Dec. 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society . cxxxiii 



out. Guided by this clue I made a plan of the whole, which I have filled up with such 

 details as the sculptures afforded. I think however I should be able to do this much more 

 completely if I had McKenzie's drawings to refer to, and I want you now to try and get 

 me the loan of the Vol. of drawings in the Asiatic Society's Library containing McKen- 

 zie's sketches of Amarawatty. I should be able to do all I want in the interval between 

 two steamers, so that if you would send it by one it should be returned by the next. 



The style of architecture in this building is totally different from anything Indian I 

 have ever seen, and is probably that of the early Buddhists. All the subj ects relate to 

 Buddhist mythology, and the characters of the inscriptions are those of the 3d century, 

 B. C. But the inscriptions themselves are short and otherwise unimportant. So few 

 monuments of that age are extant, and the style of this one is so peculiar, that I think it 

 is highly important to investigate the subject fully. The remains on the spot are now 

 destroyed, the inhabitants removing every bit of marble that appears to burn it into lime, 

 and no one will have the same opportunities that I had to form a guess at the form of 

 the original construction. 



I wish you would get me elected a member of your Society. I never get the Journal 

 regularly through my Bookseller, and if I was a member the publisher would forward 

 it to me direct I suppose. 



I have got three boat-loads of the sculptures, excavated by me coming down by sea 

 from Masulipatam, which I mean to deposit in the Museum here, but as there will be 

 more than can easily be stowed away I would send you a few specimens if you like it. 



Your's, &c. 



Madras, Nov. 3 1845. Walter Elliot. 



The Secretary stated that he had, on his own responsibility, forward- 

 ed the volume desired to Mr. Elliot. 



Read the following letter from Dewan Neel Ruttnu Haldar, of the 

 Board of Customs, Salt and Opium : — 



. Honored Sir, — To-morrow being the first Wednesday of the month, 1 beg to submit 

 a fair copy of the Kudanda Mandan, the treatise on Archery, of which I took the liberty 

 of shewing you the original. If the Asiatic Society should like to give this work room 

 in their valuable Library I shall be most happy to make them a present of it. 



Your's, &c. 

 Neel Rutton Haldar. 



The Secretary presented on the part of Mr. K. the following coins 

 and Danish Antiquities for the Museum : — ■ 



Coins and antiquities presented by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, through 

 Mr. Kamphovener, 3rd December, 1845. 



1 . A silver coin of Ahmed ben Ismail, (A. D. 907—913). Samarcand. 



2. A D. D. of Naso ben Ahmed, (A. D. 913—943). Samarcand, 302, (A. H. ) 

 Both coins were found in Denmark ! 



3. A Set of the coins of Christian 8th, four silver and eight copper coins. 



4. Three Danish copper coins from Tranquebar. 



