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the south-east gap in the ramparts. But the name is pronounced 
Paor, I<, and not Paur, GX, and may therefore refer to the stair- 
cases or steps (Paorz), and not to the gate. The Kali, or Kalindri 
Nadi, flows past the south-west corner of the ramparts from the Raj_ 
ghét, which is half a mile distant, to the Kakra Ghat, which is rather 
more than one mile to the south of the line of ramparts. 
244. To the north-west, three-quarters of a mile distant, stands 
the large mound of Aygahat, which is 40 feet in height, and rather 
more than half a mile in diameter at base. The name of the old town 
is said to have been Agahat, but the place is now called Agahat Sarai 
(Agahat of the maps) from a modern Sarai, which was built in 
A. H. 1080, or A. D. 1670, on the north-east corner of the mound, by 
the ancestor of the present Pathin Zamindar. The people say that 
before this, the place had been deserted for several centuries; but as I 
obtained a tolerably complete series of the copper coins of the Muham- 
madan Kings of Delhi and Jounpur, I presume that it could not have 
been deserted for any very long time. The mound is covered with 
broken bricks of large size, which alone is a sure test of antiquity : and 
as it is of the same height as that of Sankisa, the people are most — 
probably right in their assertion that the two places are of the same — 
age. In both mounds are found the same old coins without any in- 
scriptions, the more ancient being square pieces of silver covered with 
various punch marks, and the others, square pieces of copper that have 
been cast in a mould,—all of which are, in my opinion, anterior to the 
invasion of Alexander the Great. 
245. In identifying Sankisa with the Sang Kasya of the Rama- — 
yana and the Seng-kia-she of the Chinese, we are supported, not only 
by its absolute identity of name, but likewise by its relative position 
with regard to three such well known places as Mathura, Kanoj, and 
Ahi-chhatra. In size, also, it agrees very closely with the measure- 
ment given by Hwen Thsang ; his circuit of 20 i, or 834 miles, being 
only a little less than my measurement of 18,900 feet, or 34 miles, 
There can be no doubt, therefore, that the place is actually the same; 
but in attempting to identify the sites of any of the holy spots 
mentioned by Hweu Thsang, I find myself baffled at the outset by 
the indefiniteness as well as the meagreness of the pilgrim’s deserip- 
tions. It is his usual practice to state the relative bearings and 

