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the position of a water-course formed of scooped flags of granite which 

 runs under the floor of the hall and through one of the partition 

 walls of the chambers to a drain beyond the boundary wall of the 

 quadrangle, and which was evidently intended to carry off its drain- 

 age I am induced to believe that it stood about 3 feet lower than the 

 hall. Similar water-pipes of granite have been met with at Buddha- 

 gaya, Sarnath and elsewhere. 



Of the relics which have been collected by Mr. Harris in course of 

 his excavations at this place, the most important appears to be a 

 colossal figure of Buddha which was found lying on a side of the hall 

 described above. It had evidently been knocked down by some 

 iconoclast before the destruction of the hall f and removed several feet 

 away from its pedestal, The latter too had been tilted over, but not 

 much removed from the centre of the hall which was its original posi- 

 tion. It was formed of a slab of granite 6' — -11" % 3' — 9'' the 

 thickness being 9^ inches. The statue was secured to this stone by 

 two bolts, the remains of which are still visible. The statue is of 

 copper and seems to have suffered no injury from the hands of the 

 destroyer, except the mutilation of the left foot across the ankle. 



Its dimensions are — 

 From the topknot on the crown of the head, along the back to 



the edge of the heel, ,., u . 7 3 



From do. along the front to the sole of the foot under the 



instep, # ; 7 6 



Bound the head, , 2 



Topknot, -§ o 3 



From bottom of topknot to forehead, 2i 



Length of face from forehead to chin, 10 



From chin down to wais:, , 2 



From waist to sole of foot, „ 4 



Round the breast, , ,,..,;, 6 7 



Across the shoulders, ... ..,,,., ^ 2 4 



From shoulder-joint to elbow, , 1 6 



From elbow to wrist, , , „..,.. 1 



From wrist to end of middle finger, , 1 



Foot from heel to end of 2nd toe, ... 1 i 



The above measurements were taken with a common tape without 

 any reference to the principles followed by artists in the calculation 



