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not all similar; and its ornamented band is of a very
ancient type. There is a small building, used as a Bauza,
or mausoleum, attached to its north-west angle, and sus-
tained by ancient pillars and modern walls. The build-
ing is surmounted by a low cupola, of primitive con-
struction. It is not unlikely, that, originally, there were
cloisters on this bank of the Kund, and that the three
small buildings just described were, all, at one time,
connected together.
The edifice at the southern extremity of the enclosure
well exemplifies the old Hindu and Buddhist method
of making a roof, by the imposition of stone beams, one
upon another, cross-wise and corner-wise, until they meet
in the middle. The roof of this building exhibits a mass
of such beams, piled upon each other, exactly like the
roof of a house which children build with their little
wooden bricks. A second object of interest here is a
cut stone screen, which serves the purpose of a window.
Nearly a hundred and fifty feet to the east of the last-
mentioned buildings is another, which has, evidently,
been erected from old materials, and is of doubtful an-
tiquity. It has four pillars, two outer and two inner,
exclusive of others imbedded in the walls, and has five
recesses on its three sides. The carvings have been, to
some extent, obliterated by the whitewash with which
the mosque is besmeared.
Still further eastwards, at a distance of seventy-
five feet, is a terrace, walled round by a stone breast-
work, forty-eight feet long by thirty-six feet broad, on
which stand four profusely carved columns, supporting
an ancient roof, the remains probably of a Uhaitya or
not all similar; and its ornamented band is of a very
ancient type. There is a small building, used as a Bauza,
or mausoleum, attached to its north-west angle, and sus-
tained by ancient pillars and modern walls. The build-
ing is surmounted by a low cupola, of primitive con-
struction. It is not unlikely, that, originally, there were
cloisters on this bank of the Kund, and that the three
small buildings just described were, all, at one time,
connected together.
The edifice at the southern extremity of the enclosure
well exemplifies the old Hindu and Buddhist method
of making a roof, by the imposition of stone beams, one
upon another, cross-wise and corner-wise, until they meet
in the middle. The roof of this building exhibits a mass
of such beams, piled upon each other, exactly like the
roof of a house which children build with their little
wooden bricks. A second object of interest here is a
cut stone screen, which serves the purpose of a window.
Nearly a hundred and fifty feet to the east of the last-
mentioned buildings is another, which has, evidently,
been erected from old materials, and is of doubtful an-
tiquity. It has four pillars, two outer and two inner,
exclusive of others imbedded in the walls, and has five
recesses on its three sides. The carvings have been, to
some extent, obliterated by the whitewash with which
the mosque is besmeared.
Still further eastwards, at a distance of seventy-
five feet, is a terrace, walled round by a stone breast-
work, forty-eight feet long by thirty-six feet broad, on
which stand four profusely carved columns, supporting
an ancient roof, the remains probably of a Uhaitya or