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90: 306 feet. It is true that Hwen Thsang states the height at 
only 200 feet, but there is a discrepancy in his statements of the 
height of another Nalanda temple, which leads me to propose cor- 
recting the height of that now under discussion to 300 feet. In 
speaking of the Great Temple erected by Baladitya, Hwen Thsang 
in one place makes it 200 feet high, (Julien, Vol. Il. page 160,) and 
in another place 300 feet high, (Julien, Vol. III. page 50). In both 
accounts the enshrined statue is said to be of Buddha himself, as he 
appeared under the Bodhi tree, and as the other large temple also 
contained a statue of Buddha, it seems highly probable that there 
has been some confusion between the accounts of the two temples. 
83. I am quite satisfied that the lofty mound, marked F, is the 
ruin of a temple, for I discovered three horizontal air holes, each in 
the form of a cross, at a height of 385-feet above the ground. They 
measured respectively 6, 83, and 113 feet in length. The last 
measurement, coupled with the broken state of the brick-work, shows 
that the walls must have been upwards of 12 feet in thickness. In 
fact on the east side, at 50 feet above the ground, the broken wall is 
still 15 feet thick. Most probably the walls were not less than 20 
feet thick at this height, which would leave an interior chamber 30 
feet square. There is now a great hollow in the centre of this mound, 
which I would recommend to be further excavated down to the 
ground level, as I think it highly probable that both statues and 
inscriptions of much interest would be discovered. Perhaps the 
colossal statue of Buddha the teacher, now standing at the foot of 
mound H, may have been originally enshrined in this temple. 
84. In the north-east corner of the square terrace that surrounds 
this massive ruin, I found the remains of several small stupas, in 
dark blue stone of various sizes, from 10 to 380 feet in height. The 
ornamental carvings are still in good order, many of them being very 
elaborate. Rows after rows of Buddhas of all sizes are the most 
favourite decoration. ‘The solid hemispherical domes are from 1 foot 
to 4 feet in diameter. The basement and body of each stupa were 
built of separate stones, which were numbered for the guidance of the 
builders, and cramped together with iron to secure greater durability. 
No amount of time, and not even an earthquake, could have destroyed 
these small buildings. Their solid walls of iron-bound stones could 
only have yielded to the destructive fury of malignant Brahmans. I 
