JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
Part I.—HISTORY LITERATURE, &e. 
No. II.—1891. 
Report on the Boria or LaJcha Medi Stupa near Junagadh.—By Henry 
Cousens, M. R. A. S., Archceological Surveyor of Western India. 
{With a Plate.) 
On the 27th of January, 1889, I received a demi-official from the 
Director-General, Archaeological Survey, enclosing a cutting from the 
Morning Post in which was given a short account of the opening of a 
stupa near Junagadh, Kathiawad, by Mr. J. M. Campbell, 0. S., 
directing me to take immediate steps to ascertain what was being done. 
On the same day I wrote to Rao Bahadur Haridas Viharidas, Divan 
of Junagadh, and in reply was told that Mr. Campbell had, during the 
Christmas holidays, commenced the excavation of the stupa in cpiestion, 
and had left instructions with them for its continuance. I then wrote 
to Mr. Campbell (letter No. 12 of 31st January 1889) asking him what 
had been done, and what was still doing, and received from him a state¬ 
ment of all that had been done up to that time. In his note accompany¬ 
ing it, he said that, should anything be found, he would be immediately 
informed, and would try to return to Junagadh for a few days. On 
the night of the 15th instant, I received a telegram from the Assistant 
Divan of Junagadh from, which I understood that a ‘ find ’ had been 
made. The Assistant Divan, Mr. Ardesir, wrote me at the same time, 
but the letter did not reach me then, as I started early next day. 
At Dhola Junction I met Mr. Campbell, and we went together to Juna¬ 
gadh. The next morning we went out to the stupa. But before des¬ 
cribing the ‘ find,’ I will try and describe the position and surrounding 
of the stupa. 
