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have the 60 pillars of the present Masjid, and no less than 58 spare 
capitals still lying in the courtyard, which together make up 118, or 
within 10 of the actual number required to complete the original design. 
263. The pillars of the Jama Masjid may, I think, be seen in 
their original Hindu form at the sides of the small doorways in the 
north and south walls of the court. Each pillar is formed of five 
pieces, viz., a base and capital, with a middle piece which divides the 
shaft into two equal portions, and may be called the upper and lower 
shafts. The shafts are 10 inches square and 3 feet 9 inches in height. 
The base is 1 foot high, and the middle piece and the capital are each 
3 inches, thus making the whole height 9 feet 10 inches. But the 
pillars, as re-arranged by the Muhammadans, are 14 feet 2 inches high, 
the extra height having been gained by adding a piece to each portion 
of the shaft. These shorter pieces, which are 2 feet 1 inch in height, 
are always placed above the original shafts of 3 feet 8 inches. As there 
could have been no difficulty in purchasing a single shaft of the required 
length of 5 feet 10 inches, it seems certain that the whole of these 
made-up pillars must have been obtained after the usual cheap Muham- 
madan manner—by the demolition of some Hindu buildings, either 
Buddhist or Brahmanical. 
264. The Masjid and tomb of Makhdwm Jahdniya are situated on 
a lofty mound in the Sikhdna Mahalla to the south-east of the citadel, 
overlooking the Chota Ganga. The mound is 40 feet in height above = 
the fields, and is partly occupied by weavers’ houses. The tomb of the 
Makhdum is a common-looking building, 35 feet square. Beside it, 
there are two other plain square tombs holding the remains of his 
descendants, both male and female. The tomb itself, as recorded in 
the mutilated inscription which formerly existed over the doorway, 
was'erected over Sayzd Jalal Makhdum Jahdniya by his son Raja in 
the Hijira year 881, or A. D. 1476. The Masjid was built in the 
same year, in the reign of Husen Shah of Jonpur, to whom Kanoj still 
belonged, although some writers place his final defeat by Bahlol Lodi 
of Delhi in this very year, A. H. 881, and others in A. H. 883. The 
central dome of the Masjid has long ago fallen in, and all the pointed 
arches are seriously cracked and propped up by unsightly masses of 
masonry. There is nothing peculiar about the building, save the 
decoration of the panels of the back wall, which have the name of 
