1857.] The Remains at Pagtin. 13 



The temple, like the other great temples here, is surrounded by 

 a square enclosure wall with a gate in each face. " That to the 

 north is the only one in repair. This was no doubt intended as 

 the principal entrance, and has the image of Gautama placed 

 there, but it is difficult to say why the western entrance was not 

 chosen for this distinction,* as it is directly in sight of the Tan- 

 Kyee hill and Pagoda, on the opposite site of the Irawadee, where 

 Gautama himself stood with his favourite disciple, Ananda, and 

 predicted the future building and greatness of the city of Pagan. 

 Perhaps the north was chosen as being the direction in which Gau- 

 tama walked after the moment of his birth. "f 



In the centre of the vestibule on the western side stands cut 

 in stone on an elevated and railed platform, a representation of 

 the impression of Gautama's feet. In the galleries or corridors 

 running round the building, disposed in niches along the massive 

 walls, at regular distances apart, are numerous images of Gau- 

 tama, and sculptured groups of figures illustrating particular events 

 of his life. These have been covered over with a substance resem- 

 bling tliitsee (black gum resin) and vermilion. J 



" Tlie image to the east is the Buddha KanJcathan made of a sweet-scented 

 wood called Dan-tsa-goo. To the west is Ka-thaba, made of brass. To the north 

 Gautama, of Fir ; to the south Ganno-goon of Jasmine-wood. Whatever the 

 original material of these images may have been, it appears now that the outer 

 coating of each is of plaster richly gilt over." — Major Phayre. 



* Compare Cunningham's Topes of Bhilsa, p. 191. It there appears that at 

 No. 1 Tope at Sanchi, within the enclosure and immediately facing each entrance, 

 there is a large figure, once under a canopy. That to the east Major Cunningham 

 considers to be ." KKAKITCHANDA, first mortal Buddha ; that to the south 

 KANAKA; to the west KASYAPA ; and to the north SAKYA SINHA" 

 (Gautama). Hence it would appear that the figures in the Ananda were not 

 placed arbitrarily, but according to orthodox Buddhistic tradition. — H. Y. 



f Major Phayre. 



X I extract the following detailed account of some of these curious groups 

 from Major Phayre's notes. Lt. Heathcote, I. N. informs me that the number of 

 these sculptures is upwards of fifteen hundred. 



" Several, indeed, most, of the images of Gautama in this temple have a different 

 physiognomy to those made by Burmese artists, and the Woondouk who accom- 

 panied me, asked if I did not notice a strong resemblance in the features to those 

 Buddhist images in the compound of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, which have 



