68 Description of Ancient Remains of [No. 2, 



primitive mode of Indian roof-building. This latter stone exhibits 

 the out-spread petals of a lotus blossom, while eight out of the twelve 

 triangular spaces formed by the intersection of the slabs, are freely 

 carved with the scroll-pattern. A few sculptured stones lie about the 

 mound ; amongst them is an erect figure of Buddha with garland 

 and armlet, much mutilated. There are also three stone beams or 

 architraves bearing the chess-board and spear-head patterns. In the 

 small terrace likewise on which the chaitya stands, are inserted four 

 carved stones, taken doubtless from some ancient building formerly in 

 the neighbourhood. The occurrence of three or four plain cloister 

 pillars of the usual form, adapted by the Mussulmans as head-stones 

 for graves, together with the carved architraves already alluded to, 

 wouldjseem to indicate that a small cloister for monastic purposes 

 must originally have stood upon this mound, which was then terraced, 

 the stones of which have been by degrees removed both for building 

 Mohammedan graves, and also for repairs in the Fort. » 



Small Mosque in the Budaon Mahalla. 



In the Budaon Mahalla near the Raj Ghaut Fort, a short distance 

 south of the high road, there is a small mosque in an enclosure, made 

 up to a great extent of ancient remains. The building seems to have 

 been curtailed from its original dimensions, leaving a ruined portion 

 still standing on its southern side. The entire structure contains 

 seventeen stone pillars, eight of which exhibit ornamental carvings 

 and probably belonged to a Buddhist chaitya. There are also eight 

 capitals inserted in the walls without shafts and bases, and in addition 

 there are fragments of other capitals in various places. None of these 

 old remains are in situ. They were brought, most probably, from 

 some temple in the neighbourhood, perhaps indeed from the mound 

 occupied by the ruins of the Buddhist Chaitya No. I., which is nut 

 far off. 



Ancient Mound or Ridge running from the Burna, near its confluence } 

 into the Adampura Mahalla. 



This very remarkable ridge extends for a long distance, and com- 

 mences at the river Burna when at its flood. In the dry season 

 therefore there is a stretch of low land lying between its extremity 



