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side of the mound. In the middle of the mound there is a small 
mud fort, and at the northern end there are several pieces of sculpture 
collected together from different places; one of these is inscribed and 
dated in the year 42 of some unknown era, somewhere about the 
eleventh century, or perhaps even somewhat later. 
44. At two miles to the south-west of the village of Giryek, and 
one mile from Jarasandha’s Tower, there is a natural cavern in the 
southern face of the mountain, about 250 feet above the bed of the 
Banganga rivulet. This cave, called Gidha-dwar, is generally believed 
to communicate with Jarasandha’s Tower ; but an examination with 
torches proved it to be a natural fissure running upwards in the 
direction of the tower, but only 98 feet in length. The mouth of 
the cavern is 10 feet broad and 17 feet high ; but its height diminishes 
rapidly towards the end. ‘The cave is filled with bats, and the air 
is oppressively warm and disagreeable, which alone is sufficient to 
prove that there is no exit to the cavern, otherwise there would be 
a draught of air right through it. Vultures swarm about the 
precipitous cliffs of pale grey horn stone, and I picked up their 
feathers in the mouth of the cave. 
45. The remains at Giryek, which I have just described, appear 
to me to correspond exactly with the accounts given by Fa-Hian of 
the “ Hill of the Isolated Rock,” where Indra questioned Buddha on 
forty-two points; and with that given by Hwen Thsang of Jndra- 
Stlaguha, which refers to the same story. I’a-Hian states that there 
was a stone building on the summit of the hill facing the south, on 
the spot where Buddha sat when questioned by Indra, and also a 
monastery ; but he makes no mention of any stupa. Hwen Thsane 
states that on the crest of the hill there were marks in two places 
where the four former Buddhas had sat and walked. On the eastern 
peak there was a stupa and also a monastery called the “ Hansa 
Sanghdrama”’ or “Goose’s Monastery,” to account for which he 
relates the following legend:—One day when taking exercise, a 
mendicant, who was the steward of the monastery, saw a flock of 
geese high in the air, and as the monks of his fraternity, although 
strictly abstemious, had experienced great difficulty in procuring 
sufficient food, he exclaimed playfully—“ To-day the pittance of the 
monks is insufficient. O noble beings (Mahkdsattwas) you ought 
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to have compassion on our circumstances.” No sooner had he spoken 
