JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
Part I.—HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 
No. I.—1892. 
Discovery of Buddhist Remains at Mount TIren in Mungir ( Monghyr) 
district , and Identification of the site with a celebrated Hermitage of 
Buddha.—By L. A. Waddell, M. B. 
( With four Plates ). 
Seldom is it possible to identify an ancient site so perfectly as 
that now reported; for it seldom happens that the historical description 
is so very detailed, the geographical position so well defined, and the 
remains themselves so little disturbed as in the present case. And in 
addition to the discovery of the hermitage where Buddha spent the 
rainy season (the so-called ‘ Buddhist Lent ’) of the sixteenth year of his 
ministry, it is interesting and important to find that a famous incident 
in the legendary life of Buddha, which occurred here and which has 
hitherto been considered a solar myth, is in fact an almost unembellished 
record of a local event. Evidence is also offered of the forcible expul¬ 
sion hence of Buddhism by the Muhammadan invaders, in opposition to 
the opinion expressed by many writers that Buddhism died out of India 
through its own inherent decay. 
Discovery of site. —The antiquities at the village of Uren have quite 
escaped the notice of archaeologists. On passing through the village 
some months ago, I observed numerous fragments of Buddhist statues 
scattered everywhere around, and was so led to explore the locality 
during the limited time at my disposal, with the result of discovering 
that the hill adjoining the village is one on which Buddha rested a season, 
