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1879.] H. Rivett-Carnac— Prehistoric Remains in Central India. 
There is, however, a certain method observable in the appropriation of Pali 
terms. The author has been able to frame a simple set of rules which are 
tolerably comprehensive, and which may be of some use in dealing with 
future importations. These rules form the most important part of the- 
paper which will be published in the Journal, Part I. 
3. Prehistoric Remains in Central India.—By H. Rivett-Caenac, Esq., 
C. S., C. I. E., M. R. A. S., F. S. A., &o. 
(Abstract.) 
This paper contains an account of the remains discovered by the 
author in the barrows near Junapani, a hamlet lying about 5 miles to the 
west of the civil station at Nagpur, in the Central Provinces. These 
tumuli, which are by the people of the neighbourhood ascribed to giants or 
to the Gaoli or shepherd kings, regarding whose rule in Central India prior 
to the Aryan invasion a deep-rooted tradition exists, are surrounded with 
double rows of trap boulders selected from the masses with which the hill¬ 
side is strewn. On those selected stones are found the “ cup-marks” re¬ 
sembling those found on exactly similar tumuli in Europe. 
The remains discovered were all found in the centre of the barrows. 
The earth dug through was invariably hard and firm, as if compressed by 
many centuries into its present compact shape. 
The first indication of a “ find” is broken pieces of pottery of red and 
black clay, 2 or 2| feet below the surface. The fragments of metal imple¬ 
ments and ornaments are found, and further pieces of broken pottery, evi¬ 
dently the fragments of urns. With the urns is found a whitish-coloured 
earth, probably the remains of bones. 
In a plate accompanying the paper are represented some iron instruments 
found in these barrows, among them the best specimen of the battle-axe or 
hatchet that has yet been discovered. It was found by Mr. Henry Danger- 
field in one of the outlying groups of barrows near Junapani. The bands 
with which the axe was fastened to the wooden handle are in perfect pre¬ 
servation. 
Another plate represents six bangles or bracelets found in a mound 
adjacent to that in which the axe was found. 
In a third plate are represented some instruments dug out of a barrow 
which Mr. Rivett-Carnac supposes to have been the grave of a chieftain. 
Among them are arrow-heads, axes, spear-heads, a snaffle bit in excellent preser¬ 
vation, and what Mr. Rivett-Carnac supposes to be a pair of iron stiirups. 
It is generally supposed that the “ cup-marks” are a rude kind of 
ornamentation. But Mr. Rivett-Carnac has observed on these boulders 
