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or Conjiveram, Mamallapuram, Bijayanagar or Hampe, Rames- 

 waraui and Madura, various reports by Dr. Burgess on Ahmadabad, 

 Broach, Dholka, Ckampaner, and Mehmudabad and Sojali, and by 

 Mr. Cousens on the Chalukya architecture of Dharwar and Belgaum, 

 the Musalman Architecture of Bijapur, and ffor the Gaikwar) on the 

 ancient architecture of Northern Gujrat. It was estimated that 

 these materials would fill 12 volumes, and arrangements were made 

 for Dr. Burgess, on his retiring from the Service, to continue the 

 work of editing and supervising the publication of the volumes at 

 home. The archaeological staff was then reduced to the following : — 



Mr. H. Cousens, C.B., Superintendent of the Archaeological 

 Survey, "Western India. 



Mr. A. Rea, Architect, Superintendent of the Archaeological 

 Survey, Southern India. 



Dr. E. Hultzsch, Epigraphist, Southern India. 



Dr. A. Fiihrer, for general Antiquarian and Epigraphical 

 Research in the North Western Provinces. 



Mr. E. W. Smith, Architectural Assistant to Dr. Fiihrer. 

 There are now three parties, one under j Mr. Rea, another 

 under Mr. Cousens, and a third under Dr. Fiihrer and Mr. Smith, 

 each being provided with a small staff of native draftsmen, 

 Dr. Hultzsch continuing his epigraphical researches in Madras. 



Among recent literature on Indian archaeology mention may be 

 made of an excellent paper on " Ancient India," more particularly with 

 reference to its antiquarian remains, as described in the principal 

 official reports of the last- 20 years, which will be found in the 

 '• Quarterly Review" for July 1SS9, Vol. 169. A paper of a more 

 general character, entitled " The History of Archaeology in India," 

 formed the subject of an interesting lecture by Mr. James Gibbs, 

 C.S.I.. CLE., delivered before the Society of Arts on the 2nd April 

 1886 (Journal XXXIV.. p. 555). A French writer, too, Dr. Gustave 

 Le Bon, has produced an interesting volume, entitled, " Les Civilisa- 

 tions de l'lnde." and issued by Firmin-Didot et Cie., in Paris. 

 The book, which is profusely illustrated with lithographs and 

 chromo-lithographs. is the fruit of an archaeological mission through 

 India, with which Dr. Le Bon was charged by the French Minister 

 of Instruction. 



In the " Journal of Indian Art " (W. Griggs, Peckham) occa- 

 sional papers on Indian archaeology bave appeared, among which 

 the following may be instanced : — In Vol. I., No. 8, p. 61, and 



