Catalogue and Hand-Book of the Archaeological Collections in the Indian Museum (Asoka and Indo-Scythian Galleries)

Superintendent of the Indian Museum; Professor of Comparative Anatomy Medical College; Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh; Fellow of the Linnean Society; Fellow of the Zoological Society; Fellow of Calcutta University; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland ; Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; Cor [...] Since the foundation of the Indian Museum in 1866 the archaeological collections of the Asiatic Society which constituted the nucleus of this department of the Museum have been much enriched by the deeply interesting sculptures from Bharhut by the Gandhara bas-reliefs the Buddha Gaya discoveries of the Archeological Survey and by the casts from the rock-cut and other temples of Orissa. [...] to the right of the entrance to the gallery and in the north-west corner of the room are next described and after them the corresponding series on the opposite side of the entrance. [...] The discovery of the Buddhist Stupa of Bharhut is perhaps the most memorable achievement in the whole annals of the Archaeological Survey of India and the entire credit of the discovery is due to the accomplished head of that Survey Major-General Cunningham. [...] 3) which is inscribed: " Ajatasatu Bhagavato yak - date." Ajitagatru worships the Blessed one u." In this as in the previous relief the foot-prints are at the base of the altar which does not occupy the centre of the sculpture as in the former but is placed at the upper right corner the Raja Aiatagatru kneeling to the left of the altar.