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graha" or nine planets. This may perhaps be the stone alluded to by General 

 Cunningham in his Report. 



We also found other very curious remains viz. 2 heads (alluded to before), a 

 bust with head, and a sitting figure. The nationality of the parties r-epresented 

 we cannot determine. They are all females and the hair is drest in a very singular 

 style, being drawn up from the face and bound with a fillet, from which depend 

 elegant ornaments, and then gathered in a mob on the top of the head. The 

 hair over the centre of the forehead is carefully parted, and there is a fine 

 jewel in the centre ; over the forehead and in the ears are very large heavy 

 earrings. 



Might not these be representations of noble foreign ladies, who having visited 

 this noted spot, had vowed and erected temples, in or near to which in niches 

 were placed their statues in memory of the founders ? — Amongst the articles 

 found by Major Kittoe at Sarnath and described by Dr. Butler, is a similar 

 representation made in burnt clay. This head- dressing must not be confounded 

 with that as shewn in the Bhilsa figures of ascetics, who like many of the 

 fuqeers of the present day did not cut their hair, but gathererd it in large bunches 

 at the sides of their heads or plaited it. 



(Eeceived 20th January, 1865.) 



Since the above paper was written, I have paid another visit to 

 Saidpur. On this occasion I examined the country to the west of 

 the town, which I had not done previously. About three quarters of 

 a mile from Saidpur, on the high road, is the small village of Zuhar- 

 ganj, between which and the river is a mound regarded by the people 

 as the remains of an old fort. Bricks are cropping out of its sides, 

 and for some distance along the banks of the river round to the main 

 road beyond the village, the soil is strewn with broken brick, showing 

 that formerly buildings of this material were standing here. To the 

 north of the road, but almost close to it, is a mound called Earn 

 Tawakku, rising abruptly from the plain on which are also numerous 

 fragments of broken brick. To the north, about a mile from the 

 public road, is an immense terrace raised from 80 to 40 feet high 

 above the surrounding country. Its length is 420 paces, and its 

 breadth 190. The terrace is thickly covered Avith broken brick, and at 

 one corner there arc likewise fragments of stone. This enormous 



