ii Heport of the Archaeological Survey. 



V. Kashipur, or Qovisana. 



VI. Ramnagar, or Ahi-chhatra. 



VII. Soron, or Sulcrahshetra. 



VIII. Atranjikhera, or Pilosana. 



IX. Sankisa, or SangJcasya. 



X. Kanoj, or Kanyakubja. 



XI. Kakupur, or Aynto. 



XII. Daundiakhera, or Sayamukha. 



XIII. Allahabad, or Praydga. 



XIV. Kosam, or Kosdmbi. 



XV. Sultanpur, or Kusapura. 



XVI. Dhopdpapura. 



XVII. Ajudhya, or SdJceta. 



XVIII. Hatila, or AsoJcpur. 



XIX. Sahet-Mahet, or Srdvasti. 



XX. Tanda. 



XXI. Nimsar. 



XXII. Bari-khar. 



XXIII. Dewal. 



XXIV. Parasiia Kot. 



XXV. Bilai-khera. 



XXVI. Kabar. 



I.— DELHI. 



1. The remains of Delhi are graphically described by Bishop 

 Heber # as " a very awful scene of desolation, ruins after ruins, tombs 

 after tombs, fragments of brick-work, free-stone, granite, and marble, 

 scattered everywhere over a soil naturally rocky and barren, without 

 cultivation, except in one or two small spots, and without a single 

 tree." This waste of ruins extends from the south end of the present 

 city of Shahjahanabad to the deserted forts of Rai Pithora and 

 Tughlakabad, a distance of 10 miles. The breadth at the northern 

 end, opposite Piruz Shah's Kotila, is about 3 miles, and at the south- 

 ern end, from the Kutb Minar to Tughlakabad, it is rather more than 

 6 miles; the whole area covered with v ruins being not less than 45 

 square miles. It is most probable, however, that not more than a 

 third of this extent was ever occupied at any one period, as the pre- 



* Journal, II, 290. 



