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No. 6. — Boolundshehur, otherwise Oonchagaon, 40 miles south 

 of Meruth, 1849. 



This is a very ancient and very high old Hindu fort. Its name 

 (Boolund in Persian and Ooncha in Oordoo signifying "high,") 

 marks that it is the highest spot in the vicinity, in the level Gange- 

 tic valley. It is now occupied by native buildings which crown its 

 summit, and cluster about its base. 



No. 7. — A segment of circle used in the construction of wells 

 at Boolundshuhur, otherwise called Oonchagaon, 40 miles south of 

 Meruth, 1849. 



No. 8. — Boolundshehur, 40 miles south of Meruth, a segment of 

 a circle used for wells. 



No. 9.— Meruth fort, Meruth Division, 40 miles N. E. of Delhi, 

 1849. 



The fort of Meruth is in the centre of the populous modern town 

 of that name, entirely occupied by native and European buildings. 

 The natives now attribute the name to one Meroo or Meran, an 

 attache of the Mogul Court. But from the remains of the old 

 system of Hindu wet ditch, connected with a dam across the 

 river Hindun by a canal now called the Aboo nulla defence, similar 

 to Bhurtpoor, to Mooltan, to Eohtuc and Coel, I have no hesita- 

 tion in assigning to it a far more ancient date. When Timour 

 diverged in order to capture this fort, it bore its present name, 

 and the strata of gradual accumulation of soil alone shew, that its 

 period must be estimated by thousands, not by hundreds of years. 



No. 10. — Two bricks of Hustinapoor fort, on the banks of the 

 river Ganges, North East of Meruth, 1849-50. 



No. 11. — Aebar's Mosque, on the site of fort Hustinapoor, 

 Meruth Division and district, 1848-49. 



Having observed in several works in India of considerable merit 

 and even of recent date a very mistaken notion of the locality of 

 the ancient Hustinapoor, which is declared to be "on the Jumna," 

 or "near the modern Delhi," I think it may be useful to correct 

 this error, regarding a place of such former fame, though seldom 

 visited by Europeans, because now devoid of any feature of interest. 



This capital of the Pandooswas situated, not near the Jumna, but 

 on the Gauges, about 50 miles north-east of Indrapressta the early 



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