1865.] Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. 5 
various elegant devices. As the building is divided into two distinct 
sections, and moreover as the spaces between the pillars are in several 
instances filled up with a mud wall, it is impossible to gain a correct 
idea of its original grandeur. The outer wall on the "western side is 
strengthened by a huge buttress of stone, 14 feet wide and 15 feet 
high. 
With pillars, breastwork, and buttress, of such prodigious strength, 
it seems not improbable that formerly there were several stories above 
this lower one, but this point is merely conjectural and is not easy to 
be decided. Moreover it is not unlikely that other structures once 
existed along the border of the terrace throughout a considerable 
portion of its extent, not only on its western side, but also on its 
northern and eastern sides. 
Directly in front of the ancient building just described, are two 
other extensive elevations of the ground or terraces, one over the 
other, as already stated. The lower elevation is 86 feet long by 624 
broad, and about 4 feet in heighth. The upper is 484 feet by 24, 
and is crowned with an ornamental cornice, which runs in an unbroken 
band throughout a large portion of the circuit of the terrace, but 
this may possibly be of comparatively modern date, the Mohammedans 
having selected this spot for a mausoleum, and in many cases adopted 
the prevailing forms of ancient ornamentation. The breastworks of 
the two terraces by which the enclosed soil is sustained, although they 
have been evidently at times extensively repaired, nevertheless appear 
as ancient as the neighbouring building. 
Beyond the two upper terraces is another raised terrace, which in 
all likelihood was originally connected with one of them, but is now 
isolated from them. On this possibly stood a Buddhist shrine, con- 
nected by a cloister with a building on the main terrace. A short 
distance further on also, are remains of the foundations of probably 
another, but the traces of this are almost obliterated. 
On the eastern side of the Kund is a mound 220 feet long by 90 
broad, running parallel with it, which might be taken for a mud 
embankment thrown up from the tank, were it not for the circumstance 
that layers of large Buddhist bricks, lying zn sitw, crop out from its side, 
and that upon its summit and slopes are numerous blocks of sculptured 
stones, symbols of bygone glory. One brick measured 20 inches in 

