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At 46 feet above the ground on the west side, there are the remains of 

 a curved wall faced with hanhar blocks. The mass at this point is 

 about 40 feet thick, and this was probably somewhat less than the size 

 of the building which once crowned this lofty mound. According to 

 the Brahmans the Mani-Parhat is one of the hills which the monkeys 

 made use of when assisting Rama. It was dropped here by Sugriva, 

 the monkey-king of Rishhindhya. But the common people, who 

 know nothing of this story, say that the mound was formed by the 

 labourers shaking their baskets on this spot every evening, on their 

 return home from the building of Ramkot. It is thei-efore best known 

 by the name of Jhowa-Jhdr or Or a Jhdr, both of which mean " basket- 

 shakings." A similar story is told of the large mounds near Benares, 

 Nimsar, and other places. 



814. Five hundred feet due south from the large mound stands the 

 second mound called Ruber-Parbat, which is only 28 feet in height- 

 The surface is an irregular heap of brick rubbish, with numerous holes 

 made by the people in digging for bricks, which are of large size, 11 

 inches by 7 J by 2. It is crowned by two old tamarind trees, and is 

 covered with jungle. Close by on the south-west there is a small 

 tank, called Qanes-Rund by the Hindus, and Husen Rund, or Imam 

 Tcdao, by the Musalmans, because their Tazias are annually deposited 

 in it. Still nearer on the south-east there is a large oblong mound 

 called Sugrib-Parbat, which is not more than 8 or 10 feet above the 

 ground level. It is divided into two distinct portions ; that to the north 

 being upwards of 300 feet square at top, and the other to the south 

 upwards of 200 feet. In the centre of the larger enclosure there is a 

 ruined mound containing bricks 8J inches square, and in the centre of 

 the smaller mound there is a well. 



315. Between the Mani and Ruler mounds there is a small 

 Muhammaclan enclosure, 64 feet long from east to west and 47 feet 

 broad, containing two brick tombs, which are attributed to Sis Pai- 

 ghambar and Ayub Paigliambar, or the " prophets Seth and Job." 

 The first is 17 feet long, and the other 12 feet. These tombs are 

 mentioned by Abul Fazl, who says, " Near this city are two sepulchral 

 monuments, one 7 and the other 6 cubits in length. The vulgar 

 pretend that they are the 'tombs of Seth and Job, and they relate 

 wonderful stories of them." This account shows that since the time 



