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temple. This was thrown down by the Muhammadans, who used the 
materials tc construct a grave-yard and mosque. In 1852 it may be 
presumed that these later buildings had apparently fallen into ruin and 
the bricks were then used, for a third time, in the construction of the 
new Tahsili. All the carved stones, however, were left on the spot. 
These consist chiefly of architraves and door-jambs, handsomely carved 
in the style of the 10th century. A fair is held here at the end of B ha- 
don. 
At Khairai, 5 miles from Khaga on the road to Dhata, is a circular 
mound adjoining the village, which also must have been the site of a 
temple. Only the foundations remain in situ , together with traces of a 
broad flight of steps leading up from the level of the plain below. 
Several huge broken blocks of sandstone are lying about, possibly the 
fragments of a colossal lingam ; and, in the village, let into the wall of 
a small modern shrine and in other places, are some mutilated figures and 
architectural details. In an extensive mound a little to the east, called 
the Garlii, I dug up three spirelets of a sikhara, each 3| feet high, 
covered with the ornamentation characteristic of the lOtli century A. D. 
From the time of Ala-ud-din this village has been almost exclusively 
inhabited by Muhammadans. 
The Gazetteer, as will have been observed, has adopted the native 
practice of styling any ruin a Garlii , or Fort, but it entirely omits to 
mention the remains of what would seem to have .been the most 
considerable of all the old Hindu forts in the district. This is at the 
village of Paina, about a mile north of the Ghazipur Tahsil. The 
circuit of the wall with its gates and towers can be distinctly 
traced, and in the centre of the high broken ground which it encloses, 
is an inner citadel, further protected by a broad and deep moat. This 
fortified town is said to have been originally a stronghold of the Chan- 
dels, and may very probably be of still higher antiquity, but nothing 
is known of its history. The citadel was built, or rebuilt, by Araru 
Sinh of Asothar, who probably gave it the name of Fatehgarh, by which 
it is now known. 
Specimens of late Muhammadan architecture may be seen at the 
town of Khajuha, between four and five miles from the Tinduli tem¬ 
ple. They form part of an extensive series of buildings erected by 
the Emperor Aurangzeb, to commemorate a victory over his brother 
Shuja in a battle that was fought in the neighbourhood in the year 
1659. He took up as much as 223 acres of ground for his new works, 
which comprise a large walled garden, called the Badshahi Bagh ; a 
masonry tank, with an area of 14 acres ; and a fort-like sarae, with two 
lofty gates. There is now, except during the rainy season, very little 
