240 A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Remains of Bihar. [No. 3, 
part of Baibhar runs almost due south) “ and proceeding westward 300 
paces, there is a stone cell, called the P'/pal Cave, where Buddha was accus- 
tomed to sit in deep moditation after his mid-day meal.”* 
This corresponds exactly with the position of the cave in question, and 
this view is supported strongly by the succeeding sentence, — “ going still in 
a westerly direction five or six li, there is a stone cave situate in the nor- 
thern shade of the mountain, and called Che-ti.” This description applies 
with singular accuracy to the Sonbhandar Cave in the northern shade of 
Mount Baibhar, and almost exactly a mile from the haithak of Jarasandha. 
Hwen Thsang’s account is still more striking, — “ A l’ouest des sources ther- 
males, on voit la maison en pierre du Pi-po-lo (Pippala). Jadis, l’honor- 
able du siecle, y faisait son sejour habituel. La cavern a prof onde qui s’ouvre 
derriere ses murs ctait le palais des ’O-sou-lo — Asouras”f [of Jarasandha ?]. 
Pushing 800 feet further up the mountain side, I found another plat- 
form, or haithak, almost identical in size and shape with that of Jarasandha. 
The Raj wars call it Sitdmuri, but I could discover no special legend concern- 
ing it. Leaving it and climbing up a steep ascent to the west for a distance 
of about 1300 feet, one comes, quite suddenly, on a small Jain a temple built 
some few years ago by one Hukumat Rai. Between the last haithak and 
this temple there are marks of au enormous wall, 14 or 15 feet thick, and 
this forms the pathway which leads up the mountain side. The Raj wars, 
the sole inhabitants of the wild of Itajgir, called it Jarasandha’s stair- 
case, and tell you that he built it in a single day to assemble his troops on 
the mountain tops on the approach of his enemies from the west. The 
temple contains (besides the usual charana, or footprint) two very fine and 
perfect figures of Buddha. The first is throe feet high. Buddha is repre- 
sented sitting on the lotus throne (padmasana) in the attitude of meditation. 
Beneath this, the Sinhdsana is divided into three compartments — the two 
outer containing lions, and the middle one the ‘ Wheel of the Law,’ (very 
elaborately carved) supported by two shells. The second figure is a smaller 
one and is surmounted by a canopy. 
Eight hundred feet to the west of this temple is a similar building con- 
taining nothing of interest. Twelve or fourteen paces to the south of it, I 
found the ruins of a very small Buddhist temple covered with the densest 
jungle. It appears to have contained twelve gray stone columns about six 
feet high. The entrance was to the east, and in digging out the centre I 
found a very curious image of Buddha — very roughly carved. The main 
figure was surrounded by smaller ones, each depicting some chief episode in 
his life. Piercing the jungle 400 feet to the south-west of this ruin, I found 
the remains of a very large temple almost perfect. The cupola had fallen 
* Beal’s Pah-Hian, Oh. xxx., p. 117. 
t Memoirea, Tom. II., p. 24. 
