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The archaeological remains in India could not be dated much earlier than the fifth century B.C., the Piprahwa Stupa building of 450 B.C. being about the earliest. The discoveries made at Mahenjodaro and Harappa may take back by centuries the Indian architecture and other matters of the cultural progress of the country to a time which would make it impossible to further speculate on the Persian influence in India in any case. But before the artistic treasures unearthed in Sindh and the Punjab have been properly estimated and the scripts have been deciphered they can be hardly utilized in an article like this. We are, therefore, to limit our observation to the old materials, which are, fortunately, plentiful for the present purpose.