144 H. Rivett-Carnac— Memo, on Seals from Sanlcesur. [Apbii, 
Nothing is known as to the original locality of this inscribed slab. 
Mr. F. C. Black has preserved it from further injury by fixing it carefully 
in the wall of the road bungalow near Mahoba. 
This paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 
6 . Memo, on Seals etc., found at Sanlcesur, Eatehgarh District. _ Dy H. 
Riyett-Caenac, Esq., c. s„ c. i. e., f. s. a., m. e. a. s., &o. 
(Abstract.) 
This paper describes discs and seals of baked clay, which were found 
by Mr. Bivett-Carnac in large quantities in the ruins near Sankesur 
and Behar (see General Cunningham, Arch. Survey, Vol. I, p. 371 ) 
and of which he forwarded a few specimens. The discs are small, from 1 
to 2 inches wide, and about i inch thick. They are mostly quite plain, 
a few are more or less ornamented ; one of them bore a well defined 
Maltese cross; some of them are pierced in the centre. There were also 
some discs of marble, crystal or other polished stone, and of various sizes 
(the smallest about * inch wide) ; only one of these (apparently of granite) 
showed the central hole. Mr. Carnac suggests that these discs were votive 
offerings at the Buddhist shrines of Sankesur; those of clay beino- the 
gifts of the poorer classes, the others those of the rich, and the perforated 
ones perhaps signifying that the prayer had been granted. The clay seals 
also, are small, from 1 to 1* inches wide. Most of them bear an inscrip’ 
tion, generally in the Kutila characters, but one in Gupta ; containing the 
Buddhist creed : ye dharmmd hetupralhavd hetum tesMm tathdganto hyava- 
dattesham cha yonirodhah evam vadi mahdsrdmanah. In a note, contribu¬ 
ted by Dr. Mitra, he says that these seals are well known. They were first 
noticed by Mr. Thomas in his paper on the ruins of Sarnath; then by 
General Cunningham in his “ Bhilsa Topes.” They have been also noticed 
by Dr Mitra himself in his “ Buddha Gaya,” p. 119 ,ff. Two, however, of 
Mr. Rivett-Carnac s seals are new. One of them has the word vrRPfr « o£ 
every cay” on it. The other has four letters, which, two being very doubt¬ 
ful, cannot be read ; there are two deer on it which show that it is Bud 
Library, 
• , fOl i Win i g , ad ? ti0nS 1UVe b6en made t0 tlle library since the Meet¬ 
ing held in March last. J meu:- 
JRANSACTIONS, fROCEEDINGS AND jJou R NALS, 
presented by the respective Societies or Editors. 
B bn y, T)ie ^ n i^V re T SOhe Akademie <*er Wissenschaften zu Ber- 
bn, Monatsbencht, November, 1878. 
