PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL 



for July, 1870, 



A Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 6th in- 

 stant, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



The Hon'He J. B. Phear, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The receipt of the following presentations was announced — 



1. Prom J. G. Delmerick Esq., a number of Buddhist heads 

 and stone tablets with figures, from near Pasha war. 



The President drew attention to the prevalence of the Greek 

 type in these heads. The figures appeared to be of clay, or a 

 composition of clay and other ingredients, very lightly burnt, 

 possibly only sun-burnt. They still retained their original sharp- 

 ness of definition and were singularly well preserved. Obviously 

 they had been attached to masonry, and no doubt formed part of a 

 subject, worked out in high relief upon the frieze of some building. 

 It was also remarkable that every one of them was unsymmetrical, 

 •'. e.j compressed or flattened either on the right side or on the left 

 side. The purpose of this must have been to adapt them to being 

 seen with the greater artistic effect from a particular point of 

 view : and it indicated considerable advance in knowledge of the 

 peculiar conditions necessary for the success of sculptural orna- 

 ment. 



A conversation ensued in which several members joined. 



2. Prom the Government of India, Home Department — 27 Pho- 

 tographs of Jain and Buddhist ruins in the Buldanah District. West 



