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above the plain. To the east of the stupa there is also a small 
detached mound, 15 feet 8 inches in height. I made an excavation 
in the top of this mound, which I abandoned after reaching a depth 
of 4 feet 3 inches, as I found only broken bricks mixed with earth. 
Both to the north and south of the stupa there are low mounds, 
which are probably the remains of small detached towers or other 
buildings. The top of the large mound is in most parts thickly 
eovered with bricks, but towards the north-west end, where the 
elevation is low, there are some rather large spaces quite clear of 
bricks, which may be supposed to represent the court-yards, or vacant 
spots between the buildings. I noticed many wedge-shaped bricks, 
which must have belonged to stupas of small size, besides several 
bricks with one half-face bevelled like those in the mouldings of the 
Great Temple at Buddha Gaya and of Jarasandha’s Tower at Giryek. 
i was unable to trace any straight lines of surrounding walls, and 
from the irregular outline of the mound, I incline to believe that it 
has been formed by the ruin of a considerable number of independent 
buildings, such asa cluster of stupas of all sizes. From the total 
absence of statues, I infer that there were probably but few tempies 
on this site. 
179. The large statue known as that of Mdthd Kuédr, or the 
“‘ Dead Prince,” is now lying on the ground, ata distance of J,100 
- feet from the brick stupa above deseribed. Quite close beside it, to 
the eastward, there is a low square mound which I believe to be the 
remains of a temple in which the image was formerly enshrined. 
The statue, which is made of the dark blue stone of Gaya, is split 
into two pieces from top to bottom, and is otherwise much injured. 
The short inscription on its pedestal has been almost worn out by 
the villagers in sharpening their tools, but the few letters which 
remain are sufficient to show that the statue is not of older date than 
the 11th or 12th century. The figure itself is colossal, and represents 
Buddha the ascetie seated under the Bodhi tree at Buddha Gaya. 
The whole sculpture is 10} feet in height by 42 feet in breadth. 
The height of the figure alone is 5 feet 43 inches, the breadth across 
the shoulders being 8 feet 8% inches, and across the knees 4& feet 
5 inches. A sketch of this sculpture is given in Buchanan’s Hastern 
India, Vol. II, Plate 2. 
180. Between the Fort of Mdthé Kuiir and the great stupa on 
