several figures with uplifted hands in adoration. To right, giants. NORTHERN GATEWAY. RIGHT PILLAR-FRONT FACE. I. Tree, with Staircase. A long staircase with Buddhist railing on each side. Tree above, and several royal personages with hands joined in adoration. RIGHT PILLAR-INNER FACE. I. Worship of Tope.-Tope enclosed by Buddhist railing, and with an entrance gateway, surmounted by two architraves, similar to those of the gateways of the Sánchi Tope itself.* A second Buddhist railing which is represented round the side of the Tope, may probably be intended for the railing of the terrace or upper surface of the plinth. The Tope is surmounted by three chattas, emblematic of Buddha. Three figures, with garlands in hand, are perambulating the Tope inside the enclosure. Outside, one figure is carrying a relic-casket, and a second bearing a standard surmounted by the symbol or monogram of Dharma. Kinnaras hover above the Tope with garlands. Two figures bear offerings in shields; two are blowing long horns; one is * This gateway misled Captain Fell, who supposed it to be an entrance into the Tope itself. playing a double flageolet; and four are beating long drums and kettle-drums.* This scene represents the whole ceremony of the solemn adoration of Topes, as practised on stated occasions. The perambulation of the Tope, and the open display of the relic-casket, are accompanied with instrumental music and waving of garlands, which have all been fully described in the account of the building and dedication of a Tope, taken from the Maha wanso. II. Adoration of Trees.-Three trees, that to the left with an altar. Two females and a child kneeling between the trees. To the front, two royal personages with hands joined in adoration, and two females with offerings. In the foreground two monkeys, one with a cup. III. Worship of Tree.-To left, tree and altar. The King and Queen, with hands joined in adoration, standing before the tree. Two attendants with chatta and chaori. To the right an altar, and Kinnaras hovering above it with garlands. NORTHERN GATE. LEFT PILLAR-FRONT FACE. I. Worship of Tree.-Tree surmounted by chatta. Four figures, in royal costume, seated, to the *See Plate XIII. of this work. front, with hands joined in adoration; and four others, in similar dress, carrying garlands. Ten figures standing with hands joined in adoration. Two figures with large drums above. II. Reverence paid to a Boy.-Three temples and three trees. A boy seated with a plumed headdress (or canopied by a three-headed nága). Four figures, two royal and two others, with hands joined in adoration. This scene, perhaps, represents the story of Bimbisára, King of Magadha, paying reverence to the Sákya. III. Simple Adoration.-Three male figures and one boy with hands joined in adoration. IV. Procession. - Procession through a gateway. Two figures on horseback, preceded by musicians. Battlements of city. Spectators in the upper apartments of the houses. This scene, perhaps, represents the return of Sákya to Kapila at the earnest request of his father. V. Domestic Scenes at Fountain. - Wild rocks, and water gushing forth into a pool, which is overflowing. A female seated on the rock with her legs in the water. To the left, a loving couple seated, with their arms thrown around each other; the male with a cup in his hand. To the right, a royal personage playing the sárangi, or lute. In the foreground, two elephants in water. The king, seated on the left elephant, is assisting a female to get up behind. On the right elephant two females are seated behind the king. This bas-relief appears to represent four different domestic scenes in the life of Sákya. In the first, he is seen seated in playful dalliance with his wife Yasodará. In the second, he is playing the sárangi, while she is bathing. In the third, he is assisting her to mount an elephant; and, in the fourth, they are seated together on the elephant. NORTHERN GATE. LEFT PILLAR-INNER FACE. I. Cave Temple.-Entrance to a cave temple; numerous figures standing with hands joined in adoration. The king's face turned towards the temple. II. Procession. - Figure in a two-horse chariot issuing from a city gate, preceded by musicians. Standard-bearer mounted on an elephant, and horsemen inside the city. Spectators in the upper apartments of the gateway and in the verandahs of the palace. III. Worship of Tree.-Tree and altar. Four females, with long plaited hair, seated in adora |