1866.] 



Buddhist fix ins at Bool Koond. 



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jungles had formerly been much better inhabited than now, but 

 though I have always been looking out for some remains of old 

 buildings these are the first of any importance I have come across. 

 This temple is situated about three miles almost due north of the 

 village of Bury on in the Keruhl Tehsil, at the place where the Purney 

 river (which up to there runs along the surface of the ground) first 

 begins to form what is called a Kho, or a narrow valley with perpen- 

 dicular sides. The place is called Doob Koond. The origin of the 

 name according to the native tradition, is mentioned in the enclosed 

 Memo. The temple is situated in the middle of a fortified enclosure 

 situated on a peninsula, the neck of which is defended by a fortified 



wall (as shewn above), and all around it there is a mass of ruined 

 houses and the remains of several smaller temples, in which, however, 

 I was unable to find any inscription. The centre temple, which seems 

 to have been the most important, and in which the inscription was 

 found, seems to have been a square about 100 feet each side, 

 with an open court in the centre surrounded by cells, each of 

 which seems to have been devoted to the worship of some particular 

 divinity. There is only one entrance, on the eastern side, and that 

 side has only seven cells, while the three others have 8 each, making 

 a total of 31. There is a covered verandah running all round outside 

 the cells. The following sketch will give a rough idea ; 



