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course by the villagers, is a very singular figure, and the only one of 

 the kind I have hitherto met with : see Photograph No. 22| (Plate II.) 

 It represents two figures, life-sized, one seated on the shoulders of the 

 other. From the ornaments and style it is evidently Buddhist, but I 

 am completely at a loss as to its meaning. To the north of the village, 

 there is another little temple in a mangoe grove, with a number of 

 figures, more or less mutilated, collected around it. I noticed a nicely 

 sculptured Lingam of a square form, and the only specimen of the kind 

 I have met with. 



Kutangee. — About five miles west of this place is a village called 

 Kutangee. There is in it a large mud fort of some pretensions, and 

 numerous mounds of brick rubbish, some figures in fragments, but 

 none of any interest. 



Mujheawan. — About a koss further north, there is another large mud 

 fort at the village of Mujheawan, and nearly every village about this 

 have mounds and small mud forts, but I saw no figures of importance 

 or interest. 



Kycd. — About eight miles west of Mujheawan, there are large tanks 

 and mounds, but no other features of importance. 



Deokund. — South of Kyal on the borders of an extensive tract of 

 land covered with shrub jungle is a place called Deokoond, which seems 

 to have possessed a Buddhist temple or monastery. There is a fair held 

 here in the month of Fagoon, when great numbers of people assemble 

 to bathe in the tank or koond. On a former visit, I observed a num- 

 ber of broken Buddhist figures and miniature' stupas collected under 

 the trees : these have since been covered with a coating of mud. The 

 temple itself is in the centre of a mass of brick rubbish, through which 

 a road has been cut to give access to the interior chamber which is 

 now occupied by a Lingam. A rude sort of dome has been erected 

 immediately over the central chamber. See Photograph No. 23. 



No. 24 is the gateway of a fortified serai in the old village of 

 Daoodnuggur, so named from Daood Khan the founder, who died 

 some 200 years ago. 



Konch. — On the road between Daoodnuggur and G-aya, about 16 

 miles from the latter, is the village of Konch ; I have already noticed the 

 temple at this place, but the following notes may not be unacceptable. 

 The present village consists of two parts, the bazar on both sides of 



