1865.J Notes on Boodh Gya, 283 



Boodha, which was on the " Singhasun" or throne to the west, and 

 thus lighted the building dimly from over the entrance door-way, 

 as I have observed to be the case in other ancient Buddhist edifices 

 and which has also been remarked upon by Fergusson. 



We now approach the arches and arched chambers which have led 

 me to put pen to paper. 



In what must have originally been the thickness of the terrace, or 



what was a projecting porch ere the terrace was raised, we find a 



ruined pointed arched chamber built with bricks set on edge, the said 



bricks having been carefully dressed. Their size 15|" X 10J" X 3". 



This must evidently have been built round a 



centering of some kind. The diameter of the 



arch is 13J feet and the marginal sketch shews 



one of the bricks taken from the haunch of the 



broken arch. 



This porch is at present entered by a square 

 door-way built of odd stones, with a long stone 

 - serving as an architrave. 



Immediately on entering, there are to the right 

 and left small door-ways covered with semicircular arches in stone, 

 under which there is a flight of steps leading to the terrace above. 



These arches are built radiating and of regular " voussoirs" or trun- 

 cated wedges, and are manifestly of far more recent date than the rest 

 of the building. In fact they would appear to have been built at the 

 same time as the structure called by G-enl. Cunningham Amara 

 Sinha's archway, 



This archway is evidently the entry to the modern courtyard 

 before the great tower, and runs east and west. 



It is built of somewhat smaller bricks than are elsewhere used, set 

 on edge and without any special facing. Its depth, as far as my 

 memory serves, is about 12 feet, and it looks quite modern. 



On the top of the flight of steps to the left (or south) is another 

 archway similar to the one below it, and 

 dating probably with the terrace to 

 which it leads. 



In the base of the tower is an arched 

 room, approached from the ruined arched 

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