1867.] On the Antiquities of Mainpuri. 163 



Anjani. About three miles north of Mainpuri in the cross-road 

 eading to Eta lies this village, and the road to it is cut through the 

 base of the large khera or mound which attracts the attention of the 

 Archseologist. To the left (in west) for a very large ext >nt is low 

 marshy land caused by the extensive scooping off of the surface earth 

 or the purpose of raising the mound to the right, on which, in very 

 early times, stood Buddhist or Hindu buildings. 



At present the summit is occupied by a small mud fort surrounded 

 by a trench, which I was told was thrown up in Lord Lake's 

 time by the Nawab of Lucknow, whose authority was acknowledged 

 here. 



Close by and still upon the crest of the mound which is of great 

 extent, appears a heap of stones, and this upon closer examination, 

 proves to have been a Buddhist " chaitya" or outlying chapel to a 

 large building. 



The basement would appear to be in situ, and stands in the 

 middle of what was once an enclosure of 24 by 18 paces in extent, 

 its longest face being toward the south. The foundation of the 

 enclosure wall has been dug out to the extent of several * feet, which 

 reveals the fact that the whole of this part of the mound consists 

 of brickwork laid in mud and the bricks being from 14" to 15" 

 X 10" X 2f" in size. 



The " chaitya" was constructed of kankar blocks ; although some 

 small portions were of Delhi sandstone. The remains, however, scat- 

 tered through the village, shew that there must once have been a very 

 large building here with columns of considerable diameter ; and from 

 their character, I am inclined to assign a date coeval with the decline 

 of Buddhism. 



The sheet of illustrations herewith sent, (Plate VII.) shews that the 

 line of Bakshas' or demon heads, bears the character of the Buddh Graya 

 restorations and of many found at Benares and Jaunpur (figured in the 

 Journal) presumed by me to belong to the same period (Fig. 1). The 

 original cruciform capitals (Figs. 2 and 3) and chessboard ("diaper" 

 of Col. Yule) pattern, Fig. 4, betoken great antiquity, whilst the find- 

 ing in one place of the eight feet of cornice would seem to indicate a 

 larger " Sinhasan" or idol throne for the figure of Buddha than could 

 have been placed in the little " chaitya." 



