G Sir Arthur P. Phayre —On the History of Pegu. [No. 1, 
the same reason for which individuals of certain Naga tribes erect stone 
monuments at the present day, not 20 miles distant. There was certainly 
no hack or front side to the corridor in the strict sense of the term, for the 
Y-pillars are carved on both faces and on the lower or outside face of the 
arms. To the west of this edifice, and parallel with it, runs a broad shallow 
ditch, dry in the cold weather, and on the edge of it, opposite the centre of 
the corridors, stands a large isolated pillar now much broken, skirting an old 
tank ; and about 150 yards further, another isolated pillar is found, the largest 
in the place, being 16 feet 8 inches high and 23 feet in circumference. These 
great solid masses of sandstone (which is very soft when first quarried) must 
have been brought in and set up in the rough and then carved, or they 
would have been much damaged in getting them up. In this largest pillar 
such is evident ; the original mass did not admit of its being cut with per¬ 
fect curve, and here and there the concentric rings of carving follow into the 
natural and original indentations of surface. The gradual rise of land sur¬ 
face with probable sinking of the stones had hidden the sculptured portions 
for more than a foot of one examined. Some of the pillars have been brought 
down by falling trees, but I think an earthquake has had its share; for one 
of the corner V-supports has been twisted quite out of its original position 
(vide large plan) from west to east, 90 degrees, the weight of the arms of 
those on either side falling in contrary directions would have aided this. 
The sketches I have attached to this paper with the drawings of the pillars 
as they now appear will, I trust, give some idea of the style of architecture 
of these curious old ruins which are fast disappearing with the rapid growth 
and damp of the surrounding forest. 
On the History of Pegu.—Py Major General Sir Arthur P. Phayre, 
K. C. S. I., C. B. 
(Continued from Journal, Part I, for 1873, p. 159.) 
Maha Upa Radza, the eldest son of the deceased emperor, burnt the 
body of his father, on the fifth day after his death, with the funeral 
ceremonies used for a Tsekya wate (Chakrawartti), or universal monarch. 
The bones were collected and cast into the river at its mouth. He then 
declared himself his father’s successor, and appointed his own son Meng- 
kyitswa, Upa Radza. He is in the Talaing history styled Nanda Bureng. 
The army which had been sent to Arakan was at once recalled. The king 
of Siam, Byanarit, came it is said to Hanthawati, and did homage, as did 
other tributary kings. But the king of Ava, uncle to the Emperor, did not 
appeal, and his dauglitei, who was married to the Upa Radza, complained 
