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pletely imbedded in the brick work. The roof is nine feet six inches above 
the floor. Most of the pillars are about six feet six inches high, and have 
separate capitals and bases. They are surmounted by long stone beams 
placed transversely, which in turn support the roof consisting of huge slabs 
of granite and basalt. The pillars are of great variety of shape and design. 
Some are square, both at the capital, base, and shaft ; others have square bases 
and capitals but simple octagon shafts, while others again are oval and 
covered with the richest ornament. Most of these exhibit great freedom of 
design, and several of them are of the most graceful form. The ‘ Sangi Masjid’ 
(as it is popularly called) was built on the site of a Buddhist temple, and near- 
ly all the graves dug around it, have yielded either figures, pillars, or portions 
of cornice and moulding. The Musalman of Tillarah refuses to bury in 
any tomb from which any idolatrous image or carving has been turned up, and 
for this reason a grave has sometimes to be dug three or four times over. 
Just outside the gate of the Sangi Masjid, a man pointed out a spot, 
which he said had been dug out for his father’s grave, and subsequently 
abandoned because a large image had been found there. I ordered an excava- 
tion to be made in the place indicated, and came on a splendid figure of 
Buddha, unfortunately broken in three pieces, about four feet from the sur- 
face. The black basalt in which it was carved, is of the finest quality, and 
the features quite perfect. It has been photographed. Outside the doors of 
the masjid is a second enclosure containing the tomb of Sayyid Yusuf Iqbal, 
a Muhammadan saint who lived in Tillarah about two hundred and fifty 
years ago. He and his six brothers are greatly respected and revered by the 
Musalmans of the Tillarah district, and the tombs of the latter are to be 
found at the villages of Meawan, Mandaj, Abdalpur, Fathpiir, Parbalpur, 
and Bibipur. 
Down to the time of Altbar, Tillarah was a place of some considerable 
importance, and the capital of one of the largest parganahs between the 
Bajgir hills and the Ganges. Its area is in the A'in-i-Akbari stated to be 
39,053 bighahs, and its revenue 2,920,360 dams. It also had to furnish 
a force of 300 cavalry and 20 infantry. 
Some of the finest figures and carvings in my collection come from 
the Tillarah monastery. I extract a description of them from my catalogue 
[No. LXII.]. Unmutilated alto-relievo figure in fine black basalt, two feet 
seven inches high, holding a lotus in either hand. On the head is a jewelled 
crown, conical in shape, with curious ornaments behind the ears. The hair 
is dressed in profuse ringlets. A garland passes over the loft shoulder across 
the body. The earrings consist of two parts — a jewelled ring, passed through 
an oval hoop. There is a jewelled girdle around the waist. The body is 
covered with a tight jacket, having an ornamental facing. The legs are 
covered with pantaloons, and the feet with boots. A sword is girded below 
