4 Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. [No. 1, 



banks the ruins are for the most part to be found. In the hot season 

 very little water remains in the Kund, but in the rains it contains a 

 considerable body of water. It is about 550 feet in length and 275 in 

 breadth. 



On approaching the tank you pass along the foot of a high mound 

 on its northern side, on the top of which lie several blocks of stone. 

 Proceeding to the western bank you perceive a massive breastwork 

 formed by large stones, bearing upon them various masonic signs, some 

 of which are similar to those inscribed on the stones at Sarnath, and 

 sustaining a solid platform or terrace, which runs by the side of the 

 Kund to a great distance. This terrace is 20 feet above the tank, and 

 supports two others of smaller dimensions, one above the ocher, each 

 of which is girded by a breastwork of huge stones. The lower terrace 

 is 130 feet broad, and 270 feet long on its western face, and 330 on its 

 eastern face overlooking the tank. It was originally held up by the 

 wall of heavy stones just alluded to, but this wall is in many 

 places much broken down, especially towards the Kund, the great 

 blocks lying in disorder at its ancient base. Nevertheless extensive 

 portions are still standing. On the northern face about 70 feet are 

 visible, while the western wall, which extends to 267 feet, is almost 

 continuous throughout. The height of the terrace is constant, but the 

 height of the wall varies greatly, owing partly to its being in a state 

 -of ruin, and partly to the circumstance of its forming in one place the 

 flank of an old edifice, where it attains a height of at least 30 feet, 

 measured from the ground on the western side, which is on a higher 

 level than the tank. Two small windows or doorways open through 

 this part of the wall, and over each a single stone projects, forming its 

 eaves. The bare appearance which the wall would here have presented 

 to the eye, is obviated by a broad moulding half-way down, a foot in 

 width, and by a noble cornice parallel with it above. 



Ascending the terrace, you come to the building itself, which is 

 occupied by Mussalmans, one portion being partitioned off and used as 

 a zenana. The beams and slabs constituting the roof are in some 

 cases 9 feet in length, and the roof is supported by three rows of 

 immensely thick stone columns, the capitals of which are in the form 

 of a cross. The cornice decorating the walls is not of modern narrow- 

 ness, but is twelve inches deep, and is ornamented with carvings of 



