1865.] Report of the Archeological Survey. 249 
from a large temple of Asoknath Mahadeo. Hatila was killed in an 
assault on the temple, and his tomb, a low domed building only 20 
feet square, is still much frequented as the shrine of a Ghazz, or martyr 
for the faith. It is built entirely of large bricks from the ruins of the old 
temple of Asokndth. The remains consist of a low mound, 700 feet long 
by 500 feet broad, with three prominent masses of ruin on the north side. 
I made an excavation in the north-west ruin near the base of a large 
Malwa tree, but without any result, as a small Muhammadan tomb on 
the top prevented me from digging in the centre. But the coolies 4 
employed on the work voluntarily informed me that the Mahwa tree 
had been the “tooth-brush” of a Raja who stuck it in the ground and 
it grew to be a tree. From this tradition, which also exists at Gonda, 
T infer that it was usual to make cuttings and to take seeds from the 
famous danta-dhdwan or “ tooth-brush tree” of Saketa for distribution 
to religious establishments, just as cuttings from the Bodhi tree at 
Gaya were made for the same purpose. Both Fa Hian and Hwen 
Thsang agree in stating that the Danta-dhdwan of Saketa was only 
seven feet high, and that it never grew any higher, which would seem 
to show that it was only a small tree or shrub; and this indeed is 
actually the case with the Datton, or “tooth-brush tree’ of Gonda, 
which is a Chilbi/, or shrub eaten by goats, that never exceeds 8 or 10 
feet. I conclude therefore that the original tooth-brush tree of Hatila 
has disappeared, and that the name has been applied to the Mahwa, 
which is the only tree now remaining on the mound. 
326. The north-east mound is a mere undistinguishable mass of 
broken bricks, but the central mound is still covered with the ruins of 
the temple of Asoknith Mahadeo, containing a large broken lingam. 
Portions of the brick walls, which still remain, show that the temple 
was only 12 feet square; but the whole has been lifted up by the 
roots of a gigantic Pipal tree, which still hold the bricks together by 
their interlacings. These remains attracted the attention of Buchanan 
ee ee ee 
Hamilton during his survey of Gorakhpur, who remarks that “a wild 
fig tree having taken root on the linga will soon cover it.” This 
actually took place, and the linga was almost completely hidden by 
the matted roots of the Pipal, until the tree was cut down by the 
Tahsildar of the neighbouring village of Vazirganj in A. D. 1862. As 
the cut stem of the Pipal shows 849 annual rings, the tree must have 

SPST ELL Pere NT am Le 
