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Parisnath shrines, would lead one to suppose that the ancient 

 struggle between Pandoos and Koroos may have been a part of the 

 religious contest which ended with the destruction of the Bhooddhist 

 shrines throughout India. 



No. 12. — Burnawa Fort on the river Hindron, in the district of 

 Meruth, 1849. This is an extensive and very high mound occupy- 

 ing similarly to the fort at Allahabad the extreme tongue of land 

 at the confluence of two streams. These are the chief tributaries 

 of the river Hindun, losing their own names at this confluence. 

 The new town of Burnawa is situated immediately to the north of 

 the old fort mound of which the whole summit is now occupied 

 by a Musulman shrine and cemetery. Copper coins of the early 

 Mahomedan rule similar to those found at Canoge are occasionally 

 turned up by the plough in the environs of the new town. 



No. 13. — Ruins near Rohtuc, 40 miles west of Delhi. 



No. 14. — Siugpoora close by Rohtuc, 40 miles north of Delhi ; 

 destroyed by the bursting of the old canal in ancient times. 



No. 15. — Singpoora near Rohtuc, 40 miles west of Delhi. 



No. 16. — A, The old Khairahs west of Rohtuc, 40 miles west of 

 Delhi. B, ruined site of Port west of Rohtuc, 40 miles west of 

 Delhi. 



No. 17. — Singpoora or Jehangeerpoor, near Rohtuc, 40 miles 

 west of Delhi. 



The vicinity of Rohtuc presents the most curious collection of 

 old sites and ancient mounds I have as yet had an opportunity of 

 noting and examining in India. 



The mounds immediately to the west of the present town are 

 supposed by the natives to be the most ancient : the square bricks 

 are dug out of those ancient vestiges. The ruins towards Sing- 

 poora to the north-west, are believed to be of much later date, 

 but in themselves they present evidence of two periods of occupan- 

 cy ; the more ancient, affording bricks of the same pattern as those 

 of Paniput, Burnawa, Hustinapoor, Mohabalipooram near Madras, 

 and Sarnath near Benares. Only among these ancient remains, 

 and at Sarnath have I found specimens of beautifully carved brick. 

 I regret I have not been successful in obtaining for the society a 

 specimen of the carved brick of Singpoora, of which I possessed 



