1879.] H. Rivett-Carnac —Description of Stone Carvings from Kanouj. 191 
The group was obtained by me from a little shrine near the village of 
Makranaggar close to a TcTiera in which the sub-contractors had been 
digging for railway ballast, and this group, we were told, had been dug 
out of the IcJiera during the operations. 
(III.) The foliage and mango fruit of the fragment of what would 
appear to have been a portion of a large-sized carving, is rendered with more 
truthfulness and care than is generally met with on native sculptures of 
the present day. 
It was found under a tree close to Gudanpur, where ballast operations 
under a native contractor had been in full swing for six weeks, in digging up 
and breaking up for ballast a TcTiera which is supposed to represent the 
ruins of a palace of the Raja Bhoj, a favourite character in the traditions of this 
part of the country. Several miles of sandstone ballast have been supplied 
by this ruin alone. When I first visited the spot, about a month ago, 
large quantities of sandstone rubble were being dug out of the ruins ; 
this was well adapted’for ballast, and there was no sort of objection to the 
material being so utilised. But I saw carvings and the remains of carvings 
in situ. It is true that those I saw were of no value. But I found a 
coolie in the act of breaking up a small carved figure. It was hardly worth 
preserving, perhaps, but a coolie who smashed up an indifferently carved 
figure would hardly discriminate in the case of a valuable work of art. 
Unfortunately no attempt had been made, so far as I could ascertain, to 
make any plan of the ruin which was being demolished. I was told on 
the spot that an interior tank, surrounded by a number of small chambers 
had been come upon in the course of excavation. The whole place was in 
the process of being dug out, and there will soon not be a stone left. Some 
pieces of carving had been rescued by the villagers and placed under trees, 
or on platforms close by, and some of these were obtained by me and made 
over to the Collector for the proposed Museum. The piece of green stone, 
which I believe to be jade, was found here. 
(IV.) The large head sent herewith was obtained at Behar, near Saii- 
kesar. From its proportions it must have belonged to a colossal figure. The 
type of face is hardly Hindu and approaches in character to the carvings 
found in the Punjab, which are held to bear distinct traces of Greek 
influence. Perhaps the figure to which the head belongs might be found ; 
if Behar was systematically examined. 
The mounds at Behar would, I am sure, repay excavation. 
(V.) The little group of a man, woman and child standing under a tree, 
was obtained by me at Sankesar, where it was placed with other carvings 
and fragments of carvings near one of the chief shrines. The man’s figure 
is particularly well sculptured. The woman, with her ornament &c., is 
