Baboo Rajendralala Manicktollah, Cal-Has a collection of Sanscrit Mitra. cutta. XX.-COINS. MSS. of which he would gladly have copies made for those requiring them. Has the Taittiriya A'ranyaka in the press and wants a copy of Sáyana's commentary on the same for collation. Lieut. Ayrton Pul- Topographical Asst. Will be happy to make ex lan. Major George Col. J. Abbott. of G. T. Survey, changes of silver or copper of India, Dehra Dhoon or Mus soorie. Bactrian or Hindoo coins. G.Care of Messrs. Ar- Collects Bactrian coins, gems, buthnot & Co., and ancient Indian coins; Commanding 5th Has at present no wish to ex- Royal Artillery, Umballa. Name. Address. Particulars. C. W. Wilmott, Esq. Assistant Commis- Has formed a small collection sioner, Deoghur. of foreign and other coins. Baboo Rajendralala Manicktollah, Cal- Has a few coins; wishes to exMitra. change duplicates. cutta. NOTES AND QUERIES, ZOOLOGY. 1. "I see in Blyth's Catalogue that he makes Inuus Assamensis of McClelland and Inuus pelops of Hodgson to be one and the same. They are totally distinct species the former inhabiting-" Subhimalayan region, Asám"-and the other being strictly confined to the Northern forests bordering on the snows in Nipal, Kumaon, Mussooree and Simla. Mr. Blyth never saw a specimen of Pithex (Inuus) pelops of Hodgson. I think Dr. Jerdon is convinced of the distinctness of our species as I showed him a living individual." CAPT. T. HUTTON, Mussoorie. 2. What books are attainable respecting the wasps and ants of India at a moderate cost? In what Journals and of what date may papers be found on these subjects? Is there any work with coloured or plain illustrations of the Dragon Flies of India? C. HORNE, Benares. NUMISMATICS. 3. Since dies of the ancient coins have been engraved at Rawul Pindee it is hard to pronounce on the genuineness of coins purchased. Most of the forgeries are smeared with lamp-black mixed either with water or with oil. Boiling water or the action of oil of turpentine will remove this; whereas the oxide on an old coin can be removed only by mechanical action on the edge of a sharp tool. COL. J. Аввотт, ABBOTT, Umballa. JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER. Report of the Proceedings of the Archæological Surveyor to the Government of India for the Season of 1862-63. NOTE. [Received 16th April, 1864.] In A. D. 634, when the Chinese pilgrim Hwen Thsang crossed the Satlaj from the westward, the first place that he visited was Po-li-ye to-lo, or Pariyatra, which has been identified by M. St. Martin with Vairat, to the northward of Jaypur. This place I have not yet visited, as my explorations during the cold season of 1862-63 were confined to Delhi, Mathura, aud Khâlsi, on the line of the Jumna, and to the ancient cities lying north of that river in the Gangetic Doab, Oudh, and Rohilkhand. In these provinces, I have followed Hwen Thsang's route from Mathura to Srávasti; and, with his aid, I have been successful in discovering the once famous cities of Ahichhatra, Kosambi, Sháchi, and Srávasti. The sites of other celebrated places have likewise been determined with almost equal certainty, as Srughna, Madipur, Govisana, Pilosana, Kusapura, and Dhopâpapura, I begin the account of my explorations at Delhi, which is the only place of note not visited by the Chinese pilgrim, whose route I take up at Mathura, and follow throughout Rohilkhand, the Doab, and Oudh. The places visited during this tour are accordingly described in the following order : V. Kashipur, or Govisana. XI. Kâkupur, or Aynto. XII. Daundiakhera, or Hayamukha. XIII. Allahabad, or Prayaga. XIV. Kosam, or Kosámbi. XV. Sultanpur, or Kusapura. XVII. Ajudhya, or Saketa. XVIII. Hâtila, or Asokpur. XIX. Sahet-Mahet, or Srávasti. 1. The remains of Delhi are graphically described by Bishop Heber* as 66 a very awful scene of desolation, ruins after ruins, tombs after tombs, fragments of brick-work, free-stone, granite, and marble, scattered everywhere over a soil naturally rocky and barren, without cultivation, except in one or two small spots, and without a single tree." This waste of ruins extends from the south end of the present city of Shahjahânâbâd to the deserted forts of Rai Pithora and Tughlakabad, a distance of 10 miles. The breadth at the northern end, opposite Firuz Shah's Kotila, is about 3 miles, and at the southern end, from the Kutb Minar to Tughlakabad, it is rather more than 6 miles; the whole area covered with ruins being not less than 45 square miles. It is most probable, however, that not more than a third of this extent was ever occupied at any one period, as the pre* Journal, II, 290. |