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him with one deer daily throughout the year, if he would give up 
slaughtering them for sport. The Raja consented. After some time, 
when it came to the turn of a hind, big with young, to be presented 
to the Raja, she objected that, although it might be her turn to die, 
yet the turn of her little one could not yet havearrived. Theking of 
the deer (that is, Buddha), struck with compassion, offered him- 
self to the Raja in place of the hind. On hearing the story the Raja 
exclaimed, “I am but a deer in the form of a man, but you are aman 
in the form of a deer.” He at once gave up his claim to the daily 
gift, and made over the park for the perpetual use of the deer, on 
which account it was called the ‘Deer Park.’ (MMrigaddva.)” It is 
curious to learn that a rama, or antelope preserve, still exists in the 
neighbourhood of Sdrndth. 
229. The principal remains at Sarnath are the following :-— 
Ist. The great stone tower called Dhamek ; 2nd, the remains of 
a large brick tower opened by Jagat Singh; 3rd, the traces of build- 
ings excavated by myself in 1835-36; 4th, the remains of build- 
ings excavated by Major Kittoe in 1851-52; and Sth, a high 
mound of solid brick-work, crowned with an octagonal brick towers 
called Chaukandt, and situated at rather less than half a mile from 
the great tower of Dhamek. With the simple exception of Chawkandz, 
the whole of these remains are situated on an extensive mound of 
brick and stone ruins, about half a mile long, and nearly a quarter 
of a mile broad. On the north and east there are three large sheets | 
of water which communicate with one another. To the east lies the 
Narokar, or Sdrang Tal, which is 3,000 feet long and 1000 feet broad. 
On the north-east this communicates with the Chandokar or Chandra 
Fadl, which is of about the same size, but of less regular shape. On 
the north lies the Muya Tél, or “ New Tank,” which is upwards 
of half a mile in length, but little more than 300 feet in width. 
230. At the north-eastern end of the mass of ruin is situated 
the village of Bardhi, which, as I infer from the spelling, must have 
been named after Vajra Vardht,a goddess of the later Buddhists. 
To the west, beyond the bend of the Naya Tal, hes Guronpur, or 
the “ Village of Teachers,” which in its day was probably inhabited 
by Buddhist Gurus. The ALrigaddva, or “ Deer Park,” is represented 
by a fine wood, which still covers an area of about half a mile, and 
extends from the great tower of Dhamek on the north to the 
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