No. 15.-An inscription on the architrave over the verandah colonnade of cave No. 10, consisting of three upper lines 11 feet long, three lower lines 11 feet 7 inches long, and two additional lines 5 feet 6 inches long, to the left of the three lower lines, and on the same level. This inscription is faintly cut, but distinct, and the letters seem to have been formerly painted red; it was first noticed by the present copyist in November 1853, and appears to contain a date and the names of some kings; the name "Krishna occurs at the end of the first additional side-line. The following spaces are believed to be blank :-two in the first line, about one-third and two-thirds along it; one in the second line, about one-third along it; and one in the third line, beyond the middle. There is a great similarity between this and No. 43 inscription, which is similarly situated on the opposite cave (No. 78).

No. 16.-Two inscriptions of 5 and 5 lines, 5 feet 6 inches in length, one above the other, on the left-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 12, and over a large recess. These inscriptions are deeply cut, and distinct where not peeled off.

No. 17.-An inscription of 2 lines, 3 feet long, on the left-hand side-wall of the porch to cave No. 19. It is faintly cut, and rather indistinct. There is a blank space near the end of the first line, and another in the third line between "danam" and "sahasa."

No. 18.-An inscription of one line 7 feet 6 inches long, and seven lines 3 feet 1 inch long, on the inner wall of the verandah of cave No. 29, over and between two grated windows. This inscription is deeply cut, on a rough surface, and is tolerably distinct. Dr. Stevenson's transcript does not agree with the original, in the fifth and seventh lines. There is also another short line, over one of the windows, very indistinct, and seemingly a separate inscription. No. 29 is the first in the second tier of caves, and nearly over the chaitya (No. 3).

No. 19. An inscription of seven lines, 3 feet 8 inches long, on the right-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 36. This inscription is faintly cut, on a somewhat honeycombed surface; and it might be supposed that the lines had originally been 10 inches longer, which portion had become quite illegible; but the word "Kaleyanakasa" being divided between the 2nd and 3rd lines, and the word "negamasa "between the 3rd and 4th, seem to disprove supposition. The second line contains one or two of the ch recognized by Dr. Stevenson as numerals; these, and simil

the next inscription, appear to be the only instances of numerals at Kanheri in inscriptions of the older class. The fifth letter in the first line may be a blank; the space in the middle of the fourth line is also probably blank; and blanks occur at the beginning and in the middle of the sixth line.

No. 20.-An inscription of probably eight lines, 3 feet 6 inches long, on the left-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 36, and therefore opposite to the last. This inscription is faintly cut, on a honeycombed surface, and is indistinct. It evidently refers to the same subject as the last; the first two lines being probably a literal copy, and some of the subsequent words being identically the same, such as the combinations "venhuna," and "ághyeketa.”

No. 21.—An inscription of ten lines, 3 feet long, on the left-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 37, and near the side of a recess over a tank. This inscription is faintly cut, on a rough surface exposed to the weather, and is difficult to copy. It probably commemorates the dedication of a cave, and a tank for drinking and bathing, by some one, a householder, merchant and inhabitant of Kalyan, and by the son of some one else.

No. 22. An inscription of one line, 15 inches long, on the rock near the entrance to the open gallery No. 38, under the south-western brow of the hill, which appears to have been a cemetery-gallery. This inscription is deeply cut and distinct; and at a little distance below

it, to the left, is this symbol

10 inches square, and appa

rently of the same age. The word "parigahita" may be synonymous with "parigrihíta."

No. 23. An inscription of one line, 6 feet 9 inches long, on the back wall of open gallery No. 39. It is deeply cut, but on a honeycombed surface, and evidently commemorates the dedication of a cave to religious purposes.

No. 24. An inscription of eight lines, over a tank-opening, on the right-hand of entrance to cave No. 43. This inscription begins with the same words as Nos. 31 and 45, and ends with the same word as No. 21; it appears to commemorate the dedication of a cave and drinking-tank.

No. 25.-An inscription of five lines, originally 3 feet 4 inches long, on the left-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 48. This inscription is distinct, but not deeply cut; the lines are complete at the right-hand end, but the rock has peeled off at the other end; the

upper lines are more indistinct than the rest. In the second line we have "kánhasa deya dhama lena ;" in the third line "pitá akhaya nivi cha diná káhápaná;" in the fourth line, "bhikhu saghe chivari;" in the fifth line, " deya dhama akhaya nivi."

No. 26. An inscription of probably nine lines, which may have been 4 feet long, on the left-hand side-wall outside the verandah of cave No. 49. This inscription is very imperfect, indistinct, and faintly cut. There are only just sufficient letters legible to determine the age of the inscription to be similar to that of the last.

No. 27.-An inscription of probably 9 lines, 3 feet 4 inches long, on the right-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 52, and above a recess over a tank. This inscription is deeply cut, but on a honeycombed surface; and the upper three lines, and part of the next two,have peeled off.

No. 28.-An inscription of eight lines, 3 feet 10 inches long, on the right-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 53, and above a recess over a tank. This inscription is deeply cut but on a honeycombed surface, and all the centre has peeled off.

No. 29.-An inscription of eleven lines, 3 feet 4 inches long, on the left-hand side-wall, outside the verandah of cave No. 56, and above a recess over a tank. This inscription is cut to a moderate depth, but is not very distinct, owing to the honeycombed state of the rock; and part of the centre has peeled off.

No. 30.-An inscription of 63 lines, 1 foot 7 inches long, on the pilaster at the right-hand end of the verandah of cave No. 56. It is faintly cut and indistinct; and is of a very modern date, as compared with the last; but a groove has been cut through the centre of it, at a still later date, for the purpose of fixing some wooden framing.

No. 31.-An inscription of two lines, 3 feet long, on the inner wall of the verandah of cave No. 58, and on the left-hand side of a grated window. It is deeply cut, distinct, and perfect.

No. 32.-An inscription of three lines, originally 2 feet 9 inches long, on the back wall of the recess over the tank-opening in cave No. 59. This inscription is deeply cut and distinct, but about five letters in the first line, three in the second, and two in the third, peeled off at the time the fac-simile was taken, from which Dr. Stevenson made his transcript.

No. 33. An inscription of one line, 5 feet 3 inches long, on the inner wall of the verandah of cave No. 59, and above a small grated window. This inscription is clear, but not deeply cut, and all the letters are perfect; the three small letters, inscribed beneath the line, are also distinctly legible.