25G A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic llemains of Bihar. [No. 3, 
them suddenly they fled, leaving their burden in the open plain.” It is said 
that the kings of Darbliangah have often tried in vain to raise the Lat. 
Mitarjft Singh (who was alive in the time of Lord Cornwallis) spent large 
sums in endeavouring to remove it, hut was at last deterred by an apparition 
of the pillar, which warned him in a dream that the accomplishment of his 
purpose would lead to his certain destruction. The village regard the Lat 
■with the most superstitions veneration and declare the last time it was pol- 
luted by the touch of an unbeliever, the villagers were promptly visited a 
conflagration. 
About a mile to the south-east of the Lat is a village called Dapthu, 
the site of a great mass of ruined temples, of which a long account is given 
in Montgomery Martin’s ‘ Gya and Shahabad,’ pp. 97-100. I quote it in de- 
tail merely for the purpose of illustrating how quickly buildings, even of the 
most solid description, disappear, under the influence of the varying seasons 
of an Indian climate. 
“ Immediately west from the temple called Parasnath is a line of 
four temples running north and south. The two extreme temples of this 
line are said to be those of Kanaiya, the images of which entirely resemble 
those usually called LakslimS Narayan or Viisudeva, and are very large. I 
believe that those which have two attendants on each side are usually called 
by the former name, and those which have only one attendant as this, are 
called by the latter, but I did not at first attend to the distinction, and can- 
not say whether or not it is generally observed. The temple furthest north 
consists of one chamber supported by antique columns of grauite. 
“ The brick work had fallen and was rebuilt by Raja Mitrajit’s grand- 
father, but has again decayed a great deal. The door is of stone and is 
highly ornamented. The original sides remain, but the lintel has been 
removed, and its place supplied by one of the sides of the door of Parasnath 
which will perhaps show that before the repair was given, the temple had 
been so long a ruin that its door had been lost. The southern temple of 
Kanaiya is an entire ruin, but the image remains in its place. 
“ The central temple next to this is the most entire, and contains a large 
image, called Surya, and very nearly similar to that of Akbarpur. On one 
side is placed the usual figure called Lakshmi Narayan. The temple consists 
of a flat-roofed natmundir porch, or propylacrum and of a pyramidical shrine 
or mundir. The roof of the former consists of long stones supported by 
stone beams and these by columns. The interstices of the outer rows are 
filled with bricks to complete the walls. 
“ The shrine, except the door is constructed entirely of brick. Both the 
door of the shrine and the stone-work of the porch are of much greater anti- 
quity than the parts that consist of brick, which have probably been several 
times renewed ; but there is no appearance that the image or stone- 
