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PHOTOGRAPHS INDIA (GYA Series) (continued) 



KoNCH, a Village 16 miles from Gya ; 

 there are extensive Mounds of 

 brick rubbish, and a great number 

 of Buddhist figures and statues are 

 scattered about. 



71. Life-sized, beautifully carved, but the 

 head is wanting ; the figure pro- 

 bably represents Surya. 



7^. Two purely Buddhist figures with 

 inscriptions of the Creed round the 

 head, carved on two slabs. 



73. Two standing figures, probably of 



Surya, carved on two slabs. 



74, 75. Two Views of a large Temple, made 



of beautifully moulded bricks and 

 mud cement ; the lower chamber is 

 lOft. square with arched roof. The 

 style and materials are similar to 

 the great temple at Boodh Gya. 



76. Shows Opening to Upper Chamber in 



the temple of Nos. 74, 75. 



77. Represents the same Temple from the 



West side. 



78. Five sculptured Slabs ranged in Porch 



and Courtyard of the above Temple. 



79. View North of the Temple showing 



two Cenotaphs over the remains of 

 former " Mahunts." 



80. Pillars remaining standing from large 



temples at the village of Pali, four 

 miles East of Konch. 



81. Part of sculptured Doorway of a 



Temple, lying under a Tree. 



Seharee, a Village eight miles West of 

 Konch. 



82. Small Stone Temple erected on the 



roadside, near Seharee. 



OoMGA on the Grand Trunk Road, near 

 Madunpore, 14 miles West of Sher- 

 gotty. 



83. Temple built on rocky spur of a high 



hill ; the size is 68 feet by 53 feet 

 and 60 feet high, built of square 

 granite blocks without cement. 



84. The same, showing the Balconies which 



are distinctive from the pillared 

 porticoes of other temples. 



85. The same, showing large Portico and 



Interior ; the Pillars are monolithic 

 with bracket capitals. 



86. Large Slab in the interior, with inscrip- 



tion recording the building of the 

 Temple (a.d. 1439), and its dedica- 

 tion to Jugemath, Bulbudroo, and 

 Subudra. 



87. View South of the Temple showing 



large Tank, &c. 



88. Curious Altar, higher up the hill, with 



huge boulder alongside. 



89. Ruins of another Temple still higher 



on the hill, it was nearly as large 

 as that lower down. 



Deo, a village twelve miles to West of 

 Oomga. 



90. Temple in style like those at Oomga, 



similarly built of squared blocks of 

 stone ; is highly ornamented. 



91. Residence of the Maharajah Jai Per- 



gash Singh, K.C.S.I. 



92. Bridge over the Poonpoon River 



between Muddunpore and Baroon. 



Cheon, a Village about eight miles North- 

 east of Oomga. 



93. Ruins of a Temple (Interior view) 



built of squared granite Blocks 

 without cement; East of the village. 



94. The same, as seen farther away. 



95. Life-sized four-armed Statue, sculptured 



on a large slab lying South-east of 

 the Temple. 



96. Cave, with Chamber 10 ft. by 12 ft.; 



inside is a figure of Boodh with 

 seven-headed Snake. It is half-way 

 up a little hill called Puchar. 



97. Slab sculptured to represent figure of 



Maha Maya, the Mother of Boodh. 



98. View of Approach to Cave, facing South. 



99. View of Cluster of little Hills (1 mile 



South) ; a curious Altar-like struc- 

 ture crowns the summit of a Ridge. 



100. North of the Ridge a " bund" dams up 

 the water into a large tank formed 

 by a natural hollow in the rock. 



PooNAWA, a Village 14 miles West of Gya. 



101. Pillared Temple of Triloknath; the 



superstructure has fallen since 1847. 



102. Doorway to the above, beautifully 



carved in stone; being the finest 

 piece of sculpture of the kind found 

 in that part of the country. 



Seetamuree, a Village 14 miles from 

 Poonawah, on the Nawadah and 

 Gya road. 



103. Cave excavated in a large block of 



granite lying in the open plain ; no 

 inscription anywhere tliereon, 



