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of Poonawa. There are large and extensive ruins at this place, 
and a great number of statues scattered over a large area. 
The principal one is a figure of Sakya Singha sitting under the 
tree at Budh Gya, with representations of events of his life on 
either side, and a small inscription on the pedestal. 
Burracaon.—There is no place in this district where the ruins 
are so extensive, or on such alarge scale. Unfortunately, the 
greater part are hidden under immense mounds of brick rubbish, 
and altheugh the place has been used as a quarry for bricks for 
many years, the foundations are not yet reached. The place is the 
site of the ancient Nalanda, according to Colonel Cunningham, 
where the greatest monastery in all India existed. 
No. 105.—There are a series of lofty mounds some 60 feet high, 
covering a space 1,600 feet long, by 400 feet in width. The prin- 
cipal ruin is that of the great temple of Baladitya, which is said to 
have resembled that at Budh Gya, and must have been built be- 
tween 450 and 500 A. D. 
Nos. 106 and 107.—The statue enshrined in this temple was most 
likely the gigantic one now called Bhairay. It is in a sitting posi- 
tion, and is now collected with a number of smaller figures in a 
small courtyard at the foot of the large mound. 
No. 108.—To the north there is a large statue of the ascetic 
Budh, with several inscriptions on it giving the names of the 
attendants. 
No. 109.—There is also a Jain temple in the same style as the 
Budh Gya one, and is therefore of much the same age. 
No. 110.—At the adjoining village of Jagdespore there is a very 
fine large figure of the ascetic Budh surrounded by demons and 
alluring females. 
Curttor.—Major Kittoe notices this place as the site of one of 
the eighteen viharas of Behar. The ruins are very extensive, con- 
sisting of large mounds, with many figures and sculptures. 
No. 111.—The principal one is of a beautifully carved one, nearly 
life-size, said by Major Kittoe to be a representative of Siva, but 
this is doubtful, as there is a small figure of Buddha in the head- 
dress, the outline of an antelope forms the upper edge of the dress, 
which may determine what the figure really is. The expression 
