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Beport of the Proceedings of the Archceologieal Surveyor to the 

 Government of India for the Season of 1862-63. 

 NOTE. 

 [Received 16th April, 1864.] 

 In k. D. 634, when the Chinese pilgrim Hwen Thsang crossed the 

 Satlaj from the westward, the first place that he visited was Po-li-ye 

 to-lo, or Parigatra, which has been identified by M. St. Martin with 

 Vairdt, to the northward of Jaypur. This place I have not yet 

 visited, as my explorations during the cold season of 1862-63 were 

 confined to Delhi, Mathura, aud Khalsi, on the line of the Jumna, 

 and to the ancient cities lying north of that river in the Gangetic 

 Doab, Oudh, and Eohilkhand. In these provinces, I have followed 

 Hwen Thsang's route from Mathura to Srdvasti; and, with his aid, 

 I have been successful in discovering the once famous cities of AM- 

 chhatra, Kosdmbi, Shdchi, and Srdvasti. The sites of other celebrated 

 places have likewise been determined with almost equal certainty, as 

 Srughna, Ifadipur, Govisana, Pilosana, Kusapura, and Dhopdpapura. 

 I begin the account of my explorations at Delhi, which is the only 

 place of note not visited by the Chinese pilgrim, whose route I take 

 up at Mathura, and follow throughout Eohilkhand, the Doab, and 

 Oudh. The places visited during this tour are accordingly described 

 in the following order :— 



I. Delhi. 

 II. Mathura. 

 III. Khalsi, or Srughna. 

 IV. Madawar, or Madipur. 



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