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and the dimmer distance makes you feel as standing in a noble shrine of a more familiar 

 faith, the voice of some worshipper below, echoing through the vaults, carries you back 

 to a time when, through the same lattice, some queen looked down on king and nobles 

 gleaming in the light of pendant lamps, with the gold and jewels of an Eastern court, 

 as they listened to the words of some saintly philosopher seated on that very pulpit." 



Other places visited and described in the same volume by 

 Dr. Fiihrer are Zafarabad, Ayodhya, Bhuila Tal, and Sahet Mahet. 

 But the plans, elevations, and other lithographs all treat of the 

 Jaunpur masjids, which form the most interesting feature of the 

 work. Dr. Fiihrer has since made tours in Bundelkhand, Jhansi, 

 Rohilkkand, and Allahabad districts, and has completed the exca- 

 vation of the Kankali mound at Mathura, begun by Dr. Burgess 

 in 1S87, discovering many very ancient and important Jain 

 inscriptions and sculptures. Mr. Smith, the architectural assistant in 

 this circle, also made careful drawings, in 1886-87, at numerous sites 

 in Bundelkhand ; in 1S88, at Budaun ; in 1888-89, at Kalpi, Irich, 

 Urchha, andLalitpur ; and in the following two seasons, a most im- 

 portant series of the richly decorate darchitecture of Fathepur Sikri. 



In 18S5-86, Mr. J. D. Beglar, General Cunningham's former 

 assistant, made a tour in Bengal, but his report was not altogether 

 satisfactory. Mr. H. "W. B. Grarrick was engaged during this and 

 the following season at Sasseram and Rohtas, making architectural 

 drawings of the monuments at these places ; in 1888-89, he made 

 a tour through northern Bengal, and obtained good facsimile 

 impressions of two sets of the Pillar Edicts of Asoka, and of 

 so much of that on the Rampurwa Pillar as was practicable, 

 the pillar lying on its face. In 1887-88, Mr. Beglar was principally 

 employed at Graur and Pandua, and made a considerable number of 

 drawings. 



Mr. Rodgers joined the Survey of the Punjab in January 188G, 

 and during that season and the following two, he made surveys 

 at Nurpur, in the Kangra valley, and in the Jalandhar, Ambala, 

 and Hissar districts, making a very considerably number of 

 drawings and impressions of inscriptions, which it is intended to 

 publish. He also made a large collection of ancient coins. In 

 1888-89, he made a tour in Karnal, Ambala, and Ludhiana districts, 

 during which his staff prepared a large number of drawings. 



Archaeology has suffered greatly in India, as elsewhere, from the 

 appropriation by private persons of such antiquities as come to light 

 from time to time. Sculptures, rings, coius, engraved seals, gems, 



