PROCEEDINGS 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For March, 1857. 



At a Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society, held on 

 the 4th instant. 



The Hon'ble Sir James Colvile, President, in the chair. 



Presentations were received — 



1. From Mr. C. Gubbins, C. S., a collection of old bricks, chiefly 

 dug out of the oldest Hindu forts and cities of the Mohabharut 

 period, and in the vicinity of the residence of the Pandoo family. 



The following is a list of the bricks, with the dates at which they 

 were procured ; to which are added several interesting notes upon 

 some of the localities mentioned. 



No. 1. — "Buined Tank south of old Hindu town Coel, now 

 called Alygurh ; in the Meruth Division, 1856. 



No. 2. — Buraire Tank, close to Bidjeegurh, 16 miles south of 

 Alygurh or Coel, 1856. 



No. 3. — Lowest bricks of the fort Coel at Alygurh, found from 

 15 to 20 feet below the surface, 1856. 



No. 4. — Middle bricks of the old fort Coel at Alygurh, found 10 

 feet below surface, 1856. 



No. 5. — The upper bricks of the old Hindu fort Coel, Alygurh, 

 1856, found some 5 feet below the present level of the ground. 



The old Hindu fort of Coel is situated in the centre of the 

 present town of that name; Alygurh proper, is the Musulman 

 Port, 2 miles north of the town, taken by storm under Lord Lake 

 in 1803. The whole site of the old fort is built over, and the 

 highest part is occupied by a mosque, and an imitation Kootoob 

 minar. There are no Hindu buildings of antiquity in the vicinity. 



