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ing buildings, leave the city by the south gate, it is certain that the 

 palace was inside the city. Its exact position I was unable to deter- 

 mine, as the greater part of the interior is covered with dense jungle : 

 but as the east half is comparatively clear, and the jungle low, I was 

 able to satisfy myself that no large building had ever existed in this 

 part, and consequently that the palace must have been in the west half 

 of the city. This conclusion is confirmed by the position of the two 

 Stupas of Suclatta and the Anguli-malyas, which Hwen Thsang places 

 to the east of the palace, for as the only existing mounds that can be 

 indentified with these Stupas are near the middle of the river face of 

 the city, the palace must have been to the west of them, and therefore 

 in the west half of the city. 



335. The two principal places inside the city which are mentioned 

 by both pilgrims as being to the east of the palace, were the dwelling- 

 house and Stupa of Sudatta, the builder of the Jetavana, and the great 

 Stupa of the Anguli-mdlyas. These Stupas I have already identified with 

 the two existing mounds near the middle of the river face of the ram- 

 parts. The smaller one, which is about 25 feet in height, corresponds 

 with the Stupa of Sudatta, and the larger one, which is 35 feet in 

 height, with the other Stupa, which is particularly stated to have been 

 a large one. The Anguli-mdlyas were the followers of a particular 

 sect which was established by a converted brigand who had received 

 the name of Anguli-mdla or " finger garland," from his practice of 

 cutting off the fingers of his victims to form a garland which he wore 

 round his neck. 



336. On leaving the city by the south gate, both pilgrims went at 

 once to the great monastery of Jetavana, which was one of the eight 

 most celebrated Buddhist buildings in India. It was erected^during the 

 lifetime of Buddha by Sudatta, the minister of King Prasenajita, and 

 it received its name of Jetavana, or " Jeta's garden," because the garden 

 in which it was built had been purchased from Prince Jeta. The story 

 of the building is given by Hardy from the Ceylonese annals. Accord- 

 ing to these, the prince, who was unwilling to part with his garden, 

 demanded as its price as many gold masurans as would cover it, which 

 Sudatta at once promised. When the garden was cleared, and all the trees, 

 except Sandal and Mango, were cut down, the money was brought and 

 spread out over the ground until the whole was covered, when the sum 



