132 H. Rivett-Carnae— Clay Discs called " Spindle Whorhr [No. 3, 



fact, that one or two clay discs were found in Buddhist remains in India, 

 and that discs of somewhat the same type were unearthed at Hissarlik. But 

 here we have, not only pierced discs of type B, but the Volcanoes C and the 

 Balls D, all three types resembling in some degree the three types of Hissarlik 

 and all three types bearing somewhat similar forms of ornamentation. 



Again it is to be noticed that the remains at Sanliisa are undoubtedly 

 Buddhist. Sankisa as is well known was a celebrated place of pilgrimage, 

 being sacred as the spot at which Buddha is supposed (as described by 

 General Cunningham, Vol. I, Archseological Reports) " to have descended 

 from the Trayastrinsa heaven by the ladder of gold or gems, accompanied 

 by the gods Brahma and Indra." 



The place was visited and described by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hian 

 early in the 5th century, and by Hiouen-Thsang in the 7th century A. D. 

 A detailed account, of these interesting ruins will be found in General 

 Cunningham's Archaeological Eeport above alluded to. 



Now the ornamentations on the Terra Cottas of Hissarlik, if they are 

 not Buddhist, certainly bear a close resemblance to the ornamentations on 

 coins, buildings, etc., which in India are generally supposed to be Buddhist. 



Thus the wheel continually recurs in Schliemann's sketches, together 

 with the Swastika. And what Schliemann calls the Mystic Eose, and Fergus- 

 son the Tri.sul ornament is quite as frequent. The Sacred Tree, the Fire 

 Altar and the Deer are also almost as common. In fact, we have every one 

 of the Buddhist symbols of the well known type of the so-called Buddhist 

 coin, figured in No. 1, Plate IV, Thomas' Prinsep, and of which an engraving 

 is given at page 17 of Fergusson's Indian and Eastern Architecture. Mr. 

 Fergusson points out, however, that there is some doubt whether these 

 symbols really are Buddhist, and at the page above referred to, writes, 

 " One coin of the period is well known. It belongs to a king called 

 Kunanda or Krananda generally assumed to be one of the nine Nandas 

 with whom this dynasty closed. In the centre on one side, is a dagoba 

 with the usual Buddhist Trisul emblem over it, and a serpent below it : on 

 the right the sacred Tree, on the left the Swastika with an altar (?) on the 

 other side a lady with a lotus (Sri ?) with an animal usually called a deer, 

 but from its tail more probably a horse, with two serpents standing on their 

 tails over its head which have been mistaken for horns. Over the animal is 

 an altar, with an umbrella over it. In fact a complete epitome of emblems 

 known on the monuments of the period, but savouring much more of Tree 

 and Serpent worship than of Buddhism as it is now." 



Dr. Schliemann at page 38 of his work refers to the resemblance 

 between the Terra-Cottas of Hissarlik and those of Italy. This directed 

 my attention to Gastaldi's work. The following extract will show that if 

 it be considered that the resemblance between the remains at Sankisa 



