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this row are Inserted. There can be no dispute that the Singhasan 

 was in the centre of the building, that is to say, that as there are 

 three pillars to the right of it, there were as many to the left, in 

 each of the three rows, the front row being of double pillars through- 

 out. Re- constructing the edifice as it originally stood, therefore, 

 there were one row of six double pillars, and two rows of six single 

 pillars, or twenty-four pillars in all. Each capital is ornamented with 

 the bell pendant, of which the Buddhists were so passionately fond 

 and which was after them much used by the Brahmins. The double 

 columns are surmounted by one huge capital, five feet and a half in 

 breadth, each of which possesses a long arm for the eaves stone. Over 

 the two inner rows are two domes, one of which is above the 

 Singhasan, and is more ornamented than the other. There must have 

 been originally a third dome to the left of the central dome, corre- 

 sponding to that on the right. Outside the building there is a fine 

 basement moulding which doubtless belonged to the primitive struc- 

 ture. Estimating the building as it once stood, it was fully fifty-four 

 feet in length and about twenty-four in breadth. The Mussulmans 

 may have altered it considerably in transforming it into a mosque, 

 but we apprehend that not a little of the old temple still remains. 

 Some of the large stones have fallen into the Nala or upon its banks, and 

 others have not unlikely been made use of in the repairs of the 

 bridge, and of its adjoining stone wall, so that we believe it would 

 not be a difficult task to find nearly all the missing pillars and capitals. 

 The Maqdum Sahib is a square enclosure in the Oulzar Mahalla 

 near to Tilia Nala, used by the Mohammedans as a cemetery. On 

 its northern and western sides are cloistered pillars, partially in situ, 

 with portions of ancient stone eaves overhanging their capitals, 

 presenting on their upper surface imitations of wood-carving. There 

 are twenty-five pillars on the western side, and twenty-eight, or, if all 

 could be seen, probably thirty-two, on the northern side. Several of 

 the pillars are carved ; while some of the capitals are ornamented, and 

 some are double. There may be seen also handsomely carved stone 

 brackets for the support of the eaves above alluded to. The eastern 

 wall bounding the enclosure is evidently composed, to some extent, 

 of cut stones of an ancient date. The entire court is one hundred feet 

 long from east to west, and sixty feet broad from north to south. 





