din. It was a place of considerable importance for many years afterwards, and, in 1236 A.D. it gave a second emperor to Delhi; but, until the Mughal power was established in Upper India, the history of Budāun was again one of constant "insurrections and bloody repressions." 1 In the time of Akbar, 1556, it was formed into a Sārkār of Subah Delhi, and, in 1571, the greater part of the city was destroyed by fire.' After the rise of the Rohilla power which was centered in Bareli, Budaun rapidly declined in importance.

It is situated on the banks of the river Sot, in the NorthWestern Provinces, and in the district of its own name. It is said that the principal mosque was originally a Hindu temple.

In Cabinet No. 3.

Bu. 1.-A fragment of a baked clay tile, with a horseshoe-shaped letter in relief on its upper surface, covered with a pale blue irridescent glaze. It measures 3"-20 × 3."90 × 0".80.

Presented by the Archæological Survey of India, August

1882.

Sikandra.

This place is situated about 5 miles north-west of the city of Agra and is one of note, as it is the site of the tomb of the Emperor Akbar who commenced the mausoleum himself, his son Jahangir finishing it about 1613. The tomb, according to Fergusson, was borrowed from some Hindu or Buddhist model, and, if it had been finished, it would have ranked next 1 Imp. Gaz. of Ind., Vol. II, p. 238.

3

2 Conf. Pogson's Hist. of Jaunpur: Briggs' Feristha: Gladwin's AyinAkbari: Blochmann's Ain-i-Akbari: Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XXXVIII, Pt. 1, p. 117: ibid, Vol. XLI, pt. 1, p. 102: Proc. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, p. 49: ibid, 1874, p. 100; Arch. Surv. Rep, Vol. XI, pp. 1-11, Pls.

III - IV.

Hist. of Ind. Arch., p. 583, figs. 333-335.

to the Taj. It is surrounded by a garden of forty acres "approached on each side by arches of red sandstone, the principal gateway being of magnificent proportions."

Sa. 1.-A portion of the inlaid work or mosaic of the walls of this building, consisting of a foliated device of small pieces of earthenware covered with red, yellow, green, blue and white glaze.

Presented by the Geological Survey of India, 7th August

1877.

Delhi.

Di. 1.-A fragment of a brick, and measuring 5" 50 x 5"-50 x 2" 25. One side is covered with a rich pale blue glaze, and bears part of an Arabic letter in relief.

This fragment and the next were dug up in clearing the ruins around the Kutab Minar. They are parts of an inscription as old as the Kutab Masjid, A.H. 590, A.D. 1212.

This and the following objects were presented by the Archæological Survey of India, 8th August 1882.

Di. 2.-Another, and probably similar fragment, measuring 5'30 x 3"-80 x 1"-25.

Di. 3.-A fragment, 7"-50 x 5" 25 x 0"-70, with a foliated design in pale red and green on a white and yellow background. The cement has been laid on a coarsely silicious material resembling a finely ground quartz, or a very coarse porcelain, and of the same nature as two glazed fragments from Bhuila and one from Indor Khera.

This fragment and the next are from the screen wall at the tomb of Bakhtiar Kaki. They were found at the foot of the wall where the glazed tiles were repaired by the late King of Delhi in dirty blue tiles. They were given to General Cunningham by the attendants.

Di. 4.-Another fragment of the same substance, mea

suring 650 × 4"-75 × 0′′ 65, with a rich green glaze as a background, and foliated devices in yellow, red, white, purple and blue.

Di. 5-6.-Two hexagonal tiles, each with a hole in its middle, and measuring 3"-50 x 3" 05 x 0.70, covered with yellow enamel, except in the centre, which is occupied by a small disc 1" in diameter, coloured green, and let into the hole into which it had been fastened with cement. They are made of the same substance as the last two fragments.

They were obtained in a ruined building opposite Humayan's tomb at Delhi.

Di. 7-11.-Five very small (minute) fragments of glaze, from white porcelain tiles.

Di. 12.-A small marble spoon, with the inner surface scalloped and the outer surface unfinished. The handle is 1.70 long, and the spoon cavity 2"-30 in diameter.

Mālwā.

A stone fragment, 8".75 x 4" 75 × 2′′ 10, consisting of fretwork in relief, enclosing stellate and lozenge-shaped spaces. It is said to have been obtained at Manda by Lieutenant Blake, 1842. Presented by the Geological Survey of India, 7th August 1877.

Haidarābād,

(Nizam's Dominions.)

Hd. 1.-A tile of baked clay, and measuring about 8" square and 0.90 in thickness. The ground colour is a rich bright green, covered in the middle with an elaborate rosettelike figure in brilliant tints of red, yellow, deep purple, pink, blue and green. A triangular band occurs at two of the corners coloured deep blue, bordered with yellow, and having little rosette-like figures along it, the space enclosed by the band being bright red. A yellow leaf with a purple border

covers each band from the green area, and the other corners of the tile are occupied with a pale pink star-like flower with a yellow centre, and twigs radiating from it. This is by far the richest and most gaudily coloured of all the tiles in this Museum.

It was presented, along with the following tile, by the Archæological Survey of India, 11th August 1882.

Hd. 2.-A baked tile about 8" square, 0"-85 thick, with a dark rich blue for a background, with bunches of pink and green grapes outlined in purple, the vine with a yellow stem and pink leaves, also portrayed in purple lines and coloured pink, but some of them with blue and others with green and with red centres. Besides these which occupy two sides of the tile, the other two sides have complicated designs, one outlined in red, defining pale blue areas, and the other in green, enclosing a red area with a rosette resembling the great rosette of the last tile.

Lahore.

Le. 1.-A tile of baked clay, about 4" 75 square, and 0"-80 thick, covered with a pale yellowish grey glaze, each corner being occupied with a broad figure in black, the fourth of a square figure formed by four tiles in position.

This, the central piece of a panel bordering, is from Asuf Khan's tomb.

It was presented by the Archæological Survey of India, along with the following nine glazed tiles, 11th August 1882:

Le. 2.-A tile of coarse porcelain about 5" 65 square and 0"-55 thick, with a green glaze on a background and foliated designs in purple, red, yellow, blue and white.

Le. 3-4.-Two baked clay tiles, each about 8′′ × 6′′·50 × 1′′, apparently forming parts of a single design consisting of a circle into which two flowers enter, bracketed to each other, and, on each side, to floral twigs. The background is a bright

yellow glaze, the flowers being in purple, red, pink, blue and green, and the brackets blue and purple.

Le. 5-6.-Two tiles like the last, set in a wooden frame, and enclosed on two sides with a border of four tiles, 2'65 broad, covered with a pale grey glaze, along which runs a dark brown band. The two enclosed tiles are each about 6"-25 x 8".

Le. 7-8.-Two tiles set in a wooden frame, each about 9" square, and forming a very excellent representation of a chrysanthemum, placed on a green and red foliated pedestal, and under a scalloped green arch with a red foliated border, the background being bright yellow.

Le. 9-10.-Two glazed tiles in a wooden frame, one 7" x 8", and the other 7"-75 x 7"-40. One consists of a large yellow eight-petaled flower growing from a red stem. The leaves are elongated, pointed and darkly veined. The ground colour is a rich deep green. The other tile is pale green with a richly foliated, somewhat conventional device of brilliantly coloured flowers, with dark purple stems and blue bracts.

Sindh.

Sh. 1.-A portion of an oblong brick or tile, measuring 3" 75 × 1"-80 × 0"-95, covered with blue enamel.

From Alor, the ancient capital of Sind.

Presented by the Geological Survey of India, 7th August

1877.

Herat.

Ht. 1-8.-Eight small pieces of glazed bricks or tiles, two deep black, two dark rich blue, one green, one greyish white, and two pale blue.

Presented by the Geological Survey of India along with the following fragment, 7th August 1877.

Ht. 9.-A much larger fragment than any of the foregoing, 4" 40 x 4" 20 × 0"-80, with a red petaled flower painted on a