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_ graha” or nine planets, This may perhaps be the stone alluded to by General 
_ Cunningham in his Report. 
We also found other very curious remains viz, 2 heads (alluded to before), a 
‘bust with head, and a sitting figure. The nationality of the parties represented 
‘we cannot determine, They are all females and the hair is drest in a very singular 
‘style, being drawn up from the face and bound with a fillet, from which depend 
elegant ornaments, and then gathered in a mob on the top of the head. The 
hair over the centre of the forehead is carefully parted, and there is a fine 
jewel in the centre; over the forehead and in the ears are very large heavy 
earrings, 
Might not these be representations of noble foreign ladies, who having visited 
this noted spot, had vowed and erected temples, in or near to which in niches 
‘were placed their statues in memory of the founders P—Amongst the articles 
found by Major Kittoe at Sarnath and described by Dr. Butler, is a similar 
representation made in burnt clay. This head-dressing must not be confounded 
with that as shewn in the Bhilsa figures of ascetics, who like many of the 
_fugeers of the present day did not cut their hair, but gathererd it in large bunches 
at the sides of their heads or plaited it. 
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¢ Since the above paper was written, I have paid another visit to 
Saidpur. On this occasion I examined the country to the west of 


the town, which I had not done previously. About three quarters of 
a mile from Saidpur, on the high road, is the small village of Zuhar- 
ganj, between which and the river is a mound regarded by the people 







as the remains of an old fort. Bricks are cropping out of its sides, 
and for some distance along the banks of the river round to the main 
road beyond the village, the soil is strewn with broken brick, showing 
that formerly buildings of this material were standing here. To the 
h of the road, but almost close to it, is a mound called Rim 
fawakku, rising abruptly from the plain on which are also numerous 
fragments of broken brick. To the north, about a mile from the 
public road, is an immense terrace raised from 30 to 40 feet high 
| above the surrounding country. Its length is 420 paces, and its 
breadth 190. The terrace is thickly covered with broken brick, and at 
one corner there are likewise fragments of stone. This enormous 
