JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Part L— HISTORY, LITERATURE, &c. 



No. II.— 1870. 



Memorandum on and tentative reading of the Site Vihdr Inscription from 

 near BMwalpur. — By E. 0. Bayley, Esq., 0. S. L, C. S. 



("With, two plates.) 



I enclose a tracing of an inscription and the accompanying note 

 from Major Stubbs, R. A. 



The place ' Sue Yihar' in which this copper-plate inscription was 

 found, is situated about sixteen miles S. W. of Bhawulpur, and the 

 plate formed the bottom of a small arched chamber in which the 

 vertical shaft which pierced the tower, terminated at the level of the 

 summit of the mound. 



Major Stubbs says — ■ 



' The name of the place, where the tower stands, is Sue Vihar. 

 Its present height is about 45 feet; but report says that 6 or 8 feet 

 have recently fallen. Upon approaching it from the north, it is seen 

 that but half of it is standing, having been cut, as it were, right down 

 the diameter, passing from N. E to S. W. Half the exterior height is 

 made up of a mound ; and about 20 feet above the place where the 

 tower rises from the mound, there are the remains of a large square 

 chamber, about 8 feet square, its sides facing the cardinal points. 

 Above the floor of this, the walls rise at present about 1 1 feet size. 

 In the centre of the floor, there is a square hole of 16 inches, opening 

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