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ruined mound, which is called Katani, is 150 feet in diameter at base, 
and 50 feet high. Itis built of the usual large bricks, 153 ~% 102 
Xx 3%. Several excavations have been made in it in search of bricks 
and treasure. About 70 years ago numerous lac seals impressed with 
a figure of Buddha were found in excavating this tope. These are 
engraved in Moor’s Hindu Pantheon, Plate LXX, figures 6, 7, and 8, 
where they are said to have been dug up at Buddha Gaya. My 
information was, however, derived from the Mahant himself, and as 
Bakyror is only half a mile to the eastward, it would have been more 
correct to have described the locality as near, instead of at, Buddha 
Gaya. The stump of the pillar, which is still in situ, is 3/ 03// in 
diameter, and there is another fragment near a well to the north-west 
that measures 3/ 02/’ in diameter. Both of these pieces belong to 
the rough bottom portion of the pillar, which must have been 
imbedded in masonry. The shaft of this pillar is said to have been 
taken to Gaya by a former Magistrate. Accordingly in Sahebgunj, 
or the new city of Gaya, there is a sand-stone pillar 2’ 43’/ in diameter, 
and upwards of 16 feet in height, which was set up as a central point 
in Sahebeunj, as recorded in a Persian inscription by Charles Badam 
Saheb (Bodham) in A. D. 1789. 
31. The tope and pillar of Bakror were visited by Hwen Thsang, 
who relates a story regarding the capture by a certain king of an 
“ Elephant of perfume,” (gandha-hasti). Ina former existence, as a 
Bodhisatwa, Buddha was said to have been the son of this Elephant, 
and a stupa and pillar had accordingly been erected in commemoration 
of the tradition. There was also a sacred tank, which is perhaps 
represented by a small walled tank generally called Mérttand Pokhar, 
or Suraj Kund, that is, the “tank of the Sun.” It is also called 
Buddhakund ; but this name was applied by some to a large unwalled 
tank, about 800 feet square, immediately to the north of the small 
tank. An annual fair is held at the Suraj Kund, when thousands of 
pilgrims assemble to bathe in its holy waters. They sit in the water 
in rows, and repeat, after their attendant Brahmans, the names of 
all the holy places around Gaya. ‘The ancient name of Bakror is 
said to have been Ajayapura. 
IV.—Punawa. 
32. The village of Pundwa is situated 14 miles to the eastward 
of Gaya, between two hills of grey granite, To the north there is 
