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army, the brother and ambassadors of Abisares* who was king 

 of Abisara (the Abhisara of the Hindus) or the modern Hazarah, 

 waited upon him with tribute, and Plinyf distinctly states that 

 above Taxila, among the mountains, is the territory of Abisares. 

 It is therefore apparent that Taxila must have been near Hazarah 

 to menace the safety of his kingdom, and to render it expedient for 

 Abisares to propitiate the Macedonian. It is hardly worth while 

 to mention that Shah ki Dheri is on the borders of the Hazarah 

 district. 



VII. — In excavating a mound near Mohra Malliar, there was re- 

 cently found part of an upright column of a temple, probably the 

 temple of the sun which Apollonius after crossing the Indus is 

 said to have visited at Taxila. The column was of sandstone and 

 clearly belonged to the Grecian style of architecture, and it has 

 been ascertained that General Cunningham discovered in 1864 at 

 this very spot the remains of a similar pillar which was removed 

 to Lahor, and is now on the grass plot in front of the Museum. In 

 describing the pillar, the General in a letter dated 23rd January, 

 1864 to Colonel Maclagan, states " that the base is a specimen of 

 " what is called the Attic base, and as it is unornamented, I believe 

 " it to have belonged to an Ionic column. The only difference 

 " between this Taxila specimen and those of Greece, is in the upper 

 u fillet which at Athens was made of smaller diameter than the 

 11 upper torus, but which in this specimen is made of exactly the 

 ** same diameter as the upper torus." 



VIII. — Hwan ThsangJ states to the south-east of Tanchashilo 

 .at 30 li (5 miles) was a monastery built by Asoka. 



To the south-east 5 miles from Kot Atial near the village of 

 Khurram Givjar almost half way up the hill, there are ruins still 

 existing, probably of this very monastery. These ruins are called 

 Nara. 



Hwan Thsang further adds that to the south-east of the town 

 -was a stupa built by Keu-lang-nu, the son of Asoka. 



* Arrian, Chapters VIII. and XX. Book V., and Quintus Curt. Chapter XIII. 

 Book VIII. 



t Sec. 28, Chapter XXVIII. Book XV. 



% Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for July 1848. 



