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tended, some for axes and others for "phals" or spuds (an imple- 

 ment used for removing the earth adhering to ploughs). The 

 silver pieces may have been used for ornaments, and the mark (about 

 one-eighth of an inch in width) which is visible on all of them, 

 leads one to believe that they were at some time or other set or 

 inlaid in something, possibly wood, or lime ; one disc of silver has 

 a number of small holes pierced round the edge. 



" 7. The copper pieces when found, were arranged carefully, the 

 longer pieces being in alternate transverse layers, and the others 

 in regular order one above another. The silver was found in a 

 lump by the side of the copper, all the plates adhering together, 

 so that at first it looked like a ball of earth. The quality of both 

 the silver and copper has been pronounced by local goldsmiths to 

 be very good.* 



" 8. Nowhere within the borders of the village of Grungeria are 

 there traces of anything which can lay claim to antiquity. But 

 about 3 miles to the south-east, around the village of Mhow (or 

 Mow), there are ruins of a Buddhist temple of considerable anti- 

 quity, and many roughly carved stones which show that, when the 

 surrounding country was covered with jungle, this place (Mhow) 

 was inhabited, and of some importance. About 4 miles to the 

 north-east of Grungeria, on the top the hill of " Soonderdeyhe" is 

 a Gond shrine, of some note, surrounded by a low wall of loosely 

 packed undressed stones ; a path, winding between the rocks and 

 clumps of bambus, and commanded at intervals by traverses of 

 loose stones, leads up from the valley below. The hill is covered 

 with, and surrounded by, thick jungle, so that, without guides, it 

 would be almost impossible to find even the path leading to the 

 shrine. 



u 9. The copper implements, or arms whichever they may be, are 

 perhaps remnants of the copper age. Most of them have appar- 

 ently never been used, but there are a few with turned edges and 

 broken corners and other marks of wear and tear. The fact that 

 hardly two of the copper pieces are of the same size, weight or 



# Mr. A. TweeD examined both, the copper and silver, and found the former 

 to be almost pure ; it contained only about one half per cent, of lead. The silver 

 contained 0.37 per cent, of gold, which quantity is often to be observed in old 

 silver utensils or ornaments. [Edit.] 



