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a fine old square tank called Budhokar Tdl, and to the east another 
tank called Karamdr Tdl. The principal object is a pillared temple 
of TDrilokndth. As it stands at present, this temple is a modern 
work made up of different sized pillars of various patterns, some 
with and others without capitals, so as to bring them to the required 
height. Half pillars have even been made use of as whole pillars, 
with the old rough engaged backs left exposed. One of the door- 
ways of hard blue stone is richly sculptured. In the centre is a 
figure of the ascetic Buddha, with a three-pointed crown over his 
head, and on each side of him nine figures with joined hands kneeling 
towards him. The other doorways are of granite, and, though 
very plain, are evidently of the same age as the more highly or- 
namented one. 
38. Several statues and granite pillars of different sizes are 
scattered about the foot of the hills. Portions of the usual Buddhist 
formula, “ Ve Dharmma,” &c., are found upon some of the statues. 
There are no dates in any of these inscriptions, but the style of 
their letters fixes their date at about A. D. 1000. To the north- 
west, on a mound 60 feet square, there are five broken pillars and a 
broken statue of the three-headed goddess Vajra-Varadhi, one of 
the principal objects of worship amongst the later Buddhists. Two 
of her heads are human, but the third is that of a hog, and on the 
pedestal there are seven hogs. The ruined temple on this mound is 
called Narting. 
V.—KURKINAR. 
34. About three miles to the north-east of Pundwa is the large 
village of Kurkihar. It is not to be found in any of our maps, not 
even in No. 103 sheet of the Indian Atlas, although it is perhaps the 
largest place between the cities of Gaya and Bihar. The remains at 
Kurkihar consist of several ruined mounds, in which numerous sta- 
tues and small votive topes of dark blue stone have been found. The 
principal mass of ruin, about 600 feet square, lies immediately to the 
south of the village. A second less extensive mound lies to the 
south-west ; and there is a small mound, only 120 feet square, to the 
north of the village. The last mound is called Sugatgarh, or the 
one of the well known titles of Buddha. In the 
principai mass of ruin the late Major Kittoe dug up a great number 
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“house of Sugata, 
of statues and votive topes; and a recent excavation on the west side 
