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resembles the Thapinyu, but is smaller, and has never been repaired 

 in later times. The brick- work of the upper part is much dilapi- 

 dated, as much so nearly as that of Dhamayangyi. But that this 

 temple was finished there can be no doubt. The plaster on the 

 walls of a staircase leading to the upper-terraces, at the height of 

 a man's shoulder, was rubbed and polished, as if by the passage* of 

 multitudes during ages of occupancy. 



Major Phayre did not visit this temple, and I have not learned 

 to what date it is attributed. No one of the remaining structures 

 £ives so vivid an idea of what these buildings must have been in 

 the brilliancy of their original condition. The plaster-work of the 

 pilasters aud mouldings which remains is of a highly florid and 

 artistic character ; the battlemented crown of the parapet is set 

 with large tiles embossed and enamelled in colours; the dado of 

 the basement with smaller tiles in the form of diamonds, ro- 

 settes, and other ornamental patterns ; and in the flamboyant rays 

 and spires of the pediments even up to the highest remaining ter- 

 races the tips were composed of pointed glazed white tiles, which 

 must once have given an extraordinary lustre and sparkling effect 

 to the elevation, a good deal of which is perceptible even in the 

 present decay. 



The ground-plan is a single corridor, the vaults and walls of 

 which have been originally covered with tasteful diaper painting 

 in bright colours. This remains visible on the soffit of the arching, 

 but the walls have been white-washed over, and repainted in an 

 inferior style with life-size saints and Buddhas, and with a smaller 

 series of the Jats or pre-existences of Grautama. 



The plan of the upper story is rather more complicated than 

 usual. There is a principal image chamber, with a well-lighted 

 corridor running all round it, but this inner chamber has not been 

 placed, as in the Thapinyu, centrically under the spire. 



An enclosure wall surrounds the temple, equally remarkable with 

 that of Dhamayangyi for the beautiful finish of the brickwork. 

 To the north of this there is a second court, surrounded on three 

 sides by a curious range of vaulted and now dilapidated cells. We 

 could not ascertain the object of these, whether for the residence 

 of the religious order, or for the accommodation of worshippers 



