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on each of the four sides of the building. In all the cells I found pieces 
of charred wood, with nails still sticking in some of them, and in the 
middle cell on the western side I found a small store of unhusked rice 
only partially burnt. Ina few places I found what appeared to be 
pieces of terraced roofing, and in one place a large heap of charcoal. 
On the south side the central room was lost by previous excavation, 
but on the north side I founda room entirely open towards the 
verandah, as if it was a hall, or place of general meeting for the 
resident monks. Inside this room there was the base or pedestal of 
what I believe to have been a small votive stupa, the top of which 
probably reached to the roof and took the place of a pillar. A small 
drain led under-ground from the north-west corner of the central 
square to the outside of the building on the north, for the purpose, 
as I conclude, of carrying off the rain-water. 
258. The building which I have just described would appear to 
have been a Vihdra, or “ Chapel Monastery” that is, a monastery with 
a chapel or temple forming an integral part of the building. From the 
thickness of the outer wall I infer that this edifice was not less than 
three or four stories in height, and that it may have accommodated 
about 50 monks. The entrance was probably on the south side, and 
I think that there must have been a statue of Buddha in the northern 
verandah. The bas-relief which I found in the central square almost 
certainly formed one of the middle architraves of the court. 
259. Continuing my excavations in the high ground to the west- 
ward, I came upon the remains of a building of a totally different 
description. The walls of this edifice were 3 feet thick throughout, 
and I found the plaster still adhering to the inner walls of what I 
will call the verandahs, with borders of painted flowers, quite fresh 
and vivid. The mass of the building consisted of a square of 34 feet, 
with a small porch on each of the four sides. The building was 
divided into three parts from west to east, and the central part was 
again sub-divided into three small rooms. I think it probable 
that these three rooms were the shrines of the Buddhist Triad, 
Dharmma, Buddha, and Sangha, and that the walls of the two 
long rooms or verandahs to the north and south were covered 
with statues and bas-reliefs. The entrance verandah of one of 
the vihar caves at Kdnheri, in Salsette, is adorned in a similar 
manner, and even in the present day the inner walls of the temples 
