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examination of antiquities in the Madura district, and a very com- 

 plete survey of the great temple of Ramesvarani which occupied the 

 staff till the end of the season. In 1883 Mr. Rea surveyed in detail 

 the monolithic remains, caves, and temples at Mamallapuram. 

 Early in 1884 Dr. Burgess paid a visit to the shrine of Sri Sailam, 

 on a remote hill top of the ISTallamalai range, which had been only 

 seen by one or two forest officers since it was visited by Colonel 

 Colin Mackenzie just ninety years previously. This place he has 

 identified with the Po-lo-yu monastery of Fa Hian, the Po-lo-mo- 

 ki-li of Hwen Thsang, which had previously baffled all attempts at 

 identification. 



In 1884 Mr. Rea was chiefly engaged on the extensive remains of 

 the old Hindu capital at Hampe or Bijyanagar ; in 1885 he made 

 an extensive survey of the old Pallava temples at Kanchipuram, 

 and in the cold season 1885-86 he made a long tour from Cooty 

 through the Anantapur and Bellari districts to Harihar and back, 

 surveying numerous remains on the route. The survey at Mamal- 

 lapuram was completed next season, and the fine temple at Vellur 

 and others in the district examined. In June 1887 Mr. Rea made 

 some remarkably successful excavations at Pallavaram, of pre- 

 historic graves containing earthenware coffins, some of which he 

 removed entire to the Madras Museum. ' During the following 

 dry season, he made a tour through Nellur and part of the 

 Kistna districts, during which he excavated several mounds and 

 discovered the remains of several Buddhist stupas ; and during 

 the season of 1888-89, he followed this up by a tour in the 

 G-odavari and in parts of the Kistna district previously unvisited, 

 discovering some very interesting remains, such as an ancient 

 structural Buddhist Chaitya at Chezarla and examining a group of 

 caves and stupas at Guntupalle in the Codavari district.! In 

 1889-90 and 1890-91 the southern districts of the Madras Presidency 

 were under survey by Mr. Rea and his native draftsmen. During 

 these tours much valuable information and numerous carefully 



* Jour. Asiat. Soc, Bengal, LVIL, p. 48, and Madias G.O., 12th August 1887, 

 No. 1135. Mr. Rea has also contributed an interesting paper on " Methods • of 

 Archaeological Excavation in India," to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for 

 1890, p. 1 83. 



f Madras G.O., 30th April, No. 382 ; 29th May, No. 462, &c, and R. Instit. 

 Brit. Architects Journal, November 1889, p. 58. 



