1856.] Exploration of the ruins of Sarnath. 401 



with deer salient as supporters. (Sarnath is by the Chinese tra- 

 vellers, called the Deer-park.) 



19. A disk of red sandstone, 4 inches in diameter, ^ inch high, 

 attached to a portion of a broken slab. 



20. A curry-stone (?) ; red sandstone ; 6| inches long by 3 

 inches in diameter. 



21. A fragment of a similar cylinder ; 4 inches long ; broken 

 diametrically ; greenstone. 



22. Six vertebras of a snake ; recent ; found in the well. 



23. A small gharaful of kawris. 



24. A mass of burnt rice. 



25. A large quantity of iron, much rusted — some of the pieces 

 being ringbolts, having portions of the rings attached by partial 

 fusion ; all appear to have been taken from a building destroyed by 

 fire. 



26. A broken crucible of circular section, five inches high, and 

 three inches in the interior diameter ; has been used, and has ab- 

 sorbed some metallic slag. 



27. A fragment of a similar crucible, 4 inches high, bearing no 

 marks of having been used. 



28. A cupel, 1 inch in diameter ; used. 



29. A ditto used. 



30. A ditto, being a mere hollow in a lump of clay, 1 T ^ inch 

 high ; not used. 



31. A disk, 2 inches in diameter, of burnt clay, with five cir- 

 cular depressions, possibly intended for cupels. 



32. A cupel of clay with a spout running horizontally from the 

 bottom ; length 2^ inches. 



33. Six perforated cylinders of burnt clay, from 3 to 4 inches 

 long, with each a projecting disk across its length ; supposed by 

 Mr. Thomas to have been intended for blow-pipes, the projecting 

 disk to protect the face of the artisan from the fire. 



34. A piece of brass, 2 % 2| % | inch in measure, with a 

 flange at one side, ornamented with beaded and flowered moulding. 



35. Three earthen pots, 6 to 9 inches high, with mouths 3 to 5 

 inches in diameter ; such as are now called gharas. 



36. Nine ditto, 4 to 7 inches high, each provided, in addition to 



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