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distance to the north of the Upagupta monastery. The nearest 
mounds are about half a mile to the north of the Katra, which will 
make the whole distance 33 miles, if measured in a direct line by 
the British road, which passes outside the city, but which will be fully 
four miles if measured by the old road, which goes through the city. 
Had the Chinese pilgrim given us the name of the monastery built 
by Upagupta, we might perhaps have obtained some absolute proof of 
its identity with the site of the Kalra ; but I believe that the very 
strong reasons which I have just before given are amply sufficient to 
fix the site of the Upagupta monastery at the present Katra. 
167. There are a great number of lofty earthen mounds around 
Mathura which are covered with fragments of stone and brick. No- 
thing, however, is known about them, although every one of them has 
a separate name. The numerous fragments of stone which are found 
upon them show that they are not old brick-kilns, as might have been 
supposed from their vicinity to the city. Apparently, they are natural 
mounds such as are found everywhere along the lower course of the 
Jumna, and which have usually been taken advantage of for the sites 
of forts or temples. Thus the old fort of Mathura is perched upon 
a similar mound, and so also is the Jama Masjid in the middle of the 
Katra Square. Most of the names of these mounds refer to the Brah- 
manical divinities; but there are two of them, such as the Anand 
Tila and the Vinayak Tila, that are unmistakably Buddhist, and 
which may possibly refer to the two Stupas of Ananda and Updli 
(the Vinayaka, or teacher of Vinaya) as described by Hwen Thsang, 
Both of these mounds are to the north of the city. To the south 
there are seven mounds known as the Sat Tila, which are severally 
named as follows :—1, Dhi-ka-Tila ; 2, Sapt Rishi ; 3, Bal, or But, 
Tila ; 4, Narad ; 5, Kans ; 6, Kal-jug ; 7, Ndgshesha. Now, it is 
remarkable that the number of great Stwpas of the disciples of Buddha 
was also seven; but unfortunately as nothing is recorded regarding 
their relative positions, we are left entirely to conjecture whether these 
seven mounds may possibly represent the seven famous Stwpas of Bud- 
dha’s principal disciples. I think that it would be worth while to 
make some excavations in all of these seven mounds to the south, as 
well asin the two northern mounds which still bear Buddhistical 
names. 

