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pillars which culminate in tulip-shaped capitals. There is a bead-like halo 
round the head, and a similar border encircles the stone itself. This figure 
came from the centre of the brick building, and always bore the name of the 
Telia Dhobe (an evil spirit ?) 
A mile to the west of the Dig! pond at Titrawan is another village — 
scarcely less picturesquely situated — called Haragawan or Hargaon [Vihara- 
gram ?]. Here there is a large mound at the west bend of a dried-up tank. 
Several pieces of carving were lying about it, when I first visited it in Sep- 
tember, and I commenced an excavation there. I uncovered a series of cells 
running north and south, each being twelve feet long by four or five broad, 
and the partition walls being of great thickness. In the first cell to the south, 
I found a splendid figure of Buddha, and I hope one day to completely un- 
cover the mound. The Buddha I allude to, is No. XXVI, in my museum. It 
is carved in black basalt of a quality equal to marble. The body rests on a 
pedestal of lotus flowers, beneath which is a throne divided into seven com- 
partments. These are again sub-divided by a line in the centre. The lower 
ones consist merely of brackets, mouldings, and cornices, and the upper ones 
are filled with figures. At the right is a female devotee ; then a lion ; next 
a grotesque figure (full face) supporting the moulding above, and in the centre 
the Wheel of the Law with a deer on either side. On the left side, in the 
place of the female figure, are two chaityas, with a small figure above. 
The signification of this is mysterious. As regards the dress, a simple sheet 
extends from the waist to the ankles, and its folds are gathered up in festoons 
beneath the legs. The head is covered by a conical crown, and the jewels on 
the body are very elaborate. To the right of the figure is a small image of 
Mayadevi, and above this a Buddha — standing and wearing a conical crown. 
There is a similar figure on the opposite side, and below it is a Buddha hold- 
ing the Bhikhshu’s bowl. The necklace is very beautiful, and there is a lotus 
blossom behind each ear. 
VIII.— Pawa'pu'ri' and Biha'r [“ The Isolated Rock”]. 
We must next visit one of the greatest places of Jaina pilgrimage — Pa- 
wapuri, situated about three miles to the west of Hargaon and Titra- 
wan, near the dried-up course of the Panch ina, and as nearly as possible due 
south of the “ solitary hill” of Bihar. Pawapuri is, strange to say, sin- 
gularly destitute of archaeological interest. The great temple of Mahavira is a 
modem construction, — -a glaring mass of brick and plaster, totally void of 
any beauty or architectural merit. Its lodging-houses, garden, “ nauratan” 
summer-house, &c., all date within the past thirty years, and look as if 
the workmen had only left them yesterday. To the south of the village, and 
near the shores of the famous Pawapuri tank, I detected the remains of a 
tumulus, but its materials have been ruthlessly used up in the construction of 
