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A Report on a Tour Ofexplorations ii't'Ullllifn’ , A Report on a Tour ofExplorations of the Antiquities in the Tarai, ... Puma Chandra Mukhopadhyaya, Vincent Arthur Smith Digitized by Google ‘bS’ * *L « '>-L> p ??art)arti Collrgr libraro FROM THE REQUEST OF HENRY WARE WALES, M.U. CkM . 14 iS)S ro« kooks or ixtrmwt to tmk SANSKRIT DEPARTMENT •'»'* //?//A , iu, ivsAvtUt. dttj i /t ?s/ r. fk'ifa*f*~ 4 -. ,„/,//</ tiint-T r{ • ' • Atl 'tJt-J /.**!>* ’ „ r’n) fls'K t'/.yy if /ft !l *';••{ tj- f*lty f*tun+ 4t+«thu«. Archaeological £nrbtjj of Iniia. A REPORT ON A TOUR OF EXPLORATION OP TUB ANTIQUITIES IN THE TARAI, NEPAL THE REGION OF KAPILAVASTU; DOBINO FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1899. Digitized by Google Jyentt for the talc of Books published by lie Saptriniendenl of Govtmat at Printing, India, Calcutta. In Loitdo*. K. A Arnold, Eaq., 87, Bedford Street. Strand. W. C. I Miwi. Lunc A Co, 4ft, Great UuMell Street. W.C M'mr*. Coeutable A Co., 2, Whitehall Gardent, 8. 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Digitized by Google : ; JUdutoIogicd .glarbtg nf Inbia A REPORT ON A TOUR OF EXPLORATION OF 1HX ANTIQUITIES IN THE TARAI, NEPAL THE REGION OF KAPILAYASTU DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1899. ILLUSTRATED BY 32 PLATES. BY Babb l’ URNA/CHANDRA MITIvtIERJI, LATELY IH PLOY ID OT *1011 JIOIOOICaL RXPLOBaTIOX* C5DFB YHI OOVBBXMIKT OF TH1 *OBTB-wur«£ji rsorucuiiD ouph. WITH A TREFATORY NOTE BY Mr. Y1N0ENT A. SMITH, BA. M.B.A.8., M.A.S.Ii., JLS&L. f_A.1I. (Tuisret CtUMl, Dr»u»), No XXVI, PART I OP THE IMPERIAL SERIES. CALCUTTA OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OP GOVERNMENT PRINTING, INDIA. 1901 . Digitized by Google (\>vc F Harvard Oollepo Library Mr. 3 . !918 Wales food ntCTTTAr SOVXBXHVXT OF tXIMA CWHTRAt FAIWTINO BvnCI. 8, a#tii»q« rrKViT. Digitjted by Google List of Volumes commuting the new Imperial series of the Reports of the Archeological Surrey of India. Dti. PsenscuL mm. aambtr la Kuw of boo*.. JtnttMr or Editor.] J.rf (:•>«! ) a f-ihiic»- WMtarn Snath nm N^rlUra Uos. lwlU. Irnlls- India. 1 Export of the first iduon's operations iu the Belgaum and Burgees • 1874 . I - - j Kaladgi Districts. Report on Antiquities of Kathiawar and Kaeh . Ditto . 1876 . 11 ... II the | III Report oo tha Antiquities* of the Bidar and Aurangabad Die* Ditto 1878 . m - - j triota. IT The Buddhist oaves and their inscriptions «... Ditto • 1883 . 17 ... ... leal Jaioa Ditto V The ears* of Blurs and the other Brahman and • 1884 . V ~ - cares m SVesUrn India. TI Ditto • 1887 , ... I ... VII Lists of Antiquarian Remains in tbs Prmidcoey of Madras Sewell 1833 . »• a ... .' VIII Lists of Inscriptions and kketoh of Dynasties of Southern Ditto • 1884 ... in ... Indis (Volams II). (Volume chinch . IV ... IX South Indian Inscriptions !)••»• 1890 . X Ditto ditto (Volams II) ... • Ditto . 1891 . - V ... Fttbrer *) and I XI Report oa the Shaxqi Architecture of Jannpar . £ 1889 . | XII Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in ths North* t itbier . 1891 . ~ ... 11 Western Province* and Oudh. Burgees XIU Bpigraphis Indict of tbs Arehmologienl Sarrey of India . 1881 . ... " - (Volume 1). XIV Epigraph'* Iodic* of the Arobmologkal Surrey of India Ditto 1893 . - ... ... (Volume II). Rea . XV Sooth Indian Buddhist antiquities 1894 . ... VI •a * Couseos . XVI Revised List of Antiquities, Bombay • . • 1887 . VIII ... ... XVII List of Architectural and Arehnsologioal Remains in Coorg . Rea . 1894 . ... VII XVIII Report ou tbe Mogha) Architecture of Fetehpur-9ikri . Smith • 1885 . ... ... Ill the Consent XIX List of Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in 1897 . M. - IV Central Proviooss and Berar. XX Tbe Jaioa Stupa and some other Antiquities of Mathura Smith, V. A. lflCO . ... ... V XXI Cbalukyan Architooture including sxamples from the Ballari lit* . 1886 . - VIII ~ District in Madras. Hctrnle XXII 1894 . ... ... ~ • Burgess XXIII Muhammadan Architecture iu Gujarat . • • 1896 . VI ... «• XXIV The Muhammadan Architecture of Abmedabad . • Ditto . VII ... ... XXV Monumental Remains of the Dutch East India Company in Rsa . 1897 . ~ IX the Presidency of Madras. XXVI Report oo results of explorations in tbe Nepal Tarsi, Port I . Mukborji . 1901 . ... ... VI XXVII The Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in Rajputaoa Fbhrrr 1898 . ... ” VII and Central India xxvm Tbe Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in the Punjab Ditto 1898 . ... VIII XXIX South Indian Inscription*, Volume III, Psrt 1 • . Hultssch 1899 . X ~ IX XXX Moghul Colour D«oration of Agrs ..... Smith 1899 . ... ... Nizam'* ... XXXI List of Antiqusrisn Remains lu His Highness the Consent 1900 . ... ... Territory. Digitized by Google PREFATORY NOTE. BT VINCENT A. SMITH, ESQ., B.A., M.R.A.S., M.A.8.B., M.N.8.L., FA.U., (TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN), OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. N accordance with the request of the Government of India I prefix a note of I explanation and comment to Mr. Mukherji's Report on his explorations in the Ncpaleso Tarai. I had hoped to be able to discuss also tho report which Major Waddell had pro- mised to submit, but unfortunately no report M.jo. Wtddell. LMA , .... from him has been received. Before examining the results attained by Mr. Mukherji it will be convenient to reproduce tho instructions which were given IrntnaotloDfiimtraotwM given to Ur.Mr. Mokh.rji.Mukherji. ^ him by me at the request of the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh. INSTRUCTIONS. (1) The explorer should first try and fix the position of the city of Kapilavaatu, as a whole, as accurately as possible, in relation to points within British territory, to TuulivA, NiglivA, and the great mounds at TUanrA-Ko£, Lori-ki-kutlin, and the various TbAru villages. The outline of tbo city should then be plotted on • map, and endeavours made to ascertain the position of the gates. Several of Hiuen Tsiang’s notes of position are with reference to the gates. (2) The position of the elupat of Kmkuchandra and of KonagamanA should be determined with reference to the dty, and mapped so far as practicable. If the explorer succeeds in doing these things, he will probably be able to fix with approximate certainty the position of many of the monuments mentioned by Hiuen Teiang.and he can then proceed to verify or disprove his conclusions by excava- tions at carefully selected points. (8) Photographs should he freely taken, and if any inscriptions are found, mechanical facsimiles of them should beat ooce prepared. Inscriptions, the existence of which is not verified by facsimiles, cannot be accepted. (4) The Nepalese will not allow any objects found to be removed, hut they make no difficulty about drawing or photographing them. Any observations taken to verify the geographical position of the city by observations will need to be conducted with diseretion, as the Nepalese authorities are jealous of surveys. to have several copies of sheet 189 of the North-Western Provinces (5) The explorer ought No. aud Oudh Survey {one inch to the mile), on which Birdpur House is marked, and should extend that sheet to the bent of his ability ao as to cover the mine. baa attempted to do this, but, as I have shown, without success. Very (0) Dr. Fiihrer much careful and minute notes of all localities explored should be kept systematically in note books written op at the time, which sboutd be worked up afterwards, Oronod plans of all buildings examined should be made. So far as possible, a rough plan should be constructed showing the distribution of the rains, and tho relative positions of the principal masses. the PiprivA tinpt I may add that Dr. Fiihrer's notes on in his Progress Report are very {7) a inaccurate. The correct figures are given in the paper entitled The PiprAhwA ttupa, containing Rvlics of Buddha/’ by William Claxton Pepp£, Esq., communicated with a Note by Vincent A. Smith, I.C.S., M.R.A.S. {Journal, Royal Jtiatic Society, July, 1899.) The difficulties of the exploration have been briefly stated in the Report, and, considering the obstacles in his way and the shortness of the time available, I think that Mr. Mukherji did very well. His map (Plate I) is quite accurate enough for all Digitized by Google — A TOOR OF EXPLORATION OF 2 REPORT OS region investigated is open country practical purposes, and is of great value. Most of the miles. The limits where the traveller whon riding an elephant can see round him for visited more than once several of the sites of the forest are shown on the map. I have Mukherji’s work. described and am thus able to guarantee the general accuraoy of Mr. Since my retirement I have had leisure to examine Mr. Mukherji’s ohrono- logical theories (page 16), which he has devel- M, Mskhrrji'. ehrooolor'icsl tbaorie*. .. ^ q p4mph , et enti , led Xhe Indian Chronology, Buddhistic Period,” Lucknow, 1899. This little work has been sympathetically reviewed by Professor Rhys Davids in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for July 1900, and thus introduced to the consideration of scholars.
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