Arehceological Surrey of India : Annztal 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 exca- vating or repairing some of the innumerable historic ruins of India. His account of the very ancient Buddhist monuments at Sanchi in Bhopal is the most important section. The earliest of these, ho has shown, was in part erected in the reign of Asoka himself, whose oolumn is embedded in rude brickwork of the same age. Later buildings were added from the second century before Christ. The carved reliefs on the gateways of the mass" stops" on the hilltop look almost as fresh as when they were chiselled two thousand years ago, as one may see from the excellent photographs. Other papers deal with the Hindu temples at Avantipura in Kashmir; with the curious Indian soulptures in the Ananda Temple at Pagan in Burma, the old Buddhist metropolis of Indo-China; with Basarh in Bihar, an ancient capital, and Besnagar in Gwen°r. 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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