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and attitude of this figure has more life in it than is general 
amongst ancient sculptures. 
Darrnv.— os, 112 and 113.—TIs situated about a mile inland to 
the east of the Fulgo, and about fourteen miles from Gya to the north. 
This seems to have been the site of a large Buddhist community, 
and the remains are extensive. There are two temples partly stand- 
ing. The northern one was dedicated to Surya, and a large figure 
of the same is still standing inside. 
Wo. 114.—Both temples seemed to have had a pillared portico 
in front, but which has since been built up with brick. The door 
of the shrine in the southern temple is very fine, and has been 
figured in the first volume of Martin’s India. Outside there is the 
same curious group of a prince on horseback with the same atten- 
dants, &c., as at Konch, &c., only differently arranged. 
Nos. 115 and 116.—The south of the district of Gya is bounded 
by arange of hills which form the boundary between Gya and 
Palamau near Maharajganj. Some of these hills are composed 
of huge masses of granite of very suggestive outlines. The most 
conspicuous of these is the ‘ kotila’ or granary, the curious dome- 
like peak of which is nearly inaccessible. Nevertheless on certain 
occasions a light is observed on its summit which would show that 
some one has a knowledge of the way of getting up to the summit, 
although I believe the revenue surveyors failed to do so. 
Wo. 117.—The continuation of the same hills, and where the 
Koel river runs round their base, and at the point where the rock 
slopes down into the river, three large boulders block the path. 
These stones are said to have been collected by the popular hero 
‘Bhimsen’ for his ‘chula’ or cooking-place, which the arrange- 
ment of the three boulders favours, as they closely resemble the 
three stones used by travellers to rest their pots on while cooking. 
On the sloping rock which dips into the river there are some 
curious worn hollows, which I have no doubt were caused by the 
women of the aboriginal tribes in husking their rice, as is the 
universal custom amongst the Kol tribes of Chota Nagpore, as 
the wooden instruments for this purpose, so commonly in use 
elsewhere, are not used by them. I could never obtain any clue 
as to the meaning of these depressions until I had seen the practice 
