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" 6. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudicarnm, Vol. I., Inscriptions of Asoka. 



" 7. Stupa of Bhavhut. 



" 8. Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for the Calculation of Dates/' 



These works, it may be observed, were, in addition to the series 

 of 23 volumes of the Archaeological Survey Peports, Avritten by 

 General Cunningham and his assistants, and reviewed in the present 

 chapter. 



In accepting General Cunningham's resignation, the Governor- 

 General in Council " had much pleasure in tendering to that officer 

 " the thanks of the Government of India for the distinguished 

 " service rendered by him during an unusually long career." 

 General Cunningham was created a K.C.I.E. soon after, and in 

 1887 a special pension of Es. 2,000 per annum, in addition to his 

 military pension, was rendered to him for his distinguished services 

 as Director-General of the Archaeological Survey. 



On the retirement of General Cunningham the Department was 

 re- organised on a plan proposed by him. The Northern Provinces 

 were divided into three charges or circles, each being entrusted to a 

 surveyor, with a suitable establishment. In the Madras and Bombay 

 Presidencies, the existing arrangements were left undisturbed under 

 Dr. Burgess, but that officer was constituted the head of the entire 

 Survey Department, and the channel for the submission of the annual 

 reports of each survey party to the Government of India. The 

 surveyors, in addition to the strictly archaeological portion of their 

 work, were placed on the footing of professional advisers to the local 

 governments in regard to the repair and restoration of buildings of 

 antiquity. These arrangements were sanctioned for a period of five 

 years from the 1st October 1885, but were modified early in 

 1886 by the appointment of Dr. Burgess as Director- General for all 

 India. Efforts were now made by Dr. Burgess to utilise some of 

 the material already collected. Provincial surveys had been con- 

 ducted at a good deal of expense, both in the Punjab and North- 

 \\\ stern Provinces by officers of the Public "Works Departmeut for 

 several years previously : and much attention had been devoted 

 to the great monuments of Agra, Jaunpur, Delhi, Lahore, &c. 

 On examination of the drawings, however, Dr. Burgess found 

 that the details on which so much of the real character and 

 style of architectural art is dependent had not been drawn 

 with sufficient care. Many of the smaller measurements were 

 in error, and the proportions of ornamental work, mouldings, &c. 

 overlooked. In the case of Jaunpur it was found that the whole 



