1865.] Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. 9 
range of ancient buildings under notice. Leaving it, the boundary 
line took a southerly direction and probably included several buildings 
similar to those on the northern side, very faint traceg of the found- 
ations of which, at the most, are visible. The boundary line, however, 
on its southern side takes in a remarkable structure, consisting of a 
massive stone breastwork, 130 feet long, 90 feet wide, and 5 feet 4 
inches high, sustaining a terrace now used as a Mohammedan burial- 
ground. The breastwork is in some places in decay, but to a great 
extent is in good condition. Its stones, especially where exposed in 
the foundations, have masonic marks upon them, and some have as 
many as three symbols in a row. It is surmounted by a fine cornice 
six inches deep. Ascending the terrace no buildings besides Moham- 
medan tombs are visible, but it is probable that an extensive Buddhist 
edifice stood on this spacious area. On the western side, exactly in 
the centre, is a projecting buttress, originally the Singhasun, round 
which the moulding also runs. On this spot may have stood a gigan- 
tic figure of Buddha, visible to every one entering the court—for such 
we hold it originally to have been. Indeed the large terraces which 
have been described, may all have been cloistered courts, where dis- 
ciples and devotees congregated for religious purposes. An inspection 
of the Atallah and Juma mosques at Jaunpore, formerly Buddhist 
monasteries, confirms this view. 
The most remarkable of these Buddhist ruins yet remains. This 
is the temple, to which allusion has been already made, and of which 
a separate Ground Plan has been drawn. The Mohammedans have 
appropriated this temple and capped it with a dome, and now use it as 
a mausoleum. It stands on forty-two pillars, all of which are in good 
order with the exception of one in the southern portico, which has 
been twisted by the fall of a large tree upon it. Formerly, there were 
evidently two pillars more than there are at present, sustaining the 
heavy entablature of the southern portico, so that the whole number 
of pillars originally, was forty-four. Of these, thirty-two supported 
the temple proper, and four the roof of each of the northern, southern 
and eastern porticos. To the west, there is no portico, but simply a 
sort of projecting buttress or Singhasun, on which probably the chief 
idol stood, and was at once seen by persons coming in through the 
main entrance on the east. The northern and southern porticos are 
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