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of Akbar, the tomb of Seth must have increased in length from 7 

 cubits, or lOJ feet, to 17 feet through the frequent repairs of pious 

 Musaluians. 



316. The mounds are surrounded by Musalman tombs, and as it is 

 the Muhammadan practice to bury the dead along the sides of the 

 high roads close to their cities, I infer that the road which now runs 

 close to the westward of the mounds, is one of the ancient highways 

 of the district. This is confirmed by the existence of an old masonry 

 bridge of three arches over the Tilahi nala, to the north-west of the 

 Mani-Parbat, as well as by the direction of the road itself, which leads 

 from the south-end of the city straight to the Bharat-kund, and on- 

 wards to Sultanpur or Kusapura, and Allahabad or Prayaga. I notice 

 this road thus minutely, because the identifications which I am about 

 to propose are based partly on its position and direction, as well as on 

 the general agreement of the existing remains with the holy places 

 described by the Chinese pilgrims. 



317. According to Fa Hian, the place where Buddha planted the 

 holy tree was to the east of the road, on issuing from the town by the 

 southern gate. Hwen Thsang's account agrees with this exactly, in 

 placing the " extraordinary tree " to the south of the Capital and to 

 the left of the route. This tree was the celebrated " tooth-brush" or 

 twig used in cleaning the teeth, which having been cast away by 

 Buddha, took root and grew to between 6 and 7 feet in height. Now, 

 it will be observed that the ruined mounds that still exist, as well as 

 the tombs of Seth and Job, are to the south of the city and to the east 

 or left of the road. The position therefore is unmistakably the same 

 as that described by the Chinese pilgrims, and as the actual state of 

 the ruins agrees well with the details given by Hwen Thsang, I think 

 that there can be no reasonable doubt of their identity. 



318. Hwen Thsang describes the city of Visdhha as being 16 li, 

 or 2§ miles in circuit. In his time therefore the capital of Rama was 

 not more than half of its present size, although it probably contained 

 a greater population, as not above one-third, or even perhaps less, of 

 the present town is inhabited. The old city then possessed no less 

 than twenty monasteries, with three thousand monks, and about fifty 

 Brahmanical temples, with a very large Brahmanical population. 

 From this account we learn that, so early as the 7th century, more than. 



