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au sud-est de la ville.” In this village squared stones of all sizes 
may be seen in the walls of most of the houses, and after a little search 
I succeeded in finding four plain pillars of two different sizes which 
had once belonged to two different Buddhist railings. Two of these 
pillars are 4 feet 9 inches in height, with a section of 124 by 7 inches, 
which are also the exact dimensions of the largest railing pillars that 
have been found at Mathura. The other two pillars are 2 feet 9 
inches in height, with a section of 7 by 34 inches, which are the exact 
dimensions of the smallest sized railing pillars that have been found at 
Mathura. The larger pillars I would assign to the Buddhist railing, 
which in all probability once surrounded the lofty stwpa of Asoka, and 
the smaller pillars I would assign to the smaller stupa, which contained 
the hair and nails of Buddha. 
296. I found also the fragment of a corner pillar with the mortice 
holes for the reception of the rails on two adjacent sides at right angles 
to each other. I conclude, therefore, that this pillar must have belong- 
ed to the entrance doorway of one of the railings, although its face of 
9 inches does not agree with the dimensions of either of the other 
pillars. 
XV.—KUSAPURA. 
297. From Kosimbi the Chinese pilgrim travelled to the north 
east, through a vast forest as far as the Ganges, after crossing which 
his route lay to the north for a distance of 700 U, or 117 miles, to 
the town of Kia-she-pu-lo, which M. Julien correctly renders by Kasa- 
pura. In searching for the site of this place, the subsequent route of 
the pilgrim to Visdkhd, a distance of 170 to 180 Ui, or from 28 to 30 
miles, to the north is of equal importance with the bearing and dis- 
tance from Kosémbi. For as the Visakha, of Hwen Thsang, as I will 
presently show, is the same place as the Sha-chi of Fa Hian, and the 
Sdketa or Ayodhya of the Hindus, we thus obtain two such well fixed 
points as Kosaémbi and Ayodhya to guide us in our search. A single 
glance at the map will be sufficient to show that the old town of | 
Sultanpur on the Gomati (or Gumti) River is as nearly as possible 
in the position indicated. Now the Hindu name of this town was 
Kusabhavanapura, or simply Kusapura, which is almost the same name 
as that of Hwen Thsang. Remembering Mr. Bayley’s note of informa- — 
tion derived from Raja Man Sinh that there was “ a tope near Sultéin- s 
pur,” I pitched my tent on one side of the now utterly desolate city, - 

