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The Hindus would seem to have adopted the said chaitya, for I 

 found three broken " nandies" or bulls and three slabs covered with 

 Krishnas in relief. The carved stone corner of a lintel, Fig. 7, might 

 have belonged to the chapel, and a small clasped hand found in the 

 spot was probably that of one of the " Kinnaras" or angelic cherubs 

 such as are generally placed around the figure of Buddha. Very many 

 stones were found covered with, what I believe to be, early Hindu cutting, 

 (Fig. 10,) whilst the band of carving Fig. 4 is of a very early type. 



I hold therefore that there are good grounds for believing that there 

 , was once a Buddhist institution (a Vihara probably) on the spot with 

 its outlying chapel, which latter was appropriated by the Hindus, for 

 the worship of first, Siva, then Krishna and then — allowed to go to 

 ruin. The drain-stone from the Lingam, shaped out of an old block, 

 is still there projecting over the original step ; although the emblem 

 of Siva has departed, and no reverence would seem to be paid to the 

 spot by the present villagers, whose zamindar kindly sent me one of 

 the finest of the carved stones, (Fig. 11,) without any objection. 



Kavimganj. About five and a half miles north of Mainpuri, towards 

 Eta Upon the cross road stand the large village of Karimganj. Appro- 

 aching it from the north, a large mound, a short distance from the road, 

 attracts attention and appears worthy of investigation. 



This mound, which is of very great extent, being at base 530 by 

 330 paces, and which has been formed in ancient times by the heaping 

 of the surface earth brought from a long distance, stands between forty 

 aiid fifty feet above the level of the country, and upon its crest has 

 been erected in more recent times a mud fort. The level of the general 

 raised surface being taken at ten feet, this fort rises yet thirty feet above 

 that, and presents a very picturesque aspect in its decay. (Plate VI.) 



Three sketches and a plan accompany to give an idea of the above. 

 The whole mound is strewed with broken pottery, which is account- 

 ed for by the fact that a village used to stand upon it, but has since 

 been removed leaving only these " traces. The kliera" or mound is call- 

 ed by the villagers u Khan Bahadur ka Kkera," and this would appear 

 to have been the name of the petty chief who, siiborclinate to the 

 Nawab of Fatehgarh, built the mud fdrt in the time of Lord Lake. 



I examined the mound most carefully ; but could not find anything 

 in situ, except a few bricks and these of no unusual size. The fort 



