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containing the hair and nails of Buddha has also disappeared, as well 
as the memorial monument to the four Buddhas. 
269. To the south of the town, and close to the Ganges, there 
were three monasteries, with similar looking walls, but differing gate- 
ways. In one of these monasteries there was a Vihdra, or chapel, 
which possessed a tooth of Buddha preserved in a casket adorned with 
precious stones raised on a high pedestal. This tooth was shown 
daily to crowds of people, although the tax charged for its exhibition 
was “a large piece of gold.” Perfumes were burned before it by 
thousands of votaries, and flowers which were strewn in profusion over 
it were devoutly believed never to conceal the casket. Right and left in 
front of the monasteries there were two Vihdras, each about 100 feet 
in height. Their foundations were of stone, but their walls of brick. 
In front of each Vihdra there was a small monastery. The most pro- 
bable site of the three monasteries and the Vihdra with the tooth of 
Buddha, seems to me to be the large mound immediately to the south 
of the Kshem Kali Béivj, to the south-east of the town, and on the 
immediate bank of the river. This is now called the Mahalla of Ldla 
Misr Tola. The mound is covered with broken bricks, but no remains 
of any extensive buildings are now visible. 
270. Ata short distance to the south-east of the three monasteries 
there was a lofty Vehdra, 200 feet in height, which enshrined a statue 
of Buddha 30 feet high. The foundations of the building were of 
stone, but the walls of brick. On the surrounding walls of the Vihdra, 
which were of stone, were sculptured all the acts of Buddha’s life until 
he became a Bodhisatwa. The position of this lofty Vihdra was most pro- 
bably on the large mound in the midst of the present Bhatpuri Mahalla, 
which stands about 800 feet to the south-east of the mound in the Mahalla 
of Lala Misr Tola. There are no remains now to be seen on this mound, 
but it is probable that excavations would be attended with success, as 
there can be little doubt that this was once the site of some important 
buildings. Ata little distance from the Vihdra towards the south 
there was a temple ; and a little farther to the south there was a second 
temple dedicated to Siva. Both of these temples were of the same 
form and size as the Vihdras of Buddha. They were built of a blue stone 
which was highly polished, and adorned with admirable sculptures. 
The probable position of these Brahmanical temples was on the high 

