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village, called Rir.i, still exists as a hamlet of tlie modern town. It belonged 
to a family of Jfits ; but their estate was transferred by sale to the temple 
Pandas, who also enjoy an endowment of four other villages rent free, a 
grant from Siudhia. They are all descendants of the Bairagi by whom the 
image was produced, and are by caste Ahivasis, a singularly low and illiterate 
pseudo-Brahmanieal tribe, who as it would seom are not known in any 
part of India beyond the Mathura district. The name is said to be derived 
from the great serpent (a hi) kaliya, and they represent the village of San- 
rakh, near the Kali-mardan Ghat at Brin da-ban, as their first home. 
Note . — The interesting temple of Hari-deva at Gobardhan was in perfect preserva- 
tion, excepting only the loss of its two towers, till the end of the year 1871. The roof 
of the nave then bogan to give away, and now has entirely fallen in, all save one com- 
partment, which happily remains as a guide to the architect, in case a restoration 
should be undertaken. Funds for the work are not altogether wanting, as there is 
now in the local treasury a deposit of more than Its. 3000 available for the purpose. 
This sum arises from the rents of the mu’nfi village of Bhagosa, a permanent endow- 
ment, with regard to which, after long dispute, the Civil Court has decided that it 
must be oxpended strictly on the maintenance of the temple and its services, and 
cannot be appropriated by the shareholders to their own private uses It could not 
be devoted to a better purpose than the repair of the fabric ; and in case of want of 
unanimity among the shareholders a further order of the Court to that effect is all 
that is required. 
On a new king of Bengal (Al&uddin Firuz Shah), and notes on the 
Husaim kings of Bengal and their conquest of Gha.tgd.on (Chittagong). 
—Bg H. Blochmann, M. A., Calcutta Madrasah. 
Some time ago, Mr. Walter M. Bourke sent me two Arabic and Persian 
Inscriptions from Kalnah, on the Bhagirathi, one from a ruined mosque, and 
the other from the Dargah of a saint of the name of Shah Majlis. The latter 
inscription has not been deciphered, the stone being worn away ; but the 
name of Husain Shah was legible. The former, of which a yellowish impres- 
sion had been taken, revealed the name of a new king. It was, however, 
too unclear to admit of more than a tentative reading, and I was fortunate 
to obtain, in June last, two clear black impressions. The stone of this 
valuable inscription, I am informed, lies on the ground in front of a ruined 
mosque, and is, like all inscriptions in this part of the country, of black 
basalt. The mosque, called the ‘ Shahi Masjid,’ lies outside Kalnah, about 
half a mile from the river, and is overgrown with jungle. Occasionally 
prayers are read in it, and the Khadims in charge hold a few bfghahs of 
land. The Darg&h, mentioned above, is called Shah Majlis A'stanah,’ lies also 
near the river, and is said to be under the Mutawalliship of the Maharajah 
