12 Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. [No. 1, 
Buddhist Temple still standing ; and in addition three Photographic 
Plates, of which the description is as follows : — 
Plate, No. 1, shews the Temple before alluded to, a full account of 
which has already been given. 
Plate, No. 2, exhibits the remains of a Buddhist shrine consisting 
of four handsomely carved pillars, standing on an ancient platform, with 
the usual Singhasun facing to the east. The ceiling, which has been 
described in another place, is unfortunately concealed from view in the 
photograph. ; 
Plate, No. 3, represents a group of stones and pillars brought from 
Bakariya Kund. To the right and left are two exquisitely chiselled 
_ shrine pillars, which are in many respects alike, but the grotesque 
faces on the four sides of the apex of each pillar, are in no two cases 
the same. The two bases also are different, for on the pillar to the 
right, one-half of the chakra is depicted, the symbol from which 
Buddha derived his title of Chakravarti, while the left pillar displays 
in this position a deeply compressed human face. Above these 
portions of the base, the columns become octagonal, and at each angle 
is a comical face, half on one side and half on the other, with flowing 
scrolls proceeding from the same. Over the faces a beaded band 
encompasses the columns, upon which rests the are of a disc on each 
of the eight sides. Higher up, the columns again become quadrila- 
teral, and exhibit flattened urns in bas-relief, overflowing with wreathed 
scrolls, a device exceedingly common on pillars of this age, (about 
500, A. D., as we imagine). The uppermost portion of the pillars, on 
which the human faces are represented, is somewhat larger in circum- 
ference than the base. The dimensions of the pillars are as follows. 
Height 2 feet 8 inches, each face at apex 13 inches. 
Between these pillars are two large blocks of stone, which, like the 
topmost stone of the group, appear to have formed portions of a frieze 
running round some sculptured chamber, but as they are of different 
proportions, they probably belonged to different structures. The 
figures appear very bacchanalian. In the top stone, the man rests his 
left arm on a large wine jar of a Grecian pattern, whilst with his right 
he lifts the wine-cup. The other two figures are in nearly the same 
attitude. A narrow band, beaded or plain, ran round the figures, and 
by drooping between them, connected together all the portions of the 
