Archeological Survey Report. KV 
showed the solid brick-work of a Buddhist stupa. In the north-west 
corner of this excavation the relic chamber had been reached, and I 
was privately informed that a small figure and some other remains 
had been discovered inside. But the head man of the village stoutly 
denied that anything had been found, and all the villagers then deni- 
ed the discovery also, 
35. The principal statue is a squatted figure of the ascetic Buddha 
under the holy Pipal tree, or dodhi-drum. Over head there is a repre- 
sentation of the Mivdna, or death of Buddha, and on the pedestal 
there is an inscription in three lines, which is incomplete owing to 
the loss of a projecting corner of the base. To the right and left 
there are smaller figures of M/dyd standing under the Sal tree at the 
birth of Buddha, and of Buddha himself teaching the law at Bena- 
res after his first attaimment of Buddhahood. On the mound to the 
east there is a standing figure of Buddha, with a small attendant 
figure holding an umbrella over him. As this attendant has three 
heads, I believe that it represents the Hindu Triad in the humble 
position of a servitor of Buddha. 
36. At the north-east corner of the village there is a small rude 
Hindu temple of brick, in and about which a large number of statues 
have been collected. The temple is didicated to Bagheswari Devi 
(Vyaghreswari), but the principal figure inside is a life-size statue of 
the eight-armed Durgd conquering the Mahishasur or Buffalo demon. 
The figure pointed out to me as that of Bagheswari was a four-arm- 
ed female seated on a lion with a child in her lap; but I believe that 
this figure represents either Indrdni with her son the infant Jayanta, 
or Shashti, the goddess of fecundity, a form of Durga. The princi- 
pal figure outside the temple is a life-size statue of Akshobya, who is 
represented squatted under the Bodhi tree, in the same manner as the 
ascetic Buddha, with the left hand in the lap, and the right hand 
hanging over the knee. There is a halo round the head inscribed 
with the usual Buddhist formula, Ye Dharmma, &c.; and near the 
head there is a short inscription giving the name of the figure “ Tun 
Akshobya-vajra, hun.” 
37. I procured several short but interesting inscriptions at Kur- 
kihar. The name of Sdkala is mentioned in several of them, and 
also Kerala in Dakshinades. "The age of these inscriptions, judging 
from the shapes of the letters, must be about A. D. 800 to 1,000. I 
am now employed in making reduced copies of them. 
