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rated, and standing in different Mahallas or wards,
they are near enough together to suggest the supposi-
tion, that they may have been, at one time, connected.
There is, to my mind, no question that, formerly, either
a Buddhist temple or monastery stood in this neigh-
bourhood, -which is very rich in old carved fragments
of stone scattered about amongst the walls and founda-
tions of dwelling-houses, and in divers other places. The
ruins at Tiliya Nala, now forming part of a deserted
mosque, were, originally, so far as I can judge, a
portion of a temple; yet, seeing that the remains at
Maqdam Sahib are only a short distance off, and that
sculptured stones lie everywhere about, there is some
ground for the supposition, that a Vihdra or temple-
monastery was situated in this district, and that the
existing remains, for the most part, belonged to it.
The ruins at Tiliya Eala are immediately above the
ndld or stream, on the high ground of its left bank, a
very short distance only from the point where it runs
into the Ganges, and close to the main street under
which the stream flows. They not only overhang the
ndld, but there is no doubt that, at one time, they
must have extended nearly, if not entirely, across its
present bed. They consist of seventeen massive square
columns, in three rows; namely, four double columns in
the front row, four single ones in the second, and five
in the third or innermost row. Between the third and
fourth pillars of the last row is the Sinhasan or throne
of Buddha, an immense slab of stone, nine feet three
inches in length, and five feet and a half in breadth,
retreating beyond the boundary-wall behind, into which
rated, and standing in different Mahallas or wards,
they are near enough together to suggest the supposi-
tion, that they may have been, at one time, connected.
There is, to my mind, no question that, formerly, either
a Buddhist temple or monastery stood in this neigh-
bourhood, -which is very rich in old carved fragments
of stone scattered about amongst the walls and founda-
tions of dwelling-houses, and in divers other places. The
ruins at Tiliya Nala, now forming part of a deserted
mosque, were, originally, so far as I can judge, a
portion of a temple; yet, seeing that the remains at
Maqdam Sahib are only a short distance off, and that
sculptured stones lie everywhere about, there is some
ground for the supposition, that a Vihdra or temple-
monastery was situated in this district, and that the
existing remains, for the most part, belonged to it.
The ruins at Tiliya Eala are immediately above the
ndld or stream, on the high ground of its left bank, a
very short distance only from the point where it runs
into the Ganges, and close to the main street under
which the stream flows. They not only overhang the
ndld, but there is no doubt that, at one time, they
must have extended nearly, if not entirely, across its
present bed. They consist of seventeen massive square
columns, in three rows; namely, four double columns in
the front row, four single ones in the second, and five
in the third or innermost row. Between the third and
fourth pillars of the last row is the Sinhasan or throne
of Buddha, an immense slab of stone, nine feet three
inches in length, and five feet and a half in breadth,
retreating beyond the boundary-wall behind, into which