but the position of the attendant figures is reversed, and the six-headed figure is a chauri-bearer, and has a lotah in the other hand. The total height of the sculpture is 4' 7" 50 x 2' 5".

This is No. 22 of Kittoe's list, where it is described as "a large erect figure of Sakhya with royal umbrella attendants; 4' 6"."

Kr. 14.-A figure of Padmapani with the figure of Amitābha on the head-dress and with six arms, sculptured in altorelievo against a slab, with a richly beaded border and a Vidyādhara on each side near its upper margin, carrying a garland. It measures 32" x 17". A small erect female counterpart of the Bodhisatwa stands on each side, the one to the left, Bhrikutitārā, having four arms, one pair being held up in adoration, the other right hand holding a rosary, and the corresponding left hand a water-vessel. The other female is probably Pandārā. Only one left arm of the principal figure remains, and it holds a lotus stem, while of the other two right hands that exist, one holds a jewel between the palm, index finger and thumb, and the other is directed outwards and marked by a chakra chinha. The robe, with which the figure is clad, has the head of a ruminant sculptured in connection with it, near the left side of the chest. It resembles the head of an Indian antelope, but it might also be taken as representing that of a sambur or even of a barking deer. The right shoulder is bare, and Padmapāņi stands on a lotus throne that occupies the centre of the pedestal on which the two small female figures occur, and, at the right hand corner of which, a small male human figure is seated on the ground. The hands of this figure are in an adoring attitude, and before it there is an offering apparently of fruit. This figure probably represents the person who presented the statue, and the way the hair is tied up in a

bunch on the head would suggest that the donor may have been a Burman. This sculpture bears the No. 23 in the righthand corner and is therefore one of those collected at Kurkihār by Major Kittoe, and it is described by him, in his list, as "a broken figure with six arms; in two pieces."

Kr. 15.—A figure of Buddha in the bhumisparsa mudrā on a lion throne and resembling Kr. 3.

This is No. 24 of Kittoe's list where it is described as a "seated Buddha on lion throne; 3′ 6".

Kr. 16.-An erect Tantric figure of Tārā, the entire sculpture being 5' 10" 50 high and 2' 4" in breadth. It is the same as Kr. 6. This sculpture has been figured by Dr. Mitra, in his work on Buddha Gayā,1as Māyā Devi, but the plate is not correctly drawn, as it does not show that the figure is cut completely out of the stone, with the exception of the head and arms, and, moreover, it is wrongly described as "over 6' in height.'

There is a short inscription on the flat upper surface of the pedestal, a little to the left of the small figure on the right, and to this effect" Sri Balachandra," while below the small pagoda on the slab, the verse" Ye dhamma," &c., occurs.

This is No. 25 of Kittoe's list, where it is described as a "large figure (erect) of Mahamaya; 6'," and in the Journal of the Asiatic Society it is mentioned by Kittoe as having been found at Kurkihär by himself.2

Bihar.3

Br. 1.—A sculpture of a Dhyani Buddha in the bhūmisparsa

'Op. cit., p. 137, Pl. XXIX.

2 Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII, p. 235.

8 Conf. Kittoe, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vols. XVI and XVII; Arch. Surv. Rep., Vols. I, III, VIII, and XI; Broadley, Journ. As. Soc., Vol. XLI, p. 209; and Ruins of the Nálanda Monasteries at Burgáon 1872, pp. 1 to 24.

mudra, measuring 2150 x 14". It is in bold relief, and is sculptured in the usual fashion with a nimbus, three twigs to represent the pipal tree, and a small pagoda in relief on either side of it; the chaitya on the right-hand having eleven, and the one on the left seven umbrellas to the tee. An architrave runs across under the chaityas, supported on each side by an Indo-Corinthian pilaster, but between the latter there is the cushioned back of the throne and to each a cloth is tied. The seat is a lion and lotus throne, and the Buddha is probably therefore Ratna-sambhava, whose cognizance is the lion. The Bodhi-tree is represented only by three twigs, a great contrast to what prevailed in early times, when Buddha Gotama himself was never sculptured in stone but only the tree sacred to him, but now the tree has given place to Buddha. No history of this sculpture is given in Dr. Mitra's Catalogue, but I have identified it with a drawing by Colonel Mackenzie of a sculpture stated by him to have come from "Gya in Behar."

Presented by Colonel Mackenzie, 8th February 1815.

Br. 2.—A small erect figure in the āṣīva mudră carved in high relief and about l' high. No history.

Br. 3.-A sculpture.measuring 1' 10' high by 1' 3" broad, consisting of a roughly carved Buddha in the dharma chakra mudra, seated on a lotus throne, in front of which there is a representation of the Wheel of the Law with an Indian antelope on each side of it. External to the nimbus, which has a beaded border, there is an inscription. No history.

Br. 4.-A sculpture 1' 4" x 10"-75, probably a portion of a frieze, or it may have been a panel on the wall of a votive chaitya. It consists of a seated Bodhisatwa in the dharma chakra mudra, but, on the head, there is a high crown with peaked eminences. The face of the stone is highly

ornamented with foliated scrolls, and, at the top, there are four small recesses in a line, each with a Buddha, two in the dhyana mudra and one in the bhumisparsa mudra.

Br. 5.-An elaborate sculpture in very black stone, measuring 1' 11" high and 10"-50 in breadth. Occupying nearly the centre of the sculpture is a recess 7′′ 50 high and 1"-75 deep, in which there is a figure of Buddha in the bhumisparsa mudra. The arch of this recess is supported on octagonal pillars with bracket capitals, and, above each of the latter, there is a small recess bearing a small chaitya with a seated figure of Buddha, with another and similar recess above it. A vidyadhara is introduced between the main arch and these recesses, as if it were supporting the uppermost small recess with one hand, while its right hand holds up the basement of another large elaborate temple resembling the Great Temple of Buddha Gaya and which contains a figure of Buddha in the bhumisparsa mudrā. Above the chaitya-shaped pinnacle of this temple, there is a representation of the nirvana of Buddha, the figure lying in a kind of frame supported at each corner by a seated human figure, above which, over the frame, is a small chaitya with a small human figure on each side of it. The remainder of the sculpture is covered with small figures, and, along the sides, there are a series of chaityas placed one above the other with small recesses containing figures of Padmapāņi, of Buddha and incidents in his life, and of Māyā in the Lumbini garden, this last scene, however, not being represented in the simple way it is in the Sarnath sculptures but in a conventional fashion. The mass of little figures in the upper part of the sculpture seems to refer exclusively to Buddha's temptation by Marā. The history of this sculpture is unknown, and it is only supposed to be from Bihar.

Br. 6.-A fragment, probably of a frieze, 1' 3"-75 high by 7′′-75 in breadth. It is slightly curved and consists of six

lines of Buddhas in recesses, the last row but one from the bottom being of standing Buddhas. The history is unknown. Br. 7.-The lower portion of a seated figure on a lion throne. No history.

Br. 8.-A small sculpture, the miniature of Kr. 5, and measuring 1' 1"-50 x 7". No history.

Br. 9.-A seated figure of Buddha in the dharma chakra mudra with a plain nimbus, and an inscription on the front of the pedestal. No history.

Br. 10.-A chaitya, 20" 50 x 12" 75, with four recesses and resembling No. 3 of the Buddha Gaya series. There is an inscription along its base. No history.

Br. 11.-A chaitya and temple in one, the front of the temple-face of the chaitya resembling No. 41 of the Buddha Gayā sculptures. No history.

Br. 12.-A bell-shaped chaitya without recesses and with a very expanded circular base, its form resembling that of some of the comparatively recent pagodas in Burma, such as the Soolay pagoda, Rangoon, but with a very heavy, gradually tapering quadrangular tee, consisting of 13 step-like projections. It measures 9" in height to the top of the tee. History unknown.

Br. 13.-A very small chaitya with a very broad base, the lowest ornament of which is a snake, above which there is a broad ornament of lotus petals, and over this, on the second contraction, four medallions, each with a seated Dhyani Buddha. The whole rests on a broad quadrangular base, about 5.75 square and 125 thick; the pagoda itself, without the tee, being 320 in height. The affinities are decidedly Burmese. No history.

Br. 14.-Another chaitya of the same style as the last but larger, with the tee nearly perfect and without the quadrangular base. Height 10"-40 x 7"-25. The ornament is absent,

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