52 Antiquities in the Gay a District. [No. 1, 



with these little buildings in several localities, and will refer to them 

 again in noticing those I found in better preservation at Cheon. 



Genjun. — Referring to the map,* you will see that there is a village 

 called Genjun, about 6 miles distant, west of the Patna road, in a direct 

 line with Durawuth. There are very extensive mounds at this village, 

 and several large and interesting figures, one of which is represented 

 in No. 22. It is well executed and, with the exception of the fracture, 

 in good preservation ; the figures surrounding the Boodh are represent- 

 ations of events in the life of Sakya Singha, with the Nirvan at the 

 top. The figure is called Byro by the Brahmans of the village. The 

 pedestals of several large figures as well as the lintel of a sculptured 

 Buddhist doorway have inscriptions, but they are defaced, from the 

 villagers having used them as whet-stones. I was informed that these 

 figures were exhumed when the mounds were dug into for the erection 

 of a small mud fort which adjoins these mounds : no doubt these 

 mounds are the sites of large buildings, and their excavation would 

 bring to light may other interesting figures. 



To the north-east also a number of figures have been collected in a 

 small brick enclosure, but they seem to be of more modern date ; a 

 figure of Glunesh is the principal one. 



Kispa. About two miles to the south-west is a village called 

 Kispa, where there are some very fine life-sized figures ; one in 

 the middle of the village to the east is a fine standing figure of 

 Boodh, in capital preservation, with an inscription ; near it are 

 slabs and pillars of granite shewing that a temple had existed at 

 this spot ; the whole village stands on high ground formed of brick 

 rubbish. To the south of the village are extensive mounds, and to 

 the north of this there is an old mud fort. On the west side of the 

 ditch surrounding the fort there is a twelve-armed figure, the same as 

 the one at Durawuth, and has evidently been found when digging the 

 fort ditch. Close by these mounds, to the south, is a small temple dedi- 

 cated to Tara Devi, and a number of figures are collected in and 

 around it ; the temple itself is of the common kind seen in every 

 village. Tara Devi is a standing figure of a Buddhist character, but it 

 was so covered by drapery, that I could not make it out. A little to the 

 north of this temple, and on the opposite side of a ditch cut as a water- 

 * Preserved in the Asiatic Society's Libraiy. Eds. 



