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sion of Buddha’s feet, to which offerings are made by all classes of 
pilgrims, as also to the Buddha tree, but none of the orthodox 
enter the temple itself. 
Wo. 36.—The south side of the temple is in the best preservation, 
and many of the niches still contain plaster figures of Buddha, but 
in many they are wanting. 
Vo. 37.—On the same side a deep excavation made to follow 
the railings disclosed the original plinth of the temple in tolerable 
preservation. This has since been filled up. It showed that the 
general level of the courtyard, and the surrounding part was con- 
siderably above the plinth which must have been approached by 
steps, instead of descending to it, as at present, through the 
arched passage in front. 
The arches inthe front supporting the entrance and roof of the 
first and second story have attracted considerable attention, and it 
has been doubted whether they were true radiating arches, and 
whether they were part ofthe original building. Both these 
doubts have been cleared away, but it is still a problem how they 
came to be built, and it has cast great doubts on the assigned age 
of the building itself. Fergusson has decided, principally on the 
fact of these arches, that the building cannot be of the age assigned 
to it by Colonel Cunningham, as it is quite anomalous to find 
arches in a purely Hindu structure of such an early date. The 
fact, however, remains, and there seems no other solution to it 
than that the Hindus did understand the principle of the arch, 
but only resorted to it in structures of brick, very few of which 
are now left. 
Wo. 38.—Inside the little cenotaph, to the left of the oitcasiane 
there are some Buddhist figures, representing Buddha sn 
seated under the Buddha tree. 
No. 39.—To the east of the great temple there is a smaller one 
of something of the same style, but much later, dedicated to 
Tara Deva. 
Burrasur.—The group of hills in which the caves have been 
excavated is about sixteen miles to the north of Gya, and some 
two miles from the bank of the Fulgo, 
No. 40,—The most westerly hill is an isolated peak called 
