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tomb of Shah pafiuddin (ej^l {t g**> ^), which lie close together, 

 about twenty minutes' walk from the station. Without entering 

 into a minute description of these buildings, which I wish to 

 reserve till several drawings have been completed, I may state that 

 the tower resembles in structure the Qutb Manar near Dihli. 

 Tho inside walls are well enamelled. A fine view may be had 

 from the top. The mosque to the west of the tower, is very long 

 and low, as early Pat'han mosques are. Within are two rows of 

 21 pillars each, 6 feet high, with high arches. The roof contains 

 63 very low cupolas. On the west side is a steep declivity, at the 

 foot of which is a tank. The mosque is built of small light-red 

 bricks which, like the 42 pillars, once belonged to a Buddhist 

 temple. The whole east side of the mosque is one mass of Buddhistic 

 ornaments in excellent preservation. The pillars inside are of 

 basalt ;* about half of them are well ornamented, others are barely 

 cut. The distance between the doors is the same as the thickness 

 of the walls, about one yard and three quarters. The inner western 

 wall is ornamented with low niches of Buddhistic design. In the 

 N. W. corner of the mosque a high platform has been erected of 

 solid masonry with a small room on it, which is said to have served 

 Shah Cafi as Chillahkhdndh C*^*^, or room to which hermits 

 withdraw for forty days) . Outside the mosque a few unfinished 

 basalt pillars lie about. There is no inscription on the mosque. 

 Across the road, south of the tower, is the Astdnah (threshold) or 

 tomb of f afiuddin. It has no inscriptions on its walls. West 

 of the tomb is a ruined mosque of the 14th or 15th century, with 

 ornaments half Buddhistic, half Musalman. It has outside three 

 basalt tablets, with Arabic inscriptions in large Tughra characters 

 containing verses from the Qoran, &c. There is another inscription 

 insidu. They are very high on the walls ; facsimiles arc being- 

 taken of them. The story goes that the mosque was built by a 

 rich merchant in fulfilment of a vow made by him for the safe re- 

 turn of his ships (to Satganw ?) ; but he built it with chunam made 

 out of cowries, and demanded, moreover, that no one should repair 

 it unless he took tho same kind of lime. ' Hence it is now in ruins.' 



* Dr. Stoliczka informs me that tin. 1 basalt of thoso pillars is the same as tho 

 i found in the Rajmahal Hills. 





