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course by the villagers, is a very singular figure, and the only one of 

 the kind I have hitherto met with : see Photograph No. 22 J (Plate II.) 

 It represents two figures, life-sized, one seated on the shoulders of the 

 other. From the ornaments and style it is evidently Buddhist, hut I 

 am completely at a loss as to its meaning. To the north of the village, 

 there is another little temple in a mangoe grove, with a number of 

 figures, more or less mutilated, collected around it. I noticed a nicely 

 sculptured Lingam of a square form, and the only specimen of the kind 

 I have met with. 



KtUangee. — About five miles west of this place is a village called 

 Kutangee. There is in it a large mud fort of some pretensions, and 

 numerous mounds of brick rubbish, some figures in fragments, but 

 none of any interest. 



Mnjheaivan. — About a koss further north, there is another large mud 

 fort at the village of Mujhcawan, and nearly every village about this 

 have mounds and small mud forts, but I saw no figures of importance 

 or interest. 



Kyal. — About eight miles west of Mujhcawan, there are large tanks 

 and mounds, but no other features of importance. 



Deokund. — South of Kyal on the borders of an extensive tract of 

 land covered with shrub jungle is a place called Deokoond, which seems 

 to have possessed a Buddhist temple or monastery. There is a fair held 

 here in the month of Fagoon, when great numbers of people assemble 

 to bathe in the tank or koond. On a former visit, I observed a num- 

 ber of broken Buddhist figures and miniature stupas collected under 

 the trees : these have since been covered with a coating of mud. The 

 temple itself is in the centre of a mass of brick rubbish, through which 

 a road has been cut to give access to the interior chamber which is 

 now occupied by a Lingam. A rude sort of dome has been erected 

 immediately over the central chamber. See Photograph No. 23. 



No. 24 is the gateway of a fortified serai in the old village of 

 Daoodnuggur, so named from Daood Khan the founder, who died 

 some 200 years ago. 



Konch.— On the road between Daoodnuggur and Gaya, about 16 

 miles from the latter, is the village of Konch ; I have already noticed the 

 temple at this place, but the following notes may not be unacceptable. 

 The present village consists of two parts, the bazar on both sides of 



