Archaeological Survey of India.
REPORT
OF
A TOUR THROUGH THE BENGAL PROVINCES
OF
PATNA, GAYA, MONGIR, AND BHAGALPUR;
THE SANTAL PARGANAS, MANBHIJM, SINGHBHUM, AND BIRBHUM;
BANKURA, RANIGANJ, BARD WAN, AND HUGHLI;
IN
1872-73.
By J. D. BEGLAR,
ASSISTANT, ARCHÆOLOGICAL SURVEY.
UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF
MAJOR-GENERAL A. CUNNINGHAM, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ARCHÆOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.
VOLUME VIII.
"What is aimed at is an accurate description, illustrated by plans, measurements, drawings or photographs, and by copies of inscriptions, of such remains as most deserve notice, with the history of them so far as it may be traceable, and a record of the traditions that are preserved regarding them."—Lord Canning.
"What the learned would demand of us in India is to be quite certain of our data, to place the monumental record before them exactly as it now exists, and to interpret it faithfully and literally"—James Prinsep.
Bengal Asiatic Society's Journal, 1838, p. 227.
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
1878.
