232 A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Remains of Bihar. [No. 3, 
1100 feet from the north-east corner there is a portion of an entire wall measur- 
ing 20 feet by 14. Further on, the wall appears clearly to have been remov- 
ed and hardly a trace of it remains till towards the north-west corner, where 
its elevation considerably increases, and there are enormous masses of brick, 
which lead me to the conclusion that a tower must have once existed here. 
At this place the bricks are very small and of remarkable solidity. At a 
distance of 110 feet from the corner there are clear marks of a bastion, and 
the same feature is observable at similar distances up to the great west door, 
some 500 or GOO feet from the north-west comer of the fort. The rampart 
throughout this distance presents an average elevation of 25 or 30 feet above 
the plain beneath. Just before the west door, a fine piece of wall still 
remains intact measuring 2G feet by 14. Passing out by the west gate and 
going 800 feet in a direct line to the south-west, and crossing about midway 
the Sarasvati rivulet, one arrives at a circular mound having an elevation of 
some 30 feet and a diameter of 180. The centre is considerably depressed, 
and seems to consist simply of masses of bricks similar to those on the ram- 
parts and inside the fort. From the west side of the ruins a sort of terrace 
leads to a semi-circular heap of somewhat loss elevation than the first. In the 
centre of this I discovered three large statues of Buddha, all headless but 
otherwise little mutilated ; they are all seated on lotus-petal thrones, supported 
by bases ornamented by different devices. In one, several figures are seen 
in the act of making an offering ; the centre of the second is occupied by the 
“ Wheel of the Law,” with a deer on either side, and the third bears the 
representations of two lions-coucliant. These mounds are undoubtedly the 
mins of the great tower mentioned in the text. I have made at the present 
time two incisions in the side of the topes, and have recovered from them 
some Buddhist idols of remarkable beauty, as well as a tablet covered with 
the representations of the nine planets. 
From the west door the ramparts still increase in height, but the wall 
is hidden by masses of brick. Not far from the end of the western side, 
there is auotlier break in the wall, exactly opposite which is a small temple 
containing a Buddhist idol, now worshipped by the Hindus as the image of 
Beni Madhava. At each side of the Sarasvati stream is a pacca ghat, and 
the ceremonies of “ Goudan” and “ Pindadan” are constantly performed 
here. At a short distance from this opening, the south rampart commences, 
and has an elevation nearly equal to that on the west. The wall is not 
straight, but inclines towards the north-east. At about the 500th foot from 
the south-west corner, there are unmistakable traces of an enormous brick 
tower, and 400 feet farther on there is a long piece of wall still intact, and 
terminating in the southern gate. From this point to the south-east angle 
the wall is clearly visible. It lias an elevation of some 30 or 40 feet above 
the valley, and there appear to have been bastions at distances varying 
