1863. | On the Antiquities of the Peshawur District. 7 
No. 1. A slab 13°14 inches in width, and 83 inches high, consi- 
derably abraded, representing a domestic scene. The execution is 
unusually coarse. The first and third figures from the right are 
evidently females ; they have shoes on their feet, whilst the figure 
between them with the right hand lifted up, has the feet bare. The 
first, second, and third figures on the right have ali earrings; the 
sitting female has a chadar over her head. The first and second 
figures on the right are seated on a bolstered couch, each having a 
footstool. The seated male figure has an ornamented head-dress, a 
necklace, and another ornament going over the left and under the 
right shoulder. The standing female figure has what appears to be 
a towel in her hands, which may be connected with the nude child on 
the knees of the next sitting bearded figure, the upper part of whose 
body is also nude: he appears seated on a mora. The next is also a 
male figure, but much mutilated. The ornamental architecture form- 
ing the ceiling of the room, cannot fail to strike the beholder. 
No. 2. The figure of a king—four feet five inches in height. 
Hindu dress ; tilak on the forehead, smooth chin, neat moustache, 
elaborate earrings. The head is covered with strings of pearls and 
precious stones, presenting in front the shape of a diadem or crown, 
whilst the two ends of a fillet appear on the circular plane behind 
the head. Four different strings of ornaments, such as are still worn 
by Hindus, are suspended from his neck. A very rich necklace, 
encircling the neck, is of precisely the shape and workmanship which 
belongs to those one sees now worn by the higher officers at the 
Court of the Maharajah of Kashmir. <A longer string lies over the 
necklace, and is fastened, over the breast-bone, by a richly worked 
clasp consisting of two open-mouthed animal’s heads. Two other 
strings with amulets come from under the necklace, the one thrown 
over, the other under the right shoulder. The figure has also amu- 
lets on both arms, and two bangles on the wrist of the left hand, 
The right hand is broken off at a place where most of the figures 
found have the hand, which is made of another piece, joined to the 
arm ; usually where there is a joint of this kind, it is very skilfully 
and artistically managed. The dhoti and chadar fall in rich and 
graceful folds, the latter ending in an elaborate tassel. There are 
sandals on the feet held by a string. The pedestal presents an altar 
or large urn in the centre, with two human figures on each side, 
