412 Notes on the Caves of Burabur. [May, 



man with twelve arms, each hand holding a lotus ; it is a Budhist sculp- 

 ture. I was told of several other figures in the vicinity, but had no 

 leisure to examine them, those I saw were comparatively modern, 

 mostly well executed. To the northward of the tank is a high mound 

 of bricks and rubbish, perhaps the ruins of a monastery or of some of 

 the buildings of the ancient town, of which nothing else remains. 



I will now offer a few words on the inscriptions, of which there are 

 in all 29 ; including that on the idol at Sidheswar, six are in the old 

 Pali, three in the Gupta, and three in an unknown character, to which I 

 shall invite particular attention, and the remainder are in various types 

 of Nagree, from the earliest to latest date. 



Plate IX. Nos. 1 and 2, are those numbered 3 and 2, in Prinsep's 

 plate. No. 3 had hitherto been overlooked, being in the same cave as 

 the long inscription No. 9, plate X. It will be perceived that there is a 

 slight difference in some of the words of the three, perhaps errors in 

 cutting, otherwise they are verbatim. The same, excepting the initial 

 name (of the cave), I have neither books to refer to nor pundits to 

 consult by which I might explain these variations, therefore I must 

 content myself with inviting the attention of those who are more fortu- 

 nate, and who are better scholars. 



In fig. 1 the word ~f\ (j " Gopi" is clear enough, but instead of the 



last word of the inscription being ft .J Jj * Aliyam, it seems to be 



Ji -J vL* Sooliyam, though I am inclined to think it is merely a mistake 

 of the engraver. _L,£o j " Nisiti " is written J_^0- "Nisita" both in 

 Nos. 1. and 3., No. 2. on the contrary has neither change ; indeed with 

 the exception of five letters, purposely hammered out, it is quite perfect, 

 (a stronger proof of the soundness of Prinsep's conjectures could not be 

 needed, the copy he had being very imperfect ;) however, knowing what 

 they should be, it was no difficult matter to trace them, but it must 

 be observed that all the inscriptions in the lath or Pali character have 

 had the letters ground and polished after cutting, to which circum- 

 stance their better preservation must be attributed ; moreover all have 

 been cut on a polished surface. I speak of those I have myself seen ; 

 those in our museum afford proofs. 



In No. 2. the word i b Jb is deserving of notice, the second letter 



