54 Antiquities in the Gay a District. ("No. 1, 



the road, and the village proper, which is about 100 yards to the north 

 of the road. Between the two villages there are several extensive 

 monnds of brick rubbish, and a number of scattered Buddhist figures. 

 On the right there is an old mud fort, and it would seem that in digging 

 the mud for its erection, the larger figures were found ; the principal 

 one is life-size, highly finished, but wanting the head ; see No. 25. This 

 is placed upright on a level with the path. Higher up on the mound to 

 the west are the Buddhist figures with inscriptions shown in Photograph 

 No. 26. To the south are two figures (see Photograph No. 27) of the 

 form I have already referred to, as being the most general all over this 

 district, and which are named according to the fancy of the Purohit, who, 

 provided with a few of these figures only differing in the execution, has 

 the range of the whole of the Hindoo Pantheon, and names them at his 

 own discretion, or according to the wishes or wants of the community. 



Passing through the village proper, you come to the temple men- 

 tioned by Buchanan, and of which a drawing is given in the first volume 

 of Martin's India. Photograph No. 28 (Plate XII) is a view of the 

 front of the building from the east with the opening above the entrance, 

 leading into the upper chamber. Photograph No. 29 is a view from the 

 southwest. The accompanying ground plan (Plate III) will" give 

 the reader some idea of its structure, and the section will show the 

 superstructure with the arched lower chamber, and the interior recess 

 over the entrance which resembles that in the Boodh Gaya temple. 

 Nothing but mud has been used to cement the bricks,but the latter have 

 been so well prepared that they fit together most accurately. There 

 would seem to have been a coating of plaster on the outside, but this 

 has nearly entirely disappeared. A porch had been added with an 

 arched roof, but it has fallen in, the only arch in the original building 

 is that of the lower chamber which is painted. 



In the centre of the lower chamber there is now a lingam, and in 

 the porch there are a number of figures. Photograph No. 30 is a slab 

 let into the wall with a representation of the avatars. Photograph No. 

 31 are other figures in the same enclosure. Photograph No. 32 is a 

 nearer view of the entrance and opening above the doorway. 



Immediately outside, there are a number of granite pillars, and from 

 their number and situation, they seem to have formed an enclosure 

 round the temple. 



