78 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. _{ April, 1906. 
(4) The top of the Gurpa Hill has three distinct peaks 
forming the three cardinal points of a triangle. Hiuen 
Thsang likewise speaks of three high peaks on the 
summit of Kukkutapadagiri, between which Kasyapa 
sat down when he entered Nirvana. With regard to 
Sobhnath, Dr. Stein mentions merely three spurs, 
n rom one joining point into various direc- 
tions and thus xoserab ting a are foot, from which, 
according to him, the hill came to be named ‘ Cock’s 
foot Hill’ (Skt, Peditaptéagin). 
The Gurpa Hill has, on its peaks, remains of old brick — 
buildings, which may have aldniget to the yee on the top of 
Kukkutapadagiri, mentioned by Hiuen Thsan 
That the Gurpa Hill still forms an a of local worship — 
is also a point which cannot be overloo : 
rom all the above arguments, 1 think the proposed identifica- — 
tion of Gurpa with a Kukkutapéda or Kurupadagiri of the — 
Chinese has much that speaks in its favour. I only regret ue : 
the paper Ssieieaiins sh the two short inscriptions referred to — 
below were too indistinct to enable me to add a complete age 4q 
of the inscriptions. , 
T. Buoc#. 
NI tp 
