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translated by Wilkins, but as that inscription had been proved by the 

 Babu to be a forgery, no deduction founded upon it could be correct. 

 But the question was one of demonstrable fact and d priori arguments 

 on such a case was utterly useless. The only safe way to decide it 

 was, by a careful examination of the wall, to see whether there was 

 any mark of its ever having been cut open to put in the arches. Such 

 marks can never be effaced, and if no such marks be traceable, the 

 arches must be taken to be coeval with the temple. He hoped some 

 engineer officer, when travelling in Behar, will devote a few hours to 

 this enquiry, and solve this important problem in Indian architecture, 

 the earliest date to which arches may be traced in this country, 



N. B. The annexed woodcut represents the Coin alluded to in 

 Mr. Lewis's note, Vide ante, Proc. for May, p. 77. 



