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BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE.
Book I.
new erection. I am consequently much more inclined to adopt the
tradition preserved by Captain Wilford,1 to the effect that the Sarnath
monument was erected by the sons of Mohi Pala, and destroyed
(interrupted '.) by tlie Mahomedansj in 1017, before its completion.2
The form of the monument, the character of its sculptured orna-
13. i'mitil on tlje Tope at Sarnath. (From a Photograph.)
ments, the unfinished condition in which it is left, and indeed the
whole circumstances of the case, render this date so much the most
probable that I feel inclined to adopt it almost without hesitation.
The other Bengal tope existing nearly entire is known as Jara-
sandha Ka Baithak. General Cunningham states its dimensions to
1 ' Asiatic Researches,'vol. ix. p. 208. ' 'Calcutta Review,' 1874, vol. lix. p.
'-' See also paper by Vesy Westmicott, | 68.
BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE.
Book I.
new erection. I am consequently much more inclined to adopt the
tradition preserved by Captain Wilford,1 to the effect that the Sarnath
monument was erected by the sons of Mohi Pala, and destroyed
(interrupted '.) by tlie Mahomedansj in 1017, before its completion.2
The form of the monument, the character of its sculptured orna-
13. i'mitil on tlje Tope at Sarnath. (From a Photograph.)
ments, the unfinished condition in which it is left, and indeed the
whole circumstances of the case, render this date so much the most
probable that I feel inclined to adopt it almost without hesitation.
The other Bengal tope existing nearly entire is known as Jara-
sandha Ka Baithak. General Cunningham states its dimensions to
1 ' Asiatic Researches,'vol. ix. p. 208. ' 'Calcutta Review,' 1874, vol. lix. p.
'-' See also paper by Vesy Westmicott, | 68.