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has probably been solid like those of the Buddhists, no sort of cavity being 
perceptible, and it seems to have been a cone placed on a quadrangular base, 
forty-five feet square and as high as the natmandir. The cone is very much 
reduced, and even the base has been decayed into a mere heap of bricks. 
On its south side in the area by which it is surrounded, has been a small 
quadrangular building, the roof of which has been supported by pillars of 
granite, three of which remain. Beyond the mandir to the west is a semi- 
circular terrace which appears to have been artificially sloped away, very 
steep towards the sides and to have been about fifty-one feet in diameter. 
The cutting down the sides of this terrace seems to have left a small plain at 
its bottom, and an excavation has been made in this, in order probably to 
procure materials. 
“ Returning now to the small tank and proceeding east along the cause- 
way, it brings us to a semi-circular platform about thirty feet in radius, on 
which is another conical building quite ruined. East from thence and adja- 
cent is an area forty-five feet square, the centre of which is occupied by a 
low square pedestal twenty-five feet square divided on the sides by compart- 
ments like the pannelling on wainscot, and terminating in a neat cornice. 
On this pedestal, rises a solid column of brick sixty-eight feet in circumfer- 
ence. About thirty feet up, this column has been surrounded by various 
mouldings, not ungraceful, which have occupied about fifteen feet, beyond 
which what remains of the column, perhaps ten feet, is quite plain. A deep 
cavity has been made into the column probably in search of treasure, and this 
shows that the building is solid. It has been constructed of bricks cemented by 
clay, and the outside has been smoothed with a chisel and not plastered. Part 
of the original smooth surface remains entire, especially on the east side. 
The weather on the west side has produced much injury. To the east of the 
area in which this pillar stands, is a kind of small level, called the flower- 
garden of Jarasandha, an idea perfectly ridiculous, the extent being misera- 
ble, and the whole a barren arid rock.” 
This description of the ruins of the so-called tower, written when it was 
far less dilapidated than it is at present, confirms me in my opinion that the 
original building was a stupa. 
The ruins on the Giryak hill are undoubtedly identical with the reli- 
gious edifices visited and described by Hwen Thsang. The subject is at 
once so important, and so interesting, that I quote from him in full. 
“ Apres avoir fait encore trente li a Test, il arriva a la montagne appelee 
In-to’-lo-chi-lo-kiu-ho-chan (Indra-cila-gouha). 
“ Devant le couvent du pic oriental de la montagne, il y a un stoupa. Ce 
couvent s’appelle Seng-so-kia-lan (Hansa Sangliarama). Jadis les religieux 
de ce couvent suivaient la doctrine du petit Vehicule, appelee la doctrine 
graduello, et faisaient usage des trois aliments purs. Un jour, le Bhikchou, 
