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An account of the Gurpa Hill in the a 8 Gaya, the 
probable site of the Kukkutapadagirt.—By Rakuat Das 
Banerst. Communicated by Dr. T. es 
Intropuctory REMARKS. 
nee General Cunningham’s unconvincing identification 
the place where Mahakasyapa entered Nirvana, with some low 
hills north of Kurkihir in Gaya District, Dr. Stein in his report 
on an Archeological tour in South Bihar and Hazaribagh, has 
located this site on the Sobbnath Hill, the highest peak in a range 
of hills further south-west from Kurkihar and about four miles 
rn Sasecip eon given by the Chinese of the Tube tepadagirt 
accompanied the author of the following paper on his visit to 
the hill mee the last Christmas holidays 
The points which tomy mind make ‘the identification of es 
urpa Aull wit ith Rukinteod agiri preferable to Dr 
identification with the Sobhnath Hill, are the following :— 
(1) The cases name Gurp? is an exact Prakritic develop- 
out of oe skrit Gurupada, the second name by 
which = hill used to be called according to the 
Chin 
2) The Siigiioe of 19 to 20 miles east of Bodh Gaya agrees 
better with the 100 li east of the same place, the 
distance given by Hinen i apei than the distance of 
ee b Ka asyapa on his ascent scoording to the 
nese accounts. No similar feature is recorded for 
gis Sobhnath Hill by Dr. Stein, who, on page 89, 
merely observes that “in the confused masses of rocks 
heaped up all along the crest lines of the three spurs, 
we can look for the passages which Kasyapa was 
supposed to have opened up with his staff. 
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| Ind, Ant., March 1901, p, 88. 
