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manical figurers; but there are also rude figures of Buddha seat- 
ed, and one female figure which is said to be Padmavati, or Maya 
Devi, but which is most probably only a representation of 
Dharmma. In a recess on the east side of the hill, and amidst 
the ruins of a large temple, of which several pillars are still standing, 
there is a colossal figure of Buddha the ascetic, as he appeared. when 
seated in mental abstraction under the Bodhi tree at Budhha Gaya. 
A drawing of this figure has been given in Buchanan Hamilton’s 
Eastern India, Vol. I. Plate XIV. Fig. 5. It is the largest statue 
that I have seen, the figure alone being 8 feet high, with a breadth 
across the shoulders of four feet, and of six feet across the knees. 
But the great statue in the temple of Buddha Gaya, which was seen 
and described by Hwen Thsang, was somewhat more than one-third 
larger, its dimensions being 11 feet 5 inches in height, 8 feet 8 inches 
in breadth across the knees, and 6 feet 6 inches across the shoulders. 
105. In the Bardbar group of hills there are several distinct 
peaks, of which the most conspicuous are the Murali peak to the 
north, and the Sanda-Giri on the south, both ot which join the 
Bardbar or Siddheswara peak on the east. On the summit of the 
Bardbar peak there is a small Hindu temple dedicated to Mahadeva 
which contains a lingam called Siddheswara, and which, from an 
inscription in one of the caves mentioning this name, we know to be 
at least as old as the 6th or 7th century. Immediately to the south of 
the Bardbar peak, there lies a small valley, or basin, nearly square in 
shape, and entirely surrounded by hills, except at two points on the 
north-east and south-east, where walls have been built to complete 
the enclosure. Its greatest length, measured diagonally from peak 
to peak, is just half a mile, but the actual basin is not more than 400 
yards in length by 250 yards in breadth. 
106. . Towards the southern corner of the basin, there are two 
small sheets of clear water which find an outlet underground to the 
south-east and re-appear in the sacred spring called Pdtal Gangé, 
where an annual assembly is held in the month of Bhddrapada for 
the purpose of bathing. On this side is the principal entrance to 
the valley, which lies over large rounded masses of granite, now worn 
smooth and slippery by the feet of numerous pilgrims. I ascended 
by this path without any difficulty, after having taken off my shoes, 
but in descending I found a shorter and quicker way down the mass 
