4 Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund. [No. 1, 
banks the ruins are for the most part to be found. In the hot season 
very little water remains in the Kund, but in the rains it contains a 
considerable body of water. It is about 550 feet in length and 275 in 
breadth. 
On approaching the tank you pass along the foot of a high mound 
on its northern side, on the top of which lie several blocks of stone. 
Proceeding to the western bank you perceive a massive breastwork 
formed by large stones, bearing upon them various masonic signs, some 
of which are similar to those inscribed on the stones at Sarnath, and 
sustaining a solid platform or terrace, which runs by the side of the 
Kund to a great distance. This terrace is 20 feet above the tank, and 
supports two others of smaller dimensions, one above the ocher, each 
of which is girded by a breastwork of huge stones. The lower terrace 
is 130 feet broad, and 270 feet long on its western face, and 330 on its 
eastern face overlooking the tank. It was originally held up by the 
wall of heavy stones just alluded to, but this wall is in many 
places much broken down, especially towards the Kund, the great 
blocks lying in disorder at its ancient base. Nevertheless extensive 
portions are still standing. On the northern face about 70 feet are 
visible, while the western wall, which extends to 267 feet, is almost 
continuous throughout. The height of the terrace is constant, but the 
height of the wall varies greatly, owing partly to its being in a state 
of ruin, and partly to the circumstance of its forming in one place the 
flank of an old edifice, where it attains a height of at least 30 feet, 
measured from the ground on the western side; which is on a higher 
level than the tank. Two small windows or doorways open through 
this part of the wall, and over each a single stone projects, forming its 
eaves. The bare appearance which the wall would here have presented 
to the eye, is obviated by a broad moulding half-way down, a foot in 
width, and by a noble cornice parallel with it above. 
Ascending the terrace, you come to the building itself, which is 
occupied by Mussalmans, one portion being partitioned off and used as 
azenana. The beams and slabs constituting the roof are in some 
cases 9 feet in length, and the roof is supported by three rows of 
immensely thick stone columns, the capitals of which are in the form 
of across. The cornice decorating the walls is not of modern narrow- 
ness, but is twelve inches deep, and is ornamented with carvings of 

