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well be "n." The letter next after anananda, lean only guess 

 at. One seems an "n" or " m." The word "irma" or "imra" 

 (most probably the latter), may have some connection with " amrit" 

 which becomes in some Hindi dialects " imrit." 



The end of the third and the fonrth line contains a common 

 Buddhist formula employed at the end of dedicating inscriptions ; 

 the word which I have rendered " Budhastrasa" is alone doubtful. 



I am sorry to have the version so incomplete, but send it so rather 

 than detain the plate longer, as I have no prospect of being able to 

 give that attention to it which a more complete version would 

 necessitate. 



1st April, 1870. 



Notes on Old Delhi. — By J. D. Tkemlett, Esq., M. A., C. S. 

 [Received 12th March, 1870.] 

 In the present paper I purpose restricting my remarks to such 

 ancient Hindu and Pat'han buildings as have a historical or archi- 

 tectural interest, and are situated in or around the site of old Delhi. 

 As, moreover, I intend these notes to be merely supplementary to 

 the learned Paper of General Cunningham on the same subject, 

 published in Vol. XXXIII. of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal, I pass over in general all matters therein discussed. 



The Tank of Suraj Kundh. 



For the reasons given in the previous paragraph, I omit alluding 

 to the two Pillars of Asoka, the iron pillar at Mihrauli, and the 

 Hindu period of Indrapat (Purana Oil' ah). As, however, Cunning- 

 ham's description of the tank of Suraj Kundh is confined to a few 

 lines (p. six) and that of Sayyid Ahmad in his Asar-uccanadid 

 contains one or two inaccuracies, it may be well to dwell on this in 

 some detail. , - , . 



Sayyid Ahmad attributes the construction of this tank to Siiraj Pal, 

 the fifth son of that Rajah Anekpal, who was the first king of the 

 Tunwar dynasty, about 676 A. D. General Cunningham, however, 

 holds that the popular date should be referred to the Balabhi era, 

 which would give A. D. 1061, during the reign of the second 



