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their hands. These I suppose to be the purchaser's servants, who are 

 laying dawn the coins touching each other. To the left are several 

 persons of rank looking on, whom I take to be Prince Jeta and his 

 friends. The whole scene is very curious ; and when we remember 

 that the bas-relief is as old as the time of Asoka, it does not seem too 

 rash to conclude that we have before us a rude representation of the 

 buildings of the famous Jetavana which were erected by Anatha- 

 pindika during the lifetime of Buddha. 



One of the new inscriptions discovered by Mr. Beglar is also interest- 

 ing, as we get the name of a king who must have been a contemporary 

 of Asoka, This record is as follows : — " (Gift) of the Prince Vadha 

 Pala, son of Raja Dhanabhuti." 



A. Cunningham, Major-General, 

 Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India. 



C. 



Geneeal Cunningham's Discoveries at Bharhut.* 

 We called attention some time ago (Academy, August 1) to the 

 important discoveries lately made by General Cunningham, the Director 

 of the Archaeological Survey in India. They were dwelt on by 

 Mr. Grant Duff in his address before the Archaeological Section of the 

 International Congress of Orientalists, and excited the keenest interest 

 among foreign scholars Vho were then present. Unfortunately, no 

 sketches or photographs of the ruins of Bharhut had been sent from 

 India in time for the Congress. General Cunningham, however, has 

 now returned to Bharhut (this is his own spelling of the name), and 

 is at present engaged in taking photographic copies of all that is 

 important among the ruins of the old Buddhist Stupa. Some of them 

 have been received, and convey an idea of the real state in which the 

 sculptures and the inscriptions are found. On the pillar which 

 contains the scene of the Jetavana garden being bought by Anatha- 

 piwdaka by covering the ground with pieces of gold, we see indeed 

 something that may be construed as representing that famous event ; 

 but it is doubtful whether, without the inscription underneath, anyone, 

 even if he possessed the learning and sagacity of Mr. Beal, could have 

 guessed its real meaning. The inscription, of which there is both a 

 small photograph and a rubbing on paper, is likewise not quite clear. 

 In the centre some of the letters are injured, and as it now stands it 

 is difficult to discover the exact grammatical construction. It reads: — 

 "jetavana anadha (tha) pedi ko da (?) ti ko ti sam thatena keta (to)." 



The letter read "dh" in "Anadha" may be meant for " th" but 

 I'pediko" cannot be made to stand for " jo'indolca" or "pindada," nor 

 can " Jcetd " stand for " krito," 1 bought.' " Samthata " might be the 



* Academy, November 21, 1874, pp. 570-1. 



