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containing the hair and nails of Buddha has also disappeared, as well 

 as the memorial monument to the four Buddhas. 



269. To the south of the town, and close to the . Ganges, there 

 were three monasteries, with similar looking walls, but differing gate- 

 ways. In one of these monasteries there was a Vihdra, or chapel, 

 which possessed a tooth of Buddha preserved in a casket adorned with 

 precious stones raised on a high pedestal. This tooth was shown 

 daily to crowds of people, although the tax charged for its exhibition 

 was " a large piece of gold." Perfumes were burned before it by 

 thousands of votaries, and flowers which were strewn in profusion over 

 it were devoutly believed never to conceal the casket. Right and left in 

 front of the monasteries there were two Vihdras, each about 100 feet 

 in height. Their foundations were of stone, but their walls of brick. 

 In front of each Vihdra there was a small monastery. The most pro- 

 bable site of the three monasteries and the Vihdra with the tooth of 

 Buddha, seems to me to be the large mound immediately to the south 

 of the Kshem Kali Burj, to the south-east of the town, and on the 

 immediate bank of the river. This is now called the Mahalla of Lata 

 Misr Tola. The mound is covered with broken bricks, but no remains 

 of any extensive buildings are now visible. 



270. At a short distance to the south-east of the three monasteries 

 there was a lofty Vihdra, 200 feet in height, which enshrined a statue 

 of Buddha 30 feet high. The foundations of the building were of 

 stone, but the walls of brick. On the sin-rounding walls of the Vihdra, 

 which were of stone, were sculptured all the acts of Buddha's life until 

 he became a Bodhisatwa. The position of this lofty Vihdra was most pro- 

 bably on the large mound in the midst of the present Bhatpuri Mahalla, 

 which stands about 800 feet to the south-east of the mound in the Mahalla 

 of Ldla Misr Tola. There are no remains now to be seen on this mound, 

 but it is probable that excavations would be attended with success, as 

 there can be little doubt that this was once the site of some important 

 buildings. At a little distance from the Vihdra towards the south 

 there was a temple ; and a little farther to the south there was a second 

 temple dedicated to Siva. Both of these temples were of the same 

 form and size as the Vihdras of Buddha. They were built of a blue stone 

 which was highly polished, and adorned with admirable sculptures. 

 The probable position of these Brahmanical temples was on the high 



