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I have not yet visited this place, which lay out of my line of route, 

 but I hope to have an opportunity of examiningjit hereafter. 



XII.— HAYAMUKHA OR AYOMUKHA. 



274. From Ayutho the Chinese pilgrim proceeded a distance of 

 300 li, or 50 miles, down the Granges by boat to O-ye-mu-Jchi, which 

 was situated on the north bank of the river, M. Julien reads this 

 name as HayamuJcha, equivalent to " Horse face," or " Iron face," 

 which was the name of one of the Ddnavas or Titans. Neither of 

 these names, however, gives any clue to the site of the old city ; but 

 if I am right in my identification of Ayutho with Kdkupur, it is almost 

 certain that AyomuJcha must be the same as Daundiakhera. Hwen 

 Thsang makes the circuit of the town 20 li, or upwards of 3 miles, 

 but Daundiakhera presents no appearance of having ever been so 

 large. There still exist the ruins of an old fort or citadel, 385 feet 

 square, with the walls of two buildings which are called the Raja's 

 and Rani's palaces. The foundation of this citadel is attributed to 

 Raja Raghunath Singh, but he was apparently some comparatively 

 modern Thdkur, or petty Chief, as Daundiakhera is universally allow- 

 ed to have been the capital of the Bais Rajputs, who claim descent 

 from the famous Salivahan. As there are no remains of any buildings 

 which can be identified with the monuments described by Hwen 

 Thsang, the actual site of Ayomukha must still remain doubtful. 



XIII.— PRAYAGA, OR ALLAHABAD. 



275. From Ayomukha the pilgrim proceeded 700 U, or 116 miles, 

 to the south-east, to Praydga, the well-known place of pilgrimage at 

 the junction of the Ganges and Jumna, where Akbar some centuries 

 later built his fort of Ildhabds, or Alldhdbdd, as it was afterwards call- 

 ed by Shahjahan. The distance and bearing given by Hwen Thsang 

 agree almost exactly with those of Prayaga from Daundiakhera. The 

 distance is 104 miles by the nearest road to the south of the Ganges ; 

 but as the pilgrim followed the north road, the distance must have 

 been increased to about 115 or 120 miles. According to him the city 

 was situated at the confluence of the two rivers, but to the west of a 

 large sandy plain. In the midst of the city there was a Brahmanical 

 temple, to which the presentation of a single piece of money procured 

 as much merit as that of one thousand pieces elsewhere. Before the 



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