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the Brahmanical temple was called the " shadow-covered," because, as 

 the credulous Buddhists asserted, it was covered by the shadow of 

 the Buddhist temple when the sun was in the west, while its own 

 shadow, when the sun was in the east, never covered the Buddhist 

 temple, but was always " deflected to the north." Now, the two ruins 

 which I would identify with these temples are situated to the east 

 and west of the road leading from the city, and dire east and west 

 from each other. They correspond therefore exactly as to relative 

 position with each other ; but instead of being only 70 paces, or 175 

 feet, from the monastery, the nearest is nearly 700 feet from the great 

 mound of ruins. It is highly probable, however, that the surrounding 

 walls of the monastery may have extended as far as the two stone 

 pillars on the east, in which case the nearest temple mound would be 

 within 250 feet of the walls, and the whole enclosure would then cor- 

 respond in size with the dimensions recorded in the Ceylonese annals. 

 As this increased size would also bring two tanks within the limits 

 of the monastery, which according to the Cingalese were actually 

 included within the walls, I feel inclined to adopt the larger measure- 

 ment of 1,000 cubits side, or 4,000 cubits circuit, as the true size of 

 the Grreat Jetavana Monastery. 



346. To the north-west of the monastery Hwen Thsang placed a 

 well and a small Stupa, which marked the spot where Mauclgala-putra 

 tried in vain to unloose the girdle of Sdriputra. As the distance is 

 not mentioned, it may be inferred that the Stupa was close by, and 

 therefore I would identify the site with that of the shrine of Pir- 

 Bardna in the small village of Husen Jot, which is within 700 feet 

 of the north-west corner of the monastery. Near the same place there 

 was also a Stupa of Asoka, and a .stone pillar, which the King had 

 raised to note the spot where Buddha and his right-hand disciple 

 Sariputra had taken exercise and explained the law. I could find no 

 trace of any of these monuments, and I conclude that the Stupas, 

 as usual, must have furnished materials for the erection of Pir-Bar- 

 dna's shrine. 



347. The situation of the next holy place, which Fa Hian calls 

 the " Wood of the Recovered Eyes," is fixed by both pilgrims at 4 li, 

 or two-thirds of a mile, to the north-west of the monastery. This 

 position is now represented exactly by the village of Bajgarh Gulariya, 



