12 Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Eund. [No. 1, 



Buddhist Temple still standing ; and in addition three Photographic 

 Plates, of which the description is as follows : — 



Plate, No. 1, shews the Temple before alluded to, a full account of 

 which has already been given. 



Plate, No. 2, exhibits the remains of a Buddhist shrine consisting 

 of four handsomely carved pillars, standing on an ancient platform, with 

 the usual Singhasun facing to the east. The ceiling, which has been 

 described in another place, is unfortunately concealed from view in the 

 photograph. 



Plate, No. 3, represents a group of stones and pillars brought from 

 Bakariya Kund. To the right and left are two exquisitely chiselled 

 shrine pillars, which are in many respects alike, but the grotesque 

 faces on the four sides of the apex of each pillar, are in no two cases 

 the same. The two bases also are different, for on the pillar to the 

 right, one-half of the chakra is depicted, the symbol from which 

 Buddha derived his title of Chakravarti, while the left pillar displays 

 in this position a deeply compressed human face. Above these 

 portions of the base, the columns become octagonal, and at each angle 

 is a comical face, half on one side and half on the other, with flowing 

 scrolls proceeding from the same. Over the faces a beaded band 

 encompasses the columns, upon which rests the arc of a disc on each 

 of the eight sides. Higher up, the columns again become quadrila- 

 teral, and exhibit flattened urns in bas-relief, overflowing with wreathed 

 scrolls, a device exceedingly common on pillars of this age, (about 

 500, A. D., as we imagine). The uppermost portion of the pillars, on 

 which the human faces are represented, is somewhat larger in circum- 

 ference than the base. The dimensions of the pillars are as follows. 

 Height 2 feet 8 inches, each face at apex 13 inches. 



Between these pillars are two large blocks of stone, which, like the 

 topmost stone of the group, appear to have formed portions of a frieze 

 running round some sculptured chamber, but as they are of different 

 proportions, they probably belonged to different structures. The 

 figures appear very bacchanalian. In the top stone, the man rests his 

 left arm on a large wine jar of a Grecian pattern, whilst with his right 

 he lifts the wine-cup. The other two figures are in nearly the same 

 attitude. A narrow band, beaded or plain, ran round the figures, and 

 by drooping between them, connected together all the portions of the 



