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mound of Makhdum Jahdniya, in the Sikhéna Mahalla, which is about 
700 feet to the south of the last mentioned mound in the Bhatpuri 
Mahalla. That this mound was the site of one or more Brahmanical 
temples seems almost certain from my discovery of a figure of Shastz, 
the goddess of fecundity, and of a pedestal bearing the date of Samvat 
1193, or A. D. 1136, which is posterior to the extinction of Buddhism 
in Kanoj. I think it probable that excavations in this mound would be © 
attended with success, as the two temples are said to have been built of 
stone, which no doubt furnished the whole of the materials for the 
Masjid and tomb of Makhdum Jahdniya. 
XI.—A-YU-TO, OR AYODHYA. 
271. From Kanoj the two Chinese pilgrims followed different 
routes, Fa Hian having proceeded direct to Sha-chi (the modern 
Ajudhya, near Fyzabad on the Ghaghra), while Hwen Thsang follow- 
ed the course of the Ganges to Prayég, or Allahabad. The first stage 
of both pilgrims would, however, appear to be the same. Fa Hian 
states that he crossed the Ganges and proceeded 3 yojans, or 21 miles, 
to the forest of Holi, where there were several Stupas erected on spots 
where Buddda had “ passed, or walked, or sat.” Hwen Thsang re- 
cords that he marched 100 lh, nearly 17 miles, to the town of Nava- 
deva-kula, which was on the eastern bank of the Ganges, and that at 
5 hi, or nearly 1 mile, to the south-east of the town there was a Stupa 
of Asoka, which was still 100 feet in height, besides some other 
monuments dedicated to the four previous Buddhas. I think it pro- . 
bable that the two places are the same, and that the site wss some- 
where near Nobatganj, just above the junction of the Zsan River and 
opposite Nanamow Ghat. But as there are no existing remains any- _ 
where in that neighbourhood, the place has been most likely swept 
away by the river. This is rendered almost certain by an examination — 
of the Ganges below the junction of the Jsan. Formerly the river 
continued its course almost due south from Nanamow for many miles, 
but some centuries ago it changed its course first to the south-east for 
4 or 5 miles, and then to the south-west for about the same distance, 
where it rejoined its old bed, leaving an island, some 6 miles in length 
by 4 in breadth, between the two channels. As Hwen Thsang’s ac- 
count places Nava-deva-kula on the very site of this island, I conclude ; 
