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wall of the main building which is "covered by the side walls of the 

 porch, was covered with a coating of plaster and that the mouldings 

 were perfect. Now this could hardly have been the case, had the porch 

 and temple been built at the same time, and further the wall so covered 

 by the porch wall had only one coating of plaster, whereas the whole 

 building, porch and all, has had at different times two coatings of 

 plaster, in the first instance it was highly ornamented with various 

 devices, the second was plain, simply following the mouldings of the 

 bricks. 



" Mr. Home says the inserted work is clear everywhere ; I cannot help 

 thinking that he must have been misled by the junction of the 

 porch and main building, and I am the more inclined to believe this 

 from what I remember of his remarks when we both visited the 

 temple, for I could find no sign of any disturbance of the original 

 masonry within or without the walls of the porch, which would have been 

 quite observable had the walls containing the arches either in the 

 middle or lower chamber been inserted after the main building was 

 built ; you will be able to judge in some degree yourself, if you will 

 carefully examine the Photograph No. 2, where the wall is very clearly 

 shown, and also No. 1, but, as it is on a smaller scale, it is not so 

 distinct. 



" He further says that, ' the floor of the upper chamber comes through 

 the wall of the building,' but I cannot see what this has to do with 

 the inserted work ; it only shows that the upper chamber terminated 

 at this point, and that the triangular opening went no further. In the 

 Koch temple, the opening has perpendicular sides, and is much larger 

 in proportion than the Boodh G-ya one, and if the sides were prolonged, 

 as at Koch, they would include the middle chamber, but I could 

 find no sign that such had been the original structure although I exa- 

 mined the wall from every available place. 



" The Koch temple has only two chambers and there is only one arch ; 

 viz. the roof of the lower chamber, I send a Photograph of the front of 

 that temple, No. 8, which will give you a very good, idea of its ap- 

 pearance and style. 



" I have the pleasure to send you herewith a set of nine Photographs, 

 viz. : 



1. View of the great temple at Boodh Gya with Amara Singlia's 

 Gateway in the foreground. 



