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『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

To the south-east of the central structure and beyond a small open court lies a larger room, about
19½ feet by 18⅜, which decayed bricks and refuse filled to a height of over 4 feet. Here, too,
only faint traces remained of the wall decoration, apparently a diaper of small Buddhas. All refuse
showed the effects of plentiful moisture.

The second group, seen in Fig. 300 on the right, occupies a tiny ridge to the north and below Ruins of
the ruins just described. It consists of a row of three adjoining cellas, forming together a block groups II,
70 feet long and 27 feet deep. Apart from a few small appliqué relievo fragments in stucco their III.
clearing brought to light only the much-decayed head of a statuette carved in wood (Khora. II. i. 001,
Plate XIV). To the east of group II there rises on a low isolated terrace a platform about 30 yards
long and 20 feet broad at its top, built up of uncut stones to a height of about 18 feet. A shapeless
tower-like mass of brickwork which stands at its eastern end was not recognizable in its character.
A knoll of the steep rocky spur leading up to the main group of ruins (Fig. 299) bears an isolated
cella, III, 9 feet square within, solidly built on a walled-up platform with sun-dried bricks measuring
15″ × 8″ × 4″. It was cleared without any finds being made.

On a narrow shoulder of the spur just referred to, and at a height of about 150 feet above the Remains of
level of the fields, is built the group of ruined shrines marked IV and shown in the inset plan of carved and
Plate 54. The small plateau has been enlarged by a stone-built terrace facing north and thus made painted
to afford space for a series of shrines, all built against the rocky slope rising behind. Rain-water wood.
descending from the latter has badly effaced all the structures. The easternmost of them is the
isolated cella IV. i, measuring 11 feet by 10½ within. In the débris of the small anteroom that gives
access to it a number of interesting remains of carved and painted wood were unearthed, unfortunately
all showing the destruction caused here by fire first and then by moisture. The small wooden block,
Khora. IV. i. 001 (Plate XLVII), shows in sunk carving a kneeling figure with hands clasped in
adoration. The wooden base for a statuette, Khora. IV. i. 004, is adorned with elegant carving along
its edges. The large fragment of a painted wooden beam, Khora. IV. i. 003, though charred on the
back and otherwise damaged, still displays the figures of three divinities within circular vesicas.
But the damage suffered must be regretted most in the case of the carved and painted cornice,
Khora. IV. i. 002. Its surviving portion, which measures 1′ 9″ by 1′, shows two groups each contain-
ing a Buddha surrounded by divine worshippers, all painted in rich colours and gold. The whole
work is very fine in design and delicately finished, but has too badly darkened to permit reproduc-
tion. Certain features suggest encaustic technique executed over gilt ground, but the injured
condition of the surface makes determination of this difficult without chemical testing. The cornice
was decorated along its bottom edge by a row of grotesque relief busts curiously reminiscent of
Gothic monsters. Two of these appliqué carvings were recovered detached (Plate XLVII).

A larger shrine to the west of IV. i with a vaulted passage at the back of the cella had suffered Living
much by water penetrating from the slope behind, and retained no recognizable remains of its original quarters in
decoration. The same was the case with a cella adjoining it on the west. But in one of two small group IV.
rooms at the end of the terrace which, judging from the remains of a fireplace, had evidently served
as living quarters for monks, there were found the painted wooden panel, Khora. IV. ii. 002, showing
a lotus floating on water between two water-fowls, and a cup-like object of turned wood, Khora. IV. ii. 001.

With the clearing of group IV the series of ruins offering scope for excavation was completed. Ruined
But brief notes have still to be added on some other remains of the site. At a distance of about Stûpa
600 yards to the north of group I a roughly hemispherical mound, rising on fairly level ground with mound.
traces of old irrigation terraces, attracted attention. It proved to be a ruined Stûpa measuring about
38 feet in diameter, and retaining in its much-injured state a height of about 17 feet above the field
level. A cutting which had been made into it from the south, evidently long ago, had laid the
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