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of Akbar, the tomb of Seth must have increased in length from 7 
cubits, or 10% feet, to 17 feet through the frequent repairs of pious 
Musalmans. 
316. The mounds are surrounded by Musalman tombs, and as it is 
the Muhammadan practice to bury the dead along the sides of the 
high roads close to their cities, I infer that the road which now runs 
close to the westward of the mounds, is one of the ancient highways 
of the district. This is confirmed by the existence of an old masonry 
bridge of three arches over the Zilahc nala, to the north-west of the 
Mani-Parbat, as well as by the direction of the road itself, which leads 
from the south-end of the city straight to the Bharat-kund, and on- 
wards to Sultanpur or Kusapura, and Allahabad or Prayiga. I notice 
this road thus minutely, because the identifications which I am about 
to propose are based partly on its position and direction, as well as on 
the general agreement of the existing remains with the holy places 
described by. the Chinese pilgrims. 
317. According to Fa Hian, the place where Buddha planted the 
holy tree was to the east of the road, on issuing from the town by the 
southern gate. Hwen Thsang’s account agrees with this exactly, in 
placing the “extraordinary tree’’ to the south of the Capital and to 
the left of the route. This tree was the celebrated “ tooth-brush” or 
twig used in#cleaning the teeth, which having been cast away by 
Buddha, took root and grew to between 6 and 7 feet in height. Now, 
it will be observed that the ruined mounds that still exist, as well as 
the tombs of Seth and Job, are tothe south of the city and to the east 
or Jeft of the road. The position therefore is unmistakably the same 
as that described by the Chinese pilgrims, and as the actual state of 
the ruins agrees well with the details given by Hwen Thsang, I think 
that there can be no reasonable doubt of their identity. 
318. Hwen Thsang describes the city of Visékha as being 16 hi, 
or 22 miles in circuit. In his time therefore the capital of Rama was 
not more than half of its present size, although it probably contained 
a greater population, as not above one-third, or even perhaps less, of 
the present town is inhabited. The old city then possessed no less 
than twenty monasteries, with three thousand monks, and about fifty 
Brahmanical temples, with a very large Brahmanical population. 
From this account we learn that, so early as the 7th century, more than 

