He conjectures that the stones were intended for 

 altars (which, however, I do not think possible), and writes : " Your altar is a very 

 interesting discovery, as the head-dress of the female holding the cup is that of the 



