Archaeological Surrey of India : Annual Report, 1913-14. Edited by
Sir John Marshall. (Calcutta Superintendent of Government Printing. 30s.)—Sir John Marshall has issued another stately volume recording the work done by himself and his staff in sem- %siting or repairing some of the innumerable historic ruins of India. His account of the very ancient Buddhist motion:writs at Sarsehi irs Bhopal is the moat important section. The earliest of these, he has shown, was in part erected in the reign of Asoka himself, whose oolumn is embedded in rude brickwork of the same age. Litter buildings were added from the second century before Christ. The carved reliefs on the gateways of the coals" stupa " on the hilltop look almost as fresh as when they were chiselled two thousand years ago, an one may see from the excellent photographs. Other papers deal with the Hindu temples at Avantipura in Kashmir; with the curious Indian :sculptures in the Attends Temple at Pagan in Burma, the old Buddhist metropolis of Indo-China; with Deserts in Bihar, an ancient capital, and Besnagar in Gustier. The photo- graphs of the ruins before and after excavation are very instructive, and show how admirably the Survey Department does its work.
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