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1892.] at Mount TJren in the Mungir ( Monghyr) district. 
and Janamkund, I was directed to go south-west , and only subsequently 
ascertained that these springs really lay to the south and south-east 
respectively. 
To describe, therefore, these springs in general terms as lying to 
the west of Uren is perhaps allowable under the circumstances, as the 
pilgrim was noting down a mere hearsay report, and the determination 
of such niceties of direction for distant places, where tortuous passages 
among hills are concerned, is possible even in modern times only to those 
provided with a compass. At each of these two sites the hot water 
outflows at six or seven separate springs. 
„Remains on hill additional to those noted by Hiuen Tsiang. —In ad¬ 
dition to the above described remains and markings noted hy Hiuen 
Tsiang, I observed on the hill the following additional remains :— 
(a) Part of a roc/c-cut inscription in large cuneiform headed 
characters on the summit of the hill about four feet to the east of 
Buddha’s footprint, (see No. 4, Plate IV.) The rock here is much 
scaled, so that only a fragment of the inscription is apparent. The 
inscription seems to be in 5 or 6 lines. The fragment given in the plate 
is the only portion legible and seems to be a portion of the 3rd line. 
This inscription is bounded by four lines forming a square with a 
side of about 7 feet; the borders of which are in exact relation to 
Buddha’s foot-print. 
( b ) Short rock-cut inscription in later Gupta characters, on highest 
peak of rock, and about three feet above Buddha’s footprint. See No. 5, 
Plate IV). 
(c) Innumerable names in a great variety of archaic characters 
cover the surface of rock, at the summit for several square yards. 
These are written across one another in every direction, and are evi¬ 
dently in most part the names of pilgrims. On such an exposed situa¬ 
tion and worn away.by the feet during so many centuries, the words are 
well nigh obliterated and will I fear prove quite illegible. The ordinary 
process of copying by ink-impression is much too rough for such mark¬ 
ings and only indicates those written in the larger sized letters. On 
one part of the rock, at No. 9 on map, are characters of a distinctly 
Burmese type forming a closely written series of about ten lines. 
(d) A footprint with modern Hindi inscriptions and traces of 
words in older charactere is found on the south-east portion of the hill at 
the point marked No. 6 on Plate I. The footprint measures 24 inches 
in length, by 9 inches in breadth; its outline is rather indistinct, and 
compared with Buddha’s footprint it has a relatively modern appearance— 
the presence, however, of same letters in the Kutila character show that 
it must be of considerable age, although probably subsequent to the 
time of Hiuen Tsiang. 
