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5th, two low mounds to the north of the village, marked V, one hav- 
ing a four-armed image of Vishnu on Garud, and the other having 
two figures of Buddha seated on chairs. ‘The former must clearly 
_ have belonged to a Brahmanical temple. 6th, three statues at W,, 
near the Tar Sing tank, of which two are females and one a male 
figure seated with hands on knees. 7th, the small temple in the 
hamlet of Kapatiya, marked X, where there are several interesting 
figures collected. Amongst them there is a fine Vajra Varahi, and a 
very good Vagiswari, with an important inscription in two lines, 
which gives the name of the place Nalanda, and is dated in the year 
1 of the reign of the paramount sovereign Sri Gopala Deva. 8th, 
a large mound at Y, which looked like a ruined stupa. I sank 
a shaft, 20 feet deep, in the centre of the mound, and found that 
it was filled with rubbish. If therefore it was a stupa, it had 
been opened long before; but I am inclined to believe that it 
was a temple, as a large stone was found in the excavation at a depth 
of 13 feet. 9th, a Jain temple at Z, which is only remarkable as 
being of the same style of architecture as the Great Temple at Bud- 
dha Gaya. It is probably of about the same age, or A. D. 500. Its 
present height is only 36 feet without the pinnacle, which is modern. 
The whole is whitewashed. Inside the temple there are several Jain 
figures, of which that of Mahdvir bears the date of Samvat 1504, 
or A. D. 1447. 10th, on the banks of the Suraj-ktind many interest- 
ing figures are collected. They are chiefly Buddhist, but there are 
also some figures of Vishnu four-armed, of the Varaha Avatar, of 
Siva and Pavati, and also of Surya himself. 
90. I cannot close this account of the ancient Nalanda without 
mentioning the noble tanks which surround the ruins on all sides. 
To the north-east are the Gidi Pokhar and the Pansokar Pokhar, each 
nearly a mile in length ; while to the south there is the Indra Pokhar, 
which is nearly half a mile in length. The remaining tanks are 
much smaller in size, and do not require any special notice. 
1X.—BIHar. 
91. Theold city of Bihar lies 7 miles to the north-east of Baragaon, 
In our maps the name is spelt Behar, but by the people it is written 
Bihar, which is sufficient to show that it must once have been the 
site of some famous Buddhist Vihar. But the only existing Buddhist 
remains that I could find were votive stupas and fragments of figures. 
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