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opportunity of visiting the ruius of Sarnath. I found that the 

 uncovered circular Souterrain, which is one of the most remarkable 

 of the remains, is constructed of very perfect bricks similar in size 

 and proportions to the long bricks of the Pandoo sites of the Moha- 

 bharut, and also to those at Mohabalipooram in Madras ; as men- 

 tioned in the short account of the latter ruins published in the 

 Society's Journal for 1853. 



The bricks at Sarnath are not all precisely of the same size, but 

 vary from 15f to 16^ inches in length, and from 12\ to 13-J- in width, 

 and were found to be about three inches thick, ten of them in situ 

 measured 33 inches. I am inclined to ascribe all the buildings, in the 

 remains of which bricks of this type are found, to one nation, which 

 at some remote period, about or before the era of Asoka, held sway 

 from Mohabalipooram to Thanaisur certainly, and probably much 

 further. I think the original dimensions of the brick mould was 

 derived from the human cubit ; that the outside of the mould was 

 of that length, viz. 18 inches, and I infer from the fact that modern 

 Parisnath or Suraogee {not Brahminical) temples are found on 

 two of the principal of these sites, namely, Hustinapoor and Sar- 

 nath, and that these sites are still reverenced by the Suraogees, 

 who perform pilgrimages to them from great distances, that this 

 people was of the Buddhist, and not the Brahminical persuasion." 



2. Prom the Government of Bombay through the Government 

 of India, — copies of selections in the Political department, together 

 with a Marine Chart. 



3. From the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, 

 and of the Geological Museum in Calcutta, a copy of the Memoirs 

 of the Geological Survey of India, vol. 1. part 1. 



Mr. Nietner of Ceylon, proposed and /Seconded at the last meet- 

 ing, was elected a corresponding member. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting were ballotted for and elected ordinary members : — 



Mr. H. F. Blanford and Mr. E. B. Cowell. 



Baboo Joygopal Bysack, was proposed for ballot at the next meet- 

 ing by Mr. Atkinson, seconded by Baboo Eajendralal Mittra. 



The Council submitted the following report upon the proposition 

 of Mr. Oldham, to reduce the subscription of non-resident members 

 from Rs. 64 to Rs. 32 per annum. 



