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



length, and the "bricks of an entire layer were 3|- inches in thickness. 

 Among the stones was an enormous segment of a kalas or jagged 

 circular stone found on the pinnacles of temples. The original kalas 

 of which this segment is exactly the fourth part, was not less than 9 feet 

 in diameter, and of proportionate thickness, and must have belonged 

 to a temple of vast strength and dimensions. Several small kalases 

 are lying not far from this segment. Eight of these were counted at 

 one time. Excavations into the mound would probably throw some 

 light on the buildings formerly standing here. 



To the east of the mound is a small round structure called Jogi-bir, 

 on the site of which, we were informed, a deVbtee buried himself alive. 

 It is made of earth, but on the top is a hollow circular stone, the 

 exterior surface of which is divided into sixteen equal sections, each 

 of which exhibits the sculpture of a man, with one leg turned up, and 

 the hands apparently grasping a garland which encinctures and connects 

 together all the figures. The stone is in a reversed position. A 

 portion of one similar to it found at the foot of a tree, was afterwards 

 removed, and forms one of a group of sculptured stones taken from 

 Bakariya Kund and photographed. Both of these stones were pro- 

 bably capitals of highly enriched columns. 



To the south of the tank is a ghaut, the stones of which are scat- 

 tered about in great disorder, so that looking at it from a distance, it 

 has the appearance of an utter ruin. And such it really is. But it is 

 nevertheless a comparatively modern structure, for the stones of which 

 it is composed, judging from the elaborate and finished carvings on 

 many of them, have been contributions from fallen edifices in the 

 neighbourhood. 



At the south-west corner of the tank is a water-course, depressed 

 considerably below the ground on either, side. It is not improbable that 

 formerly this was the main source of water supply to the tank. To the 

 south of this water-course, overhanging the Kund, is a huge breast- 

 work of stone, on the top of which is a spacious courtyard and a 

 Mohammedan Dargah or place of prayer. It is difficult by reason of 

 the carved stones used in the foundations, the underlying mortar and 

 the evident frequent repairs, to say whether any portion of this breast- 

 work or of the buttress jutting out at its base, is really ancient, al- 

 though some portions seem to be so. The buttress is continuous with 

 the stone ghaut, and merges into it. 



