16 M. A. Stein — Neic inscriptions discovered by Major Deane. [No. 1, 
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 
More than a year has passed between the time when this paper 
was first sent to the press, and the date of its publication. This long 
delay has been due solely to the difficulty first experienced in providing 
for the adequate reproduction of the inscriptions. On reference to the 
only Indian establishment capable of undertaking such work it was 
found that the required plates could not be prepared there except at a 
cost which would have considerably exceeded the funds available for 
this purpose. Even then it seemed doubtful whether the process to be 
employed would secure satisfactory reproductions of those impressions 
on paper or cloth which were faint in color or otherwise difficult to re¬ 
produce mechanically. 
In view of these circumstances, it was particularly gratifying that 
Mr. W. Griggs, of Peckham, London, whose photographic and chrorno- 
lithographic works have already on many occasions served the interests 
of Indian archaeological and epigraphical research, kindly offered to 
undertake the task on terms acceptable to the Society’s Council. A visit 
paid to England during the last summer enabled me to watch personally 
the preparation of the plates. I was thus in a position to appreciate 
more thoroughly the exceptional care and attention which Mr. Griggs 
has bestowed on the work. The difficulties resulting from the deficient 
nature of part of the available materials could not have been overcome 
so successfully without Mr. Griggs’ personal efforts, and for these my 
special thanks are due to him. 
For the technical defects in many of the available impressions 
it is easy to account in the light of the explanations with which Major 
Deane has favoured me on a subsequent occasion. The persons 
through whose hands almost all these impressions have been obtained 
were wandering Pathan Mullas and Talibs. Individuals of this class, 
being aware of Major Deane’s interest in epigraphical remains, had 
for some time back been in the habit of bringing to him any inscribed 
stones which they came across and could conveniently carry along. 
Some of them on their wanderings across the border had seen similar 
stones which either on account of their size or for other reasons could 
not easily be removed. 
Fanaticism among transfrontier tribes, like those of Boner and the 
Utman Khel, is still strong enough to make the open removal of inscribed 
stones which may be suspected to be of a ‘Kafir’ origin and to give 
