4 M. A. Stein — New inscriptions discovered by Major Beane. [No. 1, 
The list of the inscriptions is as follows :— 
1. Stone, obtained from Spanlcharra* (Mus. 64 ; scale of reproduc¬ 
tion, one-half of original). 
2. Stone, found in mound at Khalil Banda (near Toru, Yusufzai). 
(Mus. 37 ; scale one-half). 
3-19. Impressions on cloth “ of small stones found buried together 
near an old Buddhist wall and at the foot of a cliff. The place is near 
Barwazgai and about a mile S. S. E. from Spankharra .” “ These little 
stones were buried in a small receptacle at the foot of the cliff and 
covered over with another stone.” Nos. 5 and 6 inscribed on two sides 
of the same stone. (Nos. xxi.-xxxvii.; scale one-half). 
20. Impression of a stone “ in possession of a Sheikh at Span¬ 
kharra. It is not known where it was originally found. Used by him 
for baking his food on.” (No. xx.; scale one-half). 
21-23. Impressions on cloth of 3 small stones sent to Lahore 
Museum in August 1896. The characters resemble those on im¬ 
pressions 3-19. [A subsequent note by Major Deane informs me that 
these stones form part of the Barwazgai find, but were obtained since 
the first lot of impressions, i.e. t Nos. 3-19.] (Nos. xli.-xliii.; scale one- 
lialf). 
24. Stone “ from the hill above Elai, Boner; (no ruin near).” 
(Mus. 65 ; scale one-half). 
25. Stone “ buried in the soil near an old spring at Elai, Boner.” 
(Mus. 63 ; scale one-half). 
26. Impression on paper of an inscription at Tangi , near Miangam 
village, on Ilm, Boner.” 
(No. i.; scale one-half). 
27. Impression on cloth “ of an inscription on a stone in the wall 
of the house of a Mulla, Torsak in Boner. It is said to have been 
taken originally from some old ruins with other stones for building 
purposes.” (No. v. ; scale one-lialf). 
28. Impression on cloth “of a few letters inscribed on a stone lying 
in the jungle in the Malandri Valley which is the continuation of the 
Sudhum Valley towards the Boner Hills and Malandri Pass.” (No. vi.; 
scale one-half). 
[285. Impression on paper (No. xix6.) “of an inscription on a 
stone lying near the village of Padshah in Boner, broken in half,” is too 
8 I have followed throughout in local names the spelling of Major Deane’s notes, 
and have not attempted to transcribe them according to the Society’s system, as 
their actual pronunciation is unknown to me. 
