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in the other, three for the base, two for the next layer, and one for the 

 top ; this triple combination is essentially requisite for the truthfulness 

 of such Boodhist symbols. It will be first remarked that the "tsedya," 

 in the instance before us, is not represented by a pyramid of hemi- 

 spheres, but by one of upright glyphs, surmounted with a sort of 

 parasol roof. It has been a common remark, that the different repre- 

 sentations of the sacred structures of the early nations of the world 

 shewed a remarkable similarity, in fact seemed to be copies of their 

 own domiciles. Now the best division, as far as domiciles are con- 

 cerned, of these early races, may be said to be two, viz. the Troglodyte 

 and the Scenite; the dweller in caves, and the dw T eller in tents; 

 and in proportion as the cave is a ruder and more uncouth dwelling 

 than the tent, so does it argue an earlier period. But there was a 

 Boodhism that was Troglodyte and a Boodhism that was Scenite, a 

 Boodhism of the cave, and a Boodhism of the tent, but Boodhism 

 was not introduced among the tent-dwelling race till at a comparatively 

 speaking very recent sera. Now the " tsedya" emblems, (fig. No. 3 and 

 4) are representations of the hemispherical convavity of a cave, and 

 appertain therefore to the Boodhism of the cave, and are therefore of a 

 more ancient type than the one under consideration, (fig. 5,) which is a 

 scenite " tsedya," or representation of a tent, having a tent-like roof, 

 &c. In the appendix on Boodhist emblems to his " Notes on the state 

 of ancient India," Col. Sykes says, " It is to be remarked however, 

 that when the Chaitya, or temple of relics is sculptured out of the 

 rocks, it is represented not by the triple hemispheres, but by a very 

 short truncated cylinder surmounted by a hemisphere, and crowned 

 with a parasol, or an umbrella." Here we find described a mixed or 

 transition tsedya having the hemispherical top of a cave, and the parasol 

 roof of a tent. It is to be borne in mind, that though the race who first 

 inhabited the cave and consecrated it as a place of worship, were com- 

 paratively low in the scale of civilisation ; the decorations of them fell 

 to their posterity when well advanced in civilisation and art, as is 

 shewn by the magnificent nature of the ornaments; to them they 

 were haunts consecrated by the reminiscences of an ancient faith; 

 and it is not at all unlikely that they (sufficiently advanced in civilisa- 

 tion to have possessed themselves of tents and roofed buildings) should 

 have added the roofed, or scenite " tsedya," to the list of decorations. 



