280 A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Remains of Bihar. [No. 3, 
wards the spectator and he is apparently in the act of adoration, and the 
other is in the act of supplication. At each side of the body is a tree, and 
in the centre rises a circular stupa on a square base terminating in a series 
of thirteen umbrellas. The Buddhist creed is inscribed on the face of the 
bed. [CXXLI.] The alto-relievo figure of a goddess two feet three inches 
high, not in any way mutilated — seated on a cushioned throne supported by 
lions at either corner. A doth hangs down from the centre of the throne 
and bears an inscription. The figure is four-armed. The body is covered 
by a spangled garment which descends from a jewelled girdle below the na- 
vel. The usual ornaments are seen on the arms and neck, and a medallion 
is suspended by a chain from the latter. A scarf passes across the breast 
and shoulders. The upper hands grasp sprigs or bunches of flowers, and the 
lower hand to the left support a nude male infant on her knee. The op- 
posite hand holds, what is apparently meant to represent, some sweetmeat 
or a cocoanut. The hair is elaborately ornamented. I take it to be the 
figure of Vasti, the goddess of fecundity, and I found an almost identical idol 
in the Bihar fort. There is an inscription on the plinth, of which the 
following is a reading — 
?jrr \3[?]jirq»Tt Itrsrfvrci 
vi A 
[two letters] rr [?] ^ [two letters.] 
“ In the village of Nentati by Gopatichandralca, the son of Sai Yishnu, 
and mistress [or master, lord] of Pundra Sai Mahanika.*” 
[CCCXLII.] Portion of a figure of Buddha, containing merely the 
head — the surrounding halo [within which is inscribed the Buddhist creed], 
and a small kneeling figure to the left, holding a scroll, over which is in- 
scribed the word Sri Magulan. [CCCXLIII.] Elaborate pedestal of 
a figure of Buddha in the attitude of meditation [broken off], A double 
row of lotus leaves springing from a very beautifully sculptured stem, amongst 
which are the figures of five devotees. The base is covered by a long in- 
scription of two lines, but I almost despair of getting it deciphered, on ac- 
count of its indistinctness. [CCCLX1V.] Alto-relievo figure, of Buddha 
in black basalt, and polished to resemble marble, two feet eight inches high. 
The body resembles precisely that of the great figure near the lake. The 
throne is divided into three compartments — the outer ones containing lions- 
rampant, and the middle one two devotees and a figure of Buddha in a state 
of repose under a canopy. The background consists of pillars, and dragons- 
rampant. The head is surrounded by an halo, which is surmounted by a 
pipal tree and the Buddhist creed. There is a seated Buddha on either side 
of the head. [CCCXLV.] An alto-relievo figure in hlack basalt, two 
feet ten inches high, seated on a throne, along the face of which there is an 
* All the characters are nearly obliterated. 
