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a broken pillar of a Buddhist railing sculptured with the figure of 
Méydé Devi standing under the Sé/ tree. At the same time I found 
the capitals of two large round pillars of an early date, which are most 
probably Buddhist, along with a fragment of an inscription of the 
Gupta dynasty, containing the well known genealogy from Gupta, the 
founder, down to Samudra Gupta, where the stone is broken off. 
During the present year I have discovered the peculiarly curved archi- 
trave of a Buddhist gateway, which is richly sculptured on both sides 
with buildings, figures, and trees, including a representation of a gate- 
way itself. I found also a very perfect standing figure of Buddha, 
the Teacher, which had lately been discovered in clearing out a well 
at the north-west corner of the temple. The figure is 3% feet high, 
with the left hand grasping the drapery, and the right hand raised in 
the act of teaching. On the pedestal there is a dated inscription, in 
two lines, in characters of an early period. The date is given in 
figures and is uncertain, but the remainder of the inscription, which 
is in perfect order, is easily legible. It records the gift of a statue of 
Sakya Bhikshu to the Yasa Vihdra, or “ splendid monastery,” which 
I take to have been the name of the Buddhist establishment that once 
existed on this spot. I think also that there are good grounds for 
believing that this was the famous monastery which was founded by 
the holy Upagupta during the reign of Asoka. 
172. In the same well there were found five other pieces of Bud- 
dhist sculpture, of which the only specimens worth mentioning are 
a colossal arm and hand, and a small figure of Buddha, the Ascetic, 
4 with an imperfect inscription on its pedestal in characters of the Gupta 
_ dynasty. All these discoveries are sufficient to show that the mound 
of Kesava Ray must have been the site of a Buddhist establishment 
of much wealth and of considerable size. The inscribed statue proves 
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_ that here stood the Yasa monastery, and the gateway architrave shows 
that there must also have been a Stwpa surrounded with the stone 

_ railing which is peculiar to Buddhist architecture, and which on that 
account I have ventured to call the Buddhist railing. The site is 
a most promising one for a discovery, and as the Masjid has long been 
disused, owing to many dangerous cracks in both roof and walls, 
T believe that there would not be any objection whatever to a complete 
exploration of the mound. 
