being clamped together with iron to the height of 43 ft. Abové that it is in brick work, rising to a height of 1 Io. ft. above the surrounding ruins, and I 28 ft. above the plain. Externally the lower part is relie ved by eight projecting faces, each 21 ft. 6 inches wide, and 15 ft. apart. In each is a small niche, intended apparently to contain a seated figure of Buddha, and below them, encircling the monument, is a band of sculptured ornament of the most exquisite beauty. The central part consists * * * of Geometric patterns of great intricacy, but combined with singular skill ; and above and bellow, foliage equally well designed, and so much resembling that carved by Hindu artists on the earliest Mlahomedan ১৯০৫ সনের খননের পর সারনাথে র সাধারণ দৃশ্য । Mosques at Ajmir and Delhi, as to make us feel sure they can not be very distant date." ( Fergusson's History રr
