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tions, a painted timber lintel has been used, now in utter decay. 

 Another part of the entrance vault is a triangular arch (see PI. 

 V. Pig. 5,) about 9 or 10 feet in span, the outer arch which 

 defines the doorway being of the usual pointed form. This temple 

 is called Putlio-Budoh-nya. 



Between this and Thapinyu, an almost shapeless ruin, instead 

 of an arched doorway, has a massive stone lintel, now broken. 

 This is noticed by Crawfurd as containing Hindu sculptures. The 

 sculptures remain ; two inside and several framed in pannels on 

 the exterior. The figures have nearly all four arms, and have a 

 very Hindu character; one of them also in its action strongly 

 resembles the usual Hindu images of the Monkey-god Hanuman, 

 but the head is defaced. Major Phayre visited this temple in 

 company with the Woondouk, and has furnished a very interest- 

 ing note on the subject, which is given below.* 



* Considering the very proximate derivation of the Buddhism of Burma 

 from the Buddhism of Ceylon, may not the following passage throw some 

 light on the subject. " The Malabar kings who at an early period had acquired 

 the sovereignty of Ceylon, on the failure of the native dynasty introduced the 

 worship of Vishnu and Shiva into the same temples with that of Buddha. The 

 innovation has been perpetuated, and to the present day the statues of these 

 conflicting divinities are to be found within the same buildings ; the Diwalas 

 of Hindooism are erected within the same enclosures as the Wihares of the Bud- 

 dhists ; and the Kappoorales of the one religion officiate at the altars almost 

 beneath the same roof with the priests and neophytes of the other." (Sir J. 

 Emerson Tennenfs Christianity in Ceylon, p. 222.) The same singular fact is 

 mentioned by Mr. Hardy. (Eastern Monachism, p. 201.) 



This is a small ruined pagoda, standing close to the Thap-pyi-nyo temple, 

 of the usual form of Buddhist hollow Pagodas. It has a stone-frame to the 

 doorway, which is unusual. This has been broken, from the imperfect con- 

 struction of the arched brickwork above. On either side of the doorway are 

 four niches in the outer wall of the building. These are all vacant but one, 

 in which is an erect stone-figure about eighteen inches high. It holds a lotus 

 bud in each hand and has a pointed crown or cap on its head. There are other 

 niches, on the side and back walls of the building, containing similar stone 

 figures. These appear to be Indian in character, and one with a monkey-face 

 no doubt represents Hanuman. 



Entering the temple, the throne, on which an image had evidently once been 

 placed, occupies as usual the centre of the building. It is now vacant. There 



