1892.] at Mount JJren in the Mungir (Monghyr ) district. 
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opposite the circle, on the right of the stupa, is the same lota seen in 
profile, with four leafy projections at rim and with rope attached. To 
prevent all mistake as to the object here represented, the Buddhist 
artist (probably a monk) has added the indication of the four fingers 
in the act of grasping the rope, from which the lota is suspended. 
(c) Below the circle, representing the circumference of the lota, 
is the profile of an ascetic’s pitcher (No. 3), such as are still used by Hindu 
mendicants under the name of hamandalu. In this case also are repre¬ 
sented four fingers in the act of grasping the rope-liandle of the lota. 
( d ) The looped figure (No. 4) by the side of the lotci profile on the 
right is evidently the coiled drawing rope of the lota. When straightened 
out, it measures 3 feet 4^ inches. 
The remaining figures, except the large concentric circles (which 
may possibly represent cymbals, being much too large for a begging 
bowl), are merely accessories of worship, viz., a pile of granular 
material (evidently intended for rice and sweetmeats) on a raised tray, 
and the sanJcha or conch sliell-trumpet (fig. 6) blown at the hours of 
worship also on a stand. These are evidently representative of the 
offerings and worship which were daily being made at the lota- print 
of Buddha, at the time when the drawing was executed. The inscrip¬ 
tion, contained in the base of this cliaitya, seems to be merely the 
Buddhist creed, and is written in characters of the 8th or 9fch century 
A. D. 
Regarding the original lota- print, the villagers concur in report¬ 
ing that its depth was a little over the length of the terminal phalanx 
(1st joint) of the index-finger, thus concurring with the pilgrim’s 
description of “ about an inch deep.” The small circle, above noted as 
measuring 7| inches across, is said to have been equal to the circum¬ 
ference of the shoulder of the Zofa-print; but the rim of the print was 
of about one inch greater width all round than the base, and the whole 
depression was ornamented ‘ like a flower ’ (N. B. —this was a sponta¬ 
neous expression of one of the villagers, thus agreeing with the pilgrim’s 
account.) It is not recollected by the villagers how many petals were 
represented: but in the lota- profile (fig. 2), represented to the right of 
the stupa-figure, are four petaloid appendages to the rim, two of which 
are distinctly subdivided (see also larger tracing No. 2a. at the foot of 
Plate II) thus affording evidence of the subdivision of the flower into 
eight petals as described by Hiuen Tsiang. 
Further, the villagers report that all around the Zojfd-print, the 
rock was highly polished and covered with numerous inscriptions in 
unknown characters. That the rock hereabouts was highly polished, I 
find to be the case as the rock containing the lota- print was on a ter- 
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