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the clearest indications that this building had been twice rebuilt with 
extreme care exactly on the old foundation, before it was finally rebuilt 
at the latest date prior to falling into the decay in which I found it, the 
successive strata being clearly defined. I cleared the whole of the mound 
above and found the w 7 ell shown in the map of Sahet 'or Set, and in one 
chamber I found a fragment of a red sandstone slab or pillar. I also 
found two fragments of w r ell executed stone images—Vaislmavite—with 
Small marginal figures of Buddha cut on them. These are referrable 
obviously to a period when Buddha had been incorporated among the 
incarnations of Vishnu, the period of re-absorption of Buddhism into 
Hinduism. When I went to the floor of the next previous stage of 
building, which lay about 8 feet below the floor of the upper one, I 
found the large slab already referred to at page 3 bearing the long 
Sanscrit inscription. It had lain there un-disturbed, for many years, 
for the root of a gigantic gular tree had extended a distance of about 
17 feet from the parent stem and grown out under the stone and several 
feet beyond it. This root was quite flat and bent at a right angle, 
showing it had grown under the slab. 
There can be no doubt that 21 is one of the oldest and longest 
preserved buildings in Set, and should be wholly cleared and exposed. 
The buildings 25, 26, 27, 28 call for no remark. They are not 
fully exposed. No. 29 is a small platform and will be referred to 
again. 
No. 32 is a small building which I exposed. It was hidden in a 
mound and seems to have been a cell in which a monk may have dwelt, 
or possibly it was an image-shrine. The door faced the west. I think 
it was more likely a cell. There are in it what seem to me to be two 
raised masonry beds for monks, who may have lived here, but of this no 
one can be certain. 
The most interesting building which I opened, was the stupa (No. 
33) which I propose to identify as that of Sariputta. I have completely 
exposed the outer walls of the stupa itself and those of the enclosing 
square. The hollow on the east in which water still lies, was, I found 
as I continued my exploration, originally a masonry tank. To the north¬ 
east of it, and possibly outside the enclosing lines of 33, was a very 
curious building No. 34 in which I found many clay heads, specimens of 
well-moulded and well-burnt pottery. What this place was I cannot 
say, owing to its very peculiar construction. Lying against the wall 
of one of the cells, cut by the trench aabb, I found a well executed brass 
cast of an elephant’s head, ears, shoulders, and forelegs.* It is possible 
# See Hate XXV, c. 
