JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
Part I.—HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 
No. I.—1877. 
Rough Notes on some Ancient Sculpturings on rocks in Kamaon, similar to 
those found on monoliths and rocks in Europe.—By H. Rivett- 
Carnac, C. S. 
(With five plates.) 
At the meeting of the Society held in Calcutta in February, 1870, the 
existence on the tumuli of Central India of “ cup marks” similar to those 
found on the Stone Circles and Monoliths of Northern Europe was briefly 
noticed by me ( see Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for February, 1870, 
p. 57). It may interest the Society to learn that, during an autumn holiday 
in the Kamaon hills, I have come across many other markings on stones 
and rocks closely resembling those described by the late Sir James Simp¬ 
son in his ‘ Archaic Sculpturings’*, the work noticed at the meeting of 
the Society above referred to,—and that, on this occasion, the markings 
found have not been confined to cups and circles, but include rough sculp- 
turings of a somewhat more defined type than those previously noticed. 
2. At a point about 2-| miles south of Dwara-Hath, and 12 miles 
north of the Military Station of Ranikhet in Kamaon, the bridle road 
leading from the plains through Naim. Tal and Ranikhet to Baijnath, and 
thence on to the celebrated shrine at Bidranath, is carried through a nar¬ 
row gorge, at the mouth of which is a temple sacred to Mahadeo, where 
the pilgrims who follow this route generally halt for a short time, and 
where from the position of the temple in the defile, the priest in charge 
* Archaic Sculpturing^ of Cups, Circles, &c., on stones and rocks in Scotland, Eng¬ 
land, and other Countries. By Sir J. Simpson, Bart., D.C.L., Edinburgh, Edmonton 
and Douglas, 1867. 
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