270 F. 8. Growse—Bulandshahr Antiquities. [No. 4, 
Words for “ Water” in the following Languages. 
Lushai Tui Sonthali (Pergs.) Dak 
Kumi Tui, or Tooi. | Mundari C. N. Daa 
Mru Tui Juang, Orissa Dak 
Kuki of Cachar Tui Kol Singbhim Da 
Do. of Tipperah Tui Bhunuj Da 
Hamali of do. Tui Sonthali of Manbhum Da 
Do. of Cachar Tui Nimar Da 
Naga of Oboepore Ti Mehtu, Bilaspur, Dab 
Do. of Sibsagar Ti Mech Daee 
Do. of Haimong chu Cuch Tika ti 
Do. of Hatiguria a chi Magar, Nipal Di 
Do. of Miklai a chin Chipeng ,, Ti & Di 
Manipuri Ising Vayuie! 5; Ti 
Singphu Insin or Ntsin | Gara si 
Auganti Naga Dzu Kachari Doi 
Dafla Ksi Hojai Di 
Niri a tse Turki st 
Abor a se Tibetan chi 
S. Mishmi M’ji Bhutéa of Towang Sie 
D_ do. Mji Do. of Lo, Hast  echie 
Songhtu, Burma (H)tee Mongolian ussti 
Poi 3 Te Chi soi, shui 
Telain of Pegu Dik sala chui, chi 
Bulandshahr Antiquities—By F. 8. Growst, ©. 8., M. A., OXON, C. I. E. 
With a Note by Dr. RAvENDRALALA Mirra, Rat Bawavvr, ©. I. E. 
(With three Plates.) 
The small town of Bulandshahr in the N. W. P. was selected in the 
year 1824 as the capital of a district, simply on account of its convenient 
central position. Since then it has thriven and increased greatly both in 
extent and population, though still of much less commercial importance 
than the flourishing mart of Khurja, some ten miles distant, which has 
the further advantage of being a station on the main line of the East 
India Railway. Its modern Muhammadan title of Buland-shahr (Higham) 
has been given to it in consequence of the great height of the artificial 
hill, on which stood the old Fort overlooking the stream of the Kalindi. 
This river is a tributary of the Jamun4 and is commonly known by 
Munshis and European officials as the Kdali-Nadi, the origin of the cor- 
ruption being, that the two words are indistinguishable from one another 
when written in Persian characters, and Kali Nadi or ‘ Black River’ suggests 
a more readily intelligible meaning than the Sanskrit patronymic Kalindi. 
The older Hindi name of the town was Baran, which is still retained as 
