1865.] Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. 13 
original frieze. Beneath the loop of the drooping cord is the repre- 
sentation of a gem carved in the stone. Many figures similar to those 
now described, have been lately found among the ancient buildings in 
Jaunpore. Plate, No. 4, which represents a group of stones taken 
from these buildings, is added for the sake of comparison, as it 
pourtrays strikingly this similitude. In the College grounds in 
Benares, are some magnificent sculptures brought from Sarnath, one of 
which is a long frieze, cut with great boldness, the figures of which 
are connected by a narrow band or garland. A photograph of this 
frieze may perhaps at some future time be sent to the Society. The 
length of what remains of it is 263 feet. 
The topmost stone shews the projecting position it occupied, by its 
under-cutting, but it is hard to say in what part of the building this 
found a place. The next stone beneath it consists of a circle, formed 
by a narrow band, and surmounted by an elegant ornamentation indi- 
cating the central position which it originally occupied, which was 
probably the crowning decoration of a niche. In the circle itself a 
very merry face is depicted, by no means that of an ascetic. The 
large circular stone below this, represents eight human figures standing 
in most uncomfortable postures and supporting a cord or garland. 
This was probably the capital of an ornamental column; and there is 
reason to think that it must be assigned to a later date, on the ground 
that ancient Buddhist sculptures rarely if ever exhibit any distortion 
of limbs, while the Jains and modern Brahmins twist and distort their 
figures in every possible manner. The other half of this circular stone 
lies at the College, and as Major Kittoe is stated to have taken stones 
from Bakariya Kund until stopped by the people, may have been 
brought from this place. 
In addition to these Plates which have now been described, 
Mr. Tresham has kindly taken two others, one representing the south 
end of the Kund, No. 5, and the other a portion of the retaining wall 
on the western bank, No. 6, copies of which are also forwarded. 
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