A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s6.11

c19.s6.11

'at some point higher up the walls [than certain reliefs] there appears to have been a band of enamelled tiles, with an inscription in Kharoshthī letters boldly incised upon it. Many of the tiles belonging to this band have been found on the western side of the monument, and it is likely that more may turn up in the yet unexcavated débris. These tiles, which are covered with a pale blue vitreous enamel, are the first of their kind, I may notice, that have yet been discovered in India.'²