1847.] Notice on the Antiquities of Bhopal. 751 



with a regular inclosure of pillars has four doorways with pointed 

 arches, out of which are issuing flames. Nowhere did I notice a figure 

 invested with the thread of the brahminical faith. 



With regard to race these sculptures show that the dominant people 

 was in dress and in many usages such as we may consider the old 

 Hindoos, whether Brahminists or Buddhists, to have been. Another 

 class however is also shown wearing a short tunic and a kind of cap, and 

 who for the most seem to be engaged in menial offices or mechanic arts. 



Among the animals represented, the elephant, the camel, the horse, 

 the ox and the lion, are the most conspicuous. Birds and fishes and 

 snakes are likewise shown. Among the birds, the peacock is prominent. 

 Of the monsters represented are dragons, winged lions with beaks, 

 horned and cloven-footed elephants ; elephants terminating in fishes, 

 centaurs mounted, and human bodies sustaining the heads of dogs 

 or asses. The human portions of the centaurs seem female. Most 

 of these fanciful or mythological animals are to be seen on the 

 inclosure of the smaller "Tope," every pillar having three basses or 

 circular spaces ornamented with reliefs of men or beasts or trees, &c. — It 

 is to be observed that a Tiger nowhere appears, and that lions with 

 bushy manes are frequently depicted. Sometimes they may be seen 

 carrying away horned cattle smaller than themselves. Elephants, camels 

 and horses are all used for riding, while chariots may be seen drawn 

 by horses and containing an armed man with ensigns borne before him. 

 Bullocks are likewise represented drawing cars. 



The condition of life, or the degree of civilization of the people, may 

 be further judged of by the representation of buildings with arched 

 cloisters or colonnades, and with terraces and balustrades, or with 

 balconies containing several people seated. The recurrence of water in 

 waves with boats and with fish gambolling about would almost point 

 to a maritime people, or to artists to whom the sea was familiar. 



The inscriptions* which are now forwarded are all cut here and there 

 upon one part or other of the stone inclosure, excepting one, which is 

 fragmental only, and which is visible upon the remains of a column at 

 the southern entrance. None may be contemporary so far as we have 

 any fair reasons for concluding, except probably two and p)ossibly a 



* Most of these have been published in the sixth volume of the Journal ; such as are 

 new will be given hereafter.— Eds. 



