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immediately north of it. This convulsion totally ruined many of the 

 oldest buildings in Cutch, the effect being particularly disastrous 

 at Anjar and Bhuj, where thousands of houses "were ruined or 

 rendered uninhabitable. Dr. Burgess had only time to examine the 

 eastern part of the province, which is not very rich in antiquarian 

 remains, though there are some noticeable Jaina shrines and temples 

 at Bhadresvar, Keda, and Kotai. But the return journey through 

 Gujrat proved more fruitful, and the photographs of the gates at 

 Dabhoi and Jhinjuwada, sister fortresses of very similar construction, 

 convey a good notion of the massive and elaborate structural and 

 decorative character imparted to it by the Hindu architects of the 

 twelfth century. 



The general results of the season's operations from the 26th 

 October 1874 to the 24th April 1875 are set forth in a report of 

 242 pages,* accompanied by a map and numerous photographic and 

 other illustrations. 



The third report of the Archaeological Survey of Western India 

 describes the principal remains examined during the annual tour 

 made in the cold season of 1875-76, through the western districts 

 of the territories of His Highness the Nizam. The tracts had been 

 previously quite unknown to the antiquary, but though near to 

 Kalyana, an ancient capital of the great Western Chalukya 

 dynasty, the survey did not yield either coins or inscriptions, the 

 wholesale destructions effected by the Muhammadan arms being 

 doubtless one cause of this. The latter part of the season was 

 mostly spent at Auraugabad, when a thorough survey was made 

 of some interesting, but little known 'groups of Buddhist caves in 

 the neighbourhood. The Chalukya race is the oldest of which 

 satisfactory mention is made in the records of the Deccan, and they 

 seem to have belonged to the great nationality which under the 

 name of Rajputs exercised dominion over the whole of Northern 

 and Central India. The rule of the Chalukyas extended from the 

 Narmada on the north to the Tungabhadra to the south, and from 

 the Arabian Sea on the west, to the Godavari and the Eastern 

 Ghats on the north-east and south-east. After a visit to Bidar, a 

 city which still contains, after nearly three centuries of desertion 

 and neglect, many remains of the grandeur of the Bahmani and 

 Berid dynasties, Mr. Burgess proceeded to Paithan, the Ylatiuva 



* Archa?olo_;ieal Survey of Western India. — Report on the antiquities of Kathiawar 

 and Kachh. By James Burgess. F.R.G.S.. M.R.A.S. (Allen & Co.), 1876. 



