evi Archeological Survey Report. 
convincing proof that I could wish for of the man’s veracity, and I 
at once felt satisfied that the relics and the inscribed figure of Buddha 
found by Jagat Singh’s workmen had been discovered on this spot, 
and consequently that they could not possibly have any connexion 
with the great tower of Dhamek. My next object was to ascertain 
the nature of the building in which the box was deposited. As I had 
found the box standing on solid brick-work, I began to clear away the 
rubbish, expecting to find a square chamber similar to those which 
had been discovered in the topes of Afghanistan. My excavations, 
however, very soon showed that if any chamber had once existed, 
it must have been demolished by Jagat Singh’s workmen. Sangkar 
then described that the box was found in a small square hole or 
chamber only just large enough to hold it. I cleared out the whole 
of the rubbish until I reached the thick circular wall which still exists. 
I then found that the relic box had been deposited inside a solid brick 
hemispherical stupa, 49 feet in diameter at the level of the deposit, 
and that this had been covered by a casing wall of brick, 163 feet in 
thickness ; the total diameter at this level was therefore 82 feet. The 
solid brick-work of the interior had only been partially excavated by 
Jagat Singh’s workmen, nearly one-half of the mass, to a height of 6 
feet above the stone box, being then untouched. I made some 
excavations round the outer wall to ascertain its thickness, but I left 
the brick-work undisturbed. 
248. About 18 years afterwards, the excavation of this stupa was 
continued by Major Kittoe and Mr. Thomas until the whole of the 
inner mass had been removed, and the foundation of the outer casing 
exposed. The inner diameter is given by Mr. Thomas as 49 feet 
6 inches, the slight excess over my measurement being due to the 
. thickness of a base moulding of the original stupa. I have again 
earefully examined the remains of this monument, and I am quite 
satisfied that in its original state it was an ancient hemispherical 
stupa, 49 feet in diameter at base, and about 35 or 40 feet in height, 
including the usual pinnacle. Afterwards, when as I suppose, the 
upper portion had become ruinous, it was repaired by the addition of 
a casing wall 16} feet in thickness. The diameter of the renewed 
edifice thus became 82 feet, while the height, inclusive of a pinnacle, 
could not have been less than 50 feet, 
249. Ona review of all the facts connected with this ruin, I incline 
