1857.] The Remains at Pagan. 19 



Erom the last terrace, below the spire, we had a noble prospect of 

 the vast field of ruined temples stretching north, east, and south, 

 and Mr. Grant devoted many laborious hours to sketching this 

 panorama. 



All these three buildings have been kept in repair, and " beauti- 

 fied" in some churchwarden spirit, more to their loss than gain. 

 One other important temple within the city walls has also been 

 kept in repair. Its date is given by Mr. Crawfurd as about the 

 year 1200. This is the Bauddhi* described and delineated by him. 

 It is different in style from the other temples and very inferior in 

 size, majesty, and art. The basement is a quadrangular block of 

 no great height, supporting a tall spire strongly resembling that 

 of the ordinary Hindu shiwala, and still more strongly the sihra 

 of the Jain temples near the river Barakar, and of some of the 

 ancient Hindu temples delineated by Mr. Fergusson, such aa 

 those at Blmbaneswar in Orissa and that at Barolli in Rajputana. 

 The latter, in general effect, has a considerable resemblance to the 

 Bauddhi as seen from a distance.f Both base and spire are covered 

 with niches, bearing seated Gautamas, and interspersed with orna- 

 mental pannels and mouldings. This gives the building a very 

 rich appearance at a little distance, but, closely viewed, the exe- 

 cution is execrably rough and inaccurate, and there is an absence 

 of the whole spirit of art visible in . what I must call the greater 

 and purer works. 



In these there is an actual sublimity of architectural effect, which 

 excites wonder, almost awe, and takes hold of the imagination in a 

 manner that renders apology for them as " Burmese," absurdly 

 out of place. J There is no such spell in Bauddhi, which only re- 

 calls the Hindu temple, of which a thousand specimens infinitely- 

 superior in material and workmanship are to be seen at Benares 



* Bauddhi signifies the Banian tree. 



t See Fergusson s Ancient Architecture of Hindustan, PI. VII., and Capt. 

 Tripe's Photograph, No. — 



X "We were all struck with awe" says Mr. Oldham, in his Journal "at the 

 littleness of our individual might in the presence of such evidence of combined 

 power and exertion." 



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