4 L. A. Waddell— Discovery of Buddhist Remains [No. 1, 
“ the natural features of the country into accord with the descriptions 
“ of the pilgrim.” 
Mahddeva hill certainly not the site. —That the Mahadeva hill is 
certainly not the site referred to by the pilgrim is evident from the 
following facts :— 
1st. It is not ‘‘on the western frontier,” but rather on the eastern 
frontier of I-lan-na-po-fa-to. 
2nd. It is not “ a small solitary hill,” but is within and among the 
hills and not a detached hill; it is only a lower 
shoulder of a higher hill of the range behind. 
3rd. Ithaswo£“a double peak rising high”—the 2nd peak really 
belongs to another hill of the range. 
4tli. It has no “ successive crags heaped up ”—on the contrary its 
sides are trim and sub-conical. 
5th. It has not “ to the west not far off ” any place suitable for a 
promenade. 
6th. It has none of the very numerous rock-markings described by 
Hiuen Tsiang (so far as is known, and special inquiry 
and search for these were made), 
th. It has no remains of the several stupas erected on the site. 
Q th. The hot springs are not “ to the west ” of the hill, but actually 
upon the hill itself and on its eastern and N. E. 
slope. 
9th. Lastly it has no Buddhist remains, nor remains of any kind 
(except a small brick shrine about 4 feet square 
housing a linga [Mahadeva], nor is there any history 
or likelihood of there ever having been remains 
hereabouts ; and the situation is so remote from rail 
and roadways and villages, that had any buildings or 
remains ever existed here, it is scarcely possible that 
every trace of them could have been swept away.* 
Mt. Uren fully satisfies description in every detail. —Finding thus that 
the Mahadeva peak was certainly not the place referred to by the pil¬ 
grim, I was, at the time I stumbled on the Uren ruins, on the outlook 
for a site which would be more in harmony with the pilgrim’s account; 
and that Mt. Uren fully satisfies the pilgrim’s description, even to the 
minutest detail, will be abundantly evident from the following parti¬ 
culars :— 
a Situation of Mount Uren. —Mount Uren is situated in the Mungir dis- 
* The Pdnch Kumar figure referred to by Genl. Cunningham was found about 
five miles from here and is only a live-faced ‘ linga’ (phallus). 
