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villages of Santragadia and Gujadiha, a few miles 
south of Nilgiri in the hills bordering on Balasore, 
and at otlier places in the neighbourhood. Dishes, 
plates, and bowls are also made from this stone. 
The images after being carved are oiled and burnt 
black. 
About forty men are employed in making these 
images at Puri. 
A Collection of Utensils and Ornaments used in 
Hindoo Religious Worship. From Howrah. 
Kosä. A receptacle for holy water. 
Kusi. An Utensil used for ladling water from the 
kosa for bathing the idols. 
Tat. A tray on which the Hindu idols are placed 
for bathing. 
Puspapätra. A platter for keeping flowers before 
the idols. 
Kunda. A deep tray used as a receptacle of water 
offered to the idol. 
Padmäsan. A bronze lotus stand for the idol. 
The Utensils used in the worship of idols are gene- 
rally made of copper but the Sastras permit the use 
of those made of fig-wood. Those who can afford 
have tliem made of silver. Three vessels are 
necessary for the performance of a “ Puga,” viz., 
the “ Prokshanipätra,” a vessel from which water 
is sprinkled on the offerings, the “ Arghyapätra,” 
the vessel in which arghya is established, and the 
“Sruva” or vessel for pouring water or other 
liquids. The kosa with its two appendages, the 
kusi and the kunda, serves the purpose of all the 
above-mentioned vessels. 
Dr. Leitner, Lahore. 
Fourteen idols in brass and three in clay. (The former 
from Allahabad, the latter from villages in Rawul- 
pindi district.) 
Buddha in brass, from Burmah. 
Male and female emblems. 
Utensils, Ornaments, paintings, &c. used in Buddhist 
and Hindu worship. Some of these have been 
described elsewhere, and will have to be studied 
in connexion with the next group and with the 
ethnographical catalogue. 
Rangoon Local Committee. 
Hpoongi’s bowl and stand from Bahmo. This is 
one of the begging bowls used by the Buddhist 
priests to collect the offerings of food, &c. made to 
them by the Burmese. 
Specimen of glazed metal applied to the ornamen- 
tation of Buddhist pagodas and other religious 
edifices. 
GEOUP XXIV.—OBJECTS OP PINE AETS OP THE FAST. 
EXIIIBITED BY AMATEUES AND OWNEES OP COLLECTIONS. 
Dr. Leitner, Lahore. 
Bronze image of Budda. 
Collection of 1,000 coins, Bactrian, Parthian, Arsa- 
cian, Kishmiri, Indo-Muhammadan, Kufic, and 
others in gold, silver, and copper. 
Collection of 184 Graeco-Buddhistic, Indo-Scythic, 
and ancient Hindu statues and sculptured frag- 
ments from Yusufzai, frontier of Affghanistan, 
Swat, &c., representing religious, social, and his- 
torical scenes, architectural forms, &c. 
1. Graeco-Buddhistic, which show the influence 
of, presumably, Greek art on the repre- 
sentation of early and pure Buddhism. 
II. Indo-Bactrian, which show the relation of 
the Bactrian Satraps with Buddhist or other 
North Indian princes. 
These two groups were chiefly found at 
Takht-i-Bahai, in Yusufzai, in 1870, in 
various parts of the Punjab Northern dis- 
tricts (Taxila, Rawalpindi, &c.), and in 
Swat. 
III. Indo-Scythian. 
IV. Ancient Hindu. 
These were chiefly found in the central 
provinces of India many years ago. 
V. Indo-Buddhistic, as showing the gradual 
corruption of Buddhism by re-absorption 
into Brahminical forms. Chiefly collected 
about the Jhelum district of the Punjab. 
VI. Barbaric. Found in the Central Provinces. 
1 to 12. Photographs of sculptures and fragments 
referable to the above groups. 
The following are also enumerated as a portion of 
Dr. Leitner’s Collection. 
1. Hindu deity, apparently modelled after Budda 
obtained from a nun at Keta’s (the ancient 
Sinha-para, now a saered tank and shrine in 
the Jhelam district of the Punjab), in whose 
family it is said to have been for 800 years. 
2. Lingam and urn (male and female emblems). 
3. Casts showing (a) fire worship; (b), the public 
games at the times of the Grseco-Buddhists; 
(c), Bactrian camels, as proof of northern 
invasion; (d), Indo-Scythian king; fe), face 
of Indo-Bactrian king. 
8. Very ancient brass jug, elaborately carved, 
showing various scences out of the Ramayana, 
&c. In the first row the hunt and rape of 
Sita; in the second a Sanscrit invocation ; in 
the tliii'd various scenes in the conquest of 
Ceylon ; in the fourth various incarnations of 
Vishnu culminating in that of Buddha ; in 
the fifth Shivaic emblems. This jug is almost 
a resume of Indian mythology. 
9. Indo-Scythian king, still showing traces of the 
head-dress of the Graeco-Bactrians and cor- 
ruptions of Greek art, under seven-headed 
serpent. 
10. Head of barbarian. 
11. Mythological groups. Krishna sporting with 
Radda; goddess suckling a swan (the Indian 
Version of the history of Leda), &c., &c. 
12. Barbarian king wearing a corrupt Grseco-Bud- 
dhist head-dress.