108 Maulayi Abdul Wali— Archaeological remains in Uajshahi. [Ho. % 
On some Archaeological remains in the District of Doj shah i.—By 
Maulayi Abdul Wall 
[Read June, 1903.] 
A few months ago I was so fortunate as to find in the Record-room 
of the Magistrate of Rajshahi a highly interesting report on the archeo¬ 
logical buildings of the district. Mr. J. S. Carstairs, late Magistrate 
and Collector of Rajshahi, submitted in his letter, Ho. 86, dated the 
April, 1872, an account of the Jami‘ Masjids 1 at Bagha and Ku- 
samba to the Commissioner of the Division. This report, with its 
rough sketches ( a copy of which I took), 8 is of the highest value at the 
present moment, as both the buildings have fallen into utter ruins. 
My acknowledgments are due to Saiyid Tafazzul Husain Sahib, Sir- 
rishtadar to the Magistrate of Rajshahi, for his finding out the report 
for me, and for preserving it so long from being destroyed as a waste- 
paper. 
The paper is submitted as its author had penned it. I have only 
modified the spellings of certain Oriental words according to the system 
of transliteration adopted by the Society, and put them in angular 
brackets. I have divided the paper into two parts, and put Mr. Car- 
stair’s report in double inverted commas, adding a few notes of mine 
below each part. 
The Arabic texts of the original inscriptions have been procured 
and carefully deciphered and translated. 
“ I have the honor to submit a report on the Arch geological Build¬ 
ings in this district visited by me during the year 1871-72. 
“ The first to be mentioned is the old Bagha Mosque. It is sup¬ 
posed to have been built in the year 930 of the Hegira [ Hijra]. It 
1 The word. Jami, (rt/ola*) does not occur in the inscription of the Kusamba Mas- 
jid. It was not constructed by a King, but daring the reign of a King, by a noble¬ 
man. 
8 These sketches were too rough for publication and have been omitted.—E d. 
