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open hand, and in the corresponding right hand corner a crescent moon and 
a circle representing the sun. 
These sculptures appear to be sati monuments: they are very common 
in Pargana Jaitpur and are there sometimes spoken of as ‘ Sati-Sata’. Jait- 
pur was occupied by Gonds, who were expelled by the Bundelas and Mar- 
athas. At an ancient village in pargana Path I found two of these stones, 
and close by, a sati pillar of the ordinary type* bearing only the emblems of 
a female hand and arm with the sun and moon, but without human figures. 
Stones sculptured with the sun and moon emblems, unaccompanied by either 
figures or hand, are often met with. 
Rude effigies of single warriors, armed with a bow, or with a round 
target and a short straight-pointed sword, are also common. 
I append a rough sketch or diagram (PL XIY) of a curious slab stand¬ 
ing in the village of Tika Mau near Mahoba : the village is an ancient one, 
and is mentioned by Chand as belonging to Desraj, father of Alba and Udal, 
and according to tradition was formerly occupied by Kuraffs: the design 
resembles in general outline that of the “sati-sata” sculptures-above 
described, but differs in that the male and female figures are not holding 
hands and have heads resembling respectively a monkey and a bird, and 
that the detached hand is placed between the sun and moon. 
On the surface of the mound marking the site of a Bhar village at 
Barenra in Jalalpur, my pandit picked up the two curious objects figured 
at the bottom of Plate XIY. They look like seals or amulets, and the 
material seems to be the coarse soap stone found in the district: I cannot 
even guess the meaning of the characters engraved on them, but the open 
hand on the larger one is exactly similar to that carved on the stone 
monuments. As is the case at many ancient sites in the district, bricks 
of great size are found at Barenra. 
The Bhar site named Bhareswar near Rauro in pargana Rath is re¬ 
markable for an irregular circle formed of twelve large upright stones, close 
to which two other stones are lying prostrate : one of the slabs here is 
carved with five small detached rings, called naJcat-gol by the people, which 
remind me of the “ cup markings” in Kamaon, described by Mr. Carnacf : 
coins are said to have been found at this spot, but as usual I could get no 
definite information about them. 
I have often seen at old sites slabs engraved with sets of concentric 
rings a foot or more in diameter, which most probably symbolize Mahadeo, 
as conjectured by Mr. Carnac with reference to the similar sculptures in 
Kamaon, or may perhaps be images of the sun as the villagers say. 
* Cunning Lain, Arch. Report III, p. x. 
t J. A. S. B., XLYI, Pt. I, p. 1 seqq. 
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