68 Inscription from the Bijaya Mandir, Udayapur, fyc. [Jan. 



The period is not distant when I hope to see European colonization 

 attempted. The table-land of the Maynepat, extending for 50 miles 

 East and West, by 30 miles wide, at an altitude of 3,300 to 3,700 feet, 

 is admirably adapted for the speculations of Europeans, the native 

 population is thin, there only existing 16 inhabited villages in the whole 

 Maynepat table-land, and not above 250 inhabitants (men, women and 

 children). It is too cold for the people of the plains, about 1,200 or 1,400 

 feet below. In these hills are a race of people who are stated to 

 devour their own parents when too old to work, the " Kowrahs." 

 They do it as a religious duty, I am informed ; are almost naked, and 

 are seldom or ever seen, 



I remain, 



My dear Sirs, 



Your's very faithfully, 



J. R. OUSELEY. 



Cliola Nagpore, Nov. 6, 1847. 



I forgot to mention, that the name of the brick temple, is " The 

 Charkha Dewal," and of the Tunnel, the " Hath Phore"— and that of 

 the chief cave temple in which are four stone figures, "The Sita- 

 mari." 



Inscription from the Fij ay a Mandir, Vdayapiir, fyc. 



We sometime ago received from Capt. J. D. Cunningham a large 

 packet of inscriptions copied with very great labour and zeal at Sanchi, 

 Udayapur, Ehrin, and other localities within the Bhopal Agency. On 

 examining these carefully one by one, we find that nearly all of any 

 interest have already been published in the Journal ; so thoroughly have 

 the antiquities of that neighbourhood been exhausted by the industry 

 of Capt. C.'s predecessors. The subjoined Mithraic hymn from the 

 Yijaya Mandir at Udayapur, appears however, to be new ; the English 

 version is from the pen of our Librarian. 



