168 On the Antiquities of JIainpuri. [No. 3, 



where noticed, or described ; although I may here add that I found 

 one carved into a capital at Sarnath. which may be seen by the curious 

 at the Museum, Queen's College. Benares. 



Mdldun. When driving on the Grand Trunk Road on my way to 

 Eta. and 13 miles east from that place. I unexpectedly came upon an old 

 temple, and as I have not met with any account of the same, I made a 

 few notes and drawings which may perhaps prove of interest to some, 

 and which I therefore annex. The first thing which attracted my 

 notice, was the size and regularity of the kankar blocks with which 

 the temple had been built. 



They varied from 3' 6" to 4' X "' X 9". and appear to have been 

 freely used by the officers of the Grand Trunk Road for bridge build- 

 ing, for many miles of road. Jaswant Singh, the old Thakur zamin- 

 dar of the place, told me that a certain " Conolly Sahib" had taken 

 the road right through the temple, entirely clearing away the southern 

 arm of the cross, in which ancient form, the erection had been con- 

 structed, and used Government vans at night to transport blocks 

 of kankar. carved and plain, for his works ; whilst the " oldest in- 

 habitants'' who professed to have remembered the occurrence, added — 

 " The kaidis (prisoners') backs were broken by their weight," and 

 a third put in, " Nay. but they were killed outright !" 



This is merely mentioned, to shew the need of some officer to see 

 to the preservation of old ruins ; for the zamindar offered me as 

 many stones as I might require, and did not appear to mind their 

 removal. 



But to resume my account. The only portion of the original 

 foundation that I could find laid bare, was built with large bricks 

 ll" or 15° X $'' X 2|" and was bV in thickness, with a buttress 

 extending 9 feet. The facing of the superstructure, was originally 

 composed of the large blocks of kunkur formerly alluded to, and very 

 little other stone appears to have been used. 



In Figure, No. 14. a specimen of the basement moulding is given 

 This is about 1 foot in depth, and is of the most ancient type. I 

 Sundry traces of Hindu restoration of an ancient Buddhist chaitya are | 

 apparent ; amongst others, a large lintel stone (of Agra (?) sandstone) 

 with the peculiar frog-like crushed figures at either end, so often 

 seen in modern Hindu temples at Benares and elsewhere. This stone 





