1895.] V. A. Smith & W. Hdey— Buddhist Statuettes. 155 
Ancient Buddhist Statuettes and a Gandella Copper-plate from the Bftndd 
District.—By Vincent A. Smith, I. C. S., and William Hoey, 
D. Litt., I. 0. S. 
(With five plates.) 
[Read June 1895.] 
Part 1. 
The village on the south bank of the Jumna in the Pailani Talisil 
of the Banda District in the North-Western Provinces, which is officially 
known as Icchawar, and popularly as Nicchawar, marks the site of one 
of the ancient towns of Bundelkhand. 
The ruins on the west side of the modern village are known by the 
name of Dhanesar Khera. Remains of a large building with a plastered 
floor are here traceable, and an image is venerated as Dhansir Dai. 
The statue is that of a bearded man, seated on a cushion, with one leg 
drawn up, and wearing a cap and waistcloth, or short drawers. A sword 
hangs by his side. The long, flowing hair is coiled up behind over the 
shoulders. The ears are long, and adorned with earrings. The hands 
are folded, and seem to hold a casket. The same name, Dhansir Dai, 
is applied to a group of figures, one male, and three female, at Pardawa! 
in the Mau Tahsil of the same district. PardawS, we may note in 
passing, is an interesting site which would probably repay detailed 
examination. 
The mounds about a mile south-east of Icchawar are called Dhani 
Khera. The buildings there originally surrounded a considerable lake 
about thirty acres in extent, which is now dry. This lake is sometimes 
called the Bahi Tal, and sometimes the Madan Sugar. The latter name, 
which is also applied to the lake in the town of Malioba, and is there 
a memorial of the powerful Candella king, Madana-varman, appears 
at Icchawar to commemorate Madana-pala-^armman, the senapati , or 
general, of king Paramarddi-deva, the grandson and successor of Madana- 
varman. This seems to be the natural inference from the fact that 
the copper-plate inscription recording the bestowal of the village 
Nandini-grama on the seuapati was found in the ruins near the dry lake 
